| AERENCHYMA | • aerenchyma n. (Botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants. • AERENCHYMA n. respiratory tissue. |
| AMENORRHEA | • amenorrhea n. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of amenorrhoea. • AMENORRHEA n. abnormal absence or arrest of menstruation, also AMENORRHOEA. |
| HAMMERBEAM | • hammerbeam n. Alternative form of hammer beam. • hammer␣beam n. (Architecture) A member of a kind of roof truss (a hammer-beam truss), so framed as not to have a tiebeam… |
| HAMMERHEAD | • hammerhead n. The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped). • hammerhead n. (Zoology) Any of various sharks of the genera Sphyrna or Zygaena having the eyes set on projections… • hammerhead n. (Zoology) A fresh-water fish; the hogsucker, Hypentelium nigricans, in the sucker family Catostomidae. |
| HEADFRAMES | • headframes n. Plural of headframe. • HEADFRAME n. the structure over a mine shaft supporting the machinery. |
| HEADMASTER | • headmaster n. (Chiefly UK) A male school principal. • HEADMASTER n. a man heading the staff of a school. |
| HEADSTREAM | • headstream n. A stream that is the source of a river. • HEADSTREAM n. the stream forming the highest, most remote source of a river. |
| HEXAMETRAL | • hexametral adj. Hexametric. • HEXAMETRAL adj. like a hexameter, also HEXAMETRIC, HEXAMETRICAL. |
| HYPERAEMIA | • hyperaemia n. Alternative spelling of hyperemia. • hyperæmia n. Alternative spelling of hyperemia. • HYPERAEMIA n. an excess or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body, also HYPEREMIA. |
| LEATHERMAN | • leatherman n. A member of a homosexual male subculture that grew out of male-only motorcycle clubs formed by homosexual… • leatherman n. A multitool, usually with a plier head as the central implement, that has an array of other implements… • Leatherman prop.n. A surname. |
| MAHARANEES | • maharanees n. Plural of maharanee. • MAHARANEE n. (Sanskrit) the wife of a maharajah, also MAHARANI. |
| MENARCHEAL | • menarcheal adj. Of or pertaining to the menarche. • MENARCHEAL adj. relating to the menarche, also MENARCHIAL. |
| METAPHRASE | • metaphrase n. A literal, word-for-word translation. • metaphrase n. An answering phrase; repartee. • metaphrase v. To make such a literal translation. |
| RAKESHAMES | • rakeshames n. Plural of rakeshame. • RAKESHAME n. a vile, dissolute wretch. |
| WEATHERMAN | • weatherman n. A person, especially a male one, who reports the weather conditions or forecasts. • Weatherman prop.n. A radical American left-wing terrorist organization of the late 1960s and 1970s, opposing the US government. • Weatherman n. A member of this organization. |