| CATHINONES | • cathinones n. Plural of cathinone. • CATHINONE n. an alkaloid stimulant obtained from khat; a similar synthetic compound. |
| CHACONINES | • chaconines n. Plural of chaconine. • CHACONINE n. a toxic alkaloid found in potatoes. |
| CHAPERONIN | • chaperonin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of chaperone proteins. |
| CHELONIANS | • chelonians n. Plural of chelonian. • CHELONIAN n. any member of the turtle or tortoise family. |
| CONTRAHENT | • contrahent adj. (Obsolete) Entering into covenant; contracting. • contrahent n. One of the parties entering into a contract. • CONTRAHENT n. (historical) a contracting party. |
| ENCEPHALON | • encephalon n. (Neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed… • ENCEPHALON n. the contents of the cranium; the brain. |
| ENCHEASONS | • encheasons n. Plural of encheason. • ENCHEASON n. (Spenser) a reason, cause. |
| ENHARMONIC | • enharmonic adj. (Music) Describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when… • enharmonic adj. (Music) Of or pertaining to a tetrachord. • ENHARMONIC adj. relating to music constructed on a scale containing intervals of less than a semitone, also ENHARMONICAL. |
| HEMOCYANIN | • hemocyanin n. (Biochemistry) a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment (a metalloprotein) found in most molluscs… • HEMOCYANIN n. a colourless copper-containing respiratory pigment in the circulatory fluid of various arthropods and mollusks, also HAEMOCYANIN. |
| HENCHWOMAN | • henchwoman n. Female equivalent of henchman. • HENCHWOMAN n. a female henchman. |
| HENDECAGON | • hendecagon n. (Geometry) a polygon with eleven edges and eleven angles. • HENDECAGON n. an eleven-sided polygon, also ENDECAGON. |
| JOHNNYCAKE | • johnnycake n. (US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal. • johnny␣cake n. (North America, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Alternative form of johnnycake (“type of basic cornbread”). • JOHNNYCAKE n. a kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc. and baked, also JONNYCAKE. |
| NONETHICAL | • nonethical adj. Not ethical; not related to ethics. • NONETHICAL adj. not ethical. |
| OUANANICHE | • ouananiche n. (Dated) Alternative form of wananish. • OUANANICHE n. a landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon, found in lakes in SE Canada. |
| SECONDHAND | • secondhand adj. (Of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another. • secondhand adj. (Of a dealer) Dealing in such merchandise. • secondhand adj. (Figurative) Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand. |
| UNANCHORED | • unanchored v. Simple past tense and past participle of unanchor. • unanchored adj. Not anchored; free or liberated. • UNANCHOR v. to loose from anchorage. |