| ANTISHARK | • antishark adj. Preventing attacks by sharks. • ANTISHARK adj. designed to keep away sharks. |
| ASTRAKHAN | • astrakhan n. Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan. • astrakhan n. Cloth resembling the above mentioned fur, often made from wool and mohair and used for trimmings. • Astrakhan prop.n. An oblast of Russia. |
| CHINKARAS | • chinkaras n. Plural of chinkara. • CHINKARA n. (Hindi) a four-horned Indian antelope, also CHIKARA. |
| DAKERHENS | • dakerhens n. Plural of dakerhen. • daker-hens n. Plural of daker-hen. • DAKERHEN n. another name for the corncrake. |
| FORESHANK | • foreshank n. The upper part of the foreleg of cattle. • foreshank n. A cut of meat from this part. • FORESHANK n. the upper part of the foreleg of cattle. |
| HANDWORKS | • handworks n. Plural of handwork. • hand-works n. Plural of hand-work. • HANDWORK n. work done by the hands or by direct personal agency, also HANDIWORK, HANDYWORK. |
| HANKERERS | • hankerers n. Plural of hankerer. • HANKERER n. one who hankers. |
| HARKENERS | • harkeners n. Plural of harkener. • HARKENER n. one who harkens, also HEARKENER. |
| HEARTSINK | • heartsink n. (Informal, derogatory) A heartsink patient. • HEARTSINK n. a patient who repeatedly visits his or her doctor's surgery, often with multiple or nonspecific symptoms, and whose complaints are impossible to treat. |
| HORNBEAKS | • hornbeaks n. Plural of hornbeak. • HORNBEAK n. a dialect name for the garfish. |
| JINRIKSHA | • jinriksha n. Synonym of rickshaw. • JINRIKSHA n. (Japanese) a small, two-wheeled hooded carriage drawn by a man or men, also JINRICKSHA, JINRICKSHAW, JINRIKISHA, RICKSHA, RICKSHAW, RIKISHA, RIKSHAW. |
| KASHERING | • kashering v. Present participle of kasher. • KASHER v. to make kasher, also KOSHER. |
| LANDSHARK | • landshark n. (Obsolete, slang, derogatory, among smugglers) A customs officer. • landshark n. (Obsolete, slang, derogatory) A swindler or fraudster. • landshark n. (Derogatory) A landgrabber. |
| PRESHRANK | • preshrank v. Simple past tense of preshrink. • PRESHRINK v. to shrink in advance. |
| RANKSHIFT | • rankshift v. (Linguistics) To use a phrase as a subunit of a longer one. • rankshift n. The action of rankshifting. • RANKSHIFT v. to shift or be shifted from one linguistic rank to another. |
| RANSHAKLE | • RANSHAKLE v. (Scott) to search, ransack, also RANSHACKLE. |
| REDSHANKS | • redshanks n. Plural of redshank. • redshanks n. Common name of Adenostoma sparsifolium of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico. • redshanks n. Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum). |
| SHARKINGS | • SHARKING n. trickery, deception. |
| SHARKSKIN | • sharkskin n. The skin of a shark. • sharkskin n. A shiny fabric made from synthetic fibers. • SHARKSKIN n. a smooth durable wool or worsted fabric. |
| SHRINKAGE | • shrinkage n. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks. • shrinkage n. The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence. • shrinkage n. (Slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water. |