| AUDIPHONE | • audiphone n. An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf… • AUDIPHONE n. an instrument which, pressed against the teeth, communicates sounds through the bones to the ears. |
| BEADHOUSE | • beadhouse n. (Historical) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors. • BEADHOUSE n. a chapel, also BEDEHOUSE. |
| BOXHAULED | • boxhauled v. Simple past tense and past participle of boxhaul. • BOXHAUL v. to put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel. |
| DEADHOUSE | • deadhouse n. A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies. • DEADHOUSE n. a mortuary. |
| DOUCHEBAG | • douchebag n. (US, slang, vulgar) A jerk or asshole; a mean or rude person; someone seen as being arrogant, snobby or obnoxious. • douchebag n. A sterile container which holds the fluid used for giving a vaginal douche. • douchebag n. (US, slang) Any social misfit; a doofus, dork, or nerd. |
| DOUGHFACE | • doughface n. (Derogatory) a person, especially a politician, who is pliable, moldable like dough. • DOUGHFACE n. a contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician. |
| GAZEHOUND | • gazehound n. Synonym of sighthound (“a hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance”). • gaze-hound n. Alternative form of gazehound. • GAZEHOUND n. a hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent. |
| HARBOURED | • harboured v. Simple past tense and past participle of harbour. • HARBOUR v. to shelter, also HARBOR. |
| HEADCOUNT | • headcount n. The act of counting how many people are present in a group. • headcount n. The number of people present in a group or employed by a company. • headcount n. More generally, a consideration of a company’s appropriate staffing level based on some larger context… |
| HOUSEMAID | • housemaid n. A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid. • housemaid n. (Derogatory) A housewife. • housemaid v. To be a housemaid. |
| MADHOUSES | • madhouses n. Plural of madhouse. • MADHOUSE n. an insane asylum. |
| OUTHANDLE | • outhandle v. (Transitive) To surpass in handling. • OUTHANDLE v. to handle better than. |
| OUTLASHED | • OUTLASH v. to lash out, shed tears. |
| OUTSHAMED | • outshamed v. Simple past tense and past participle of outshame. • OUTSHAME v. to surpass in shaming. |
| ROADHOUSE | • roadhouse n. (Chiefly US) An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. • roadhouse n. (Theater) A receiving house. • roadhouse n. (Australia) A truck stop located in a remote area, with basic accommodation facilities. |
| SEAHOUNDS | • seahounds n. Plural of seahound. • sea␣hounds n. Plural of sea hound. • SEAHOUND n. the dogfish. |
| UNHOARDED | • unhoarded v. Simple past tense and past participle of unhoard. • UNHOARD v. to take from a hoard. |
| UPHOARDED | • uphoarded v. Simple past tense and past participle of uphoard. • UPHOARD v. to hoard up, also UPHOORD. |
| YOUTHHEAD | • youthhead n. (Obsolete) Youth; youthhood. • YOUTHHEAD n. (obsolete) youth, also YOUNGTH, YOUTHHOOD. |