| CANDLEHOLDER | • candleholder n. A device for holding one or more lit candles. • candleholder n. (Historical) A person who holds a candle to assist another person who is working in dim light. • candleholder n. (Dated, by extension) One who renders another slight assistance, or humours them. |
| DODECAHEDRAL | • dodecahedral adj. Having twelve plane surfaces. • DODECAHEDRAL adj. relating to a dodecahedron, a twelve-sided solid figure. |
| DOUBLEHANDED | • doublehanded adj. (Sailing) Requiring or using a crew consisting of two people. • doublehanded adj. Alternative form of double-handed. • doublehanded adv. With two hands. |
| DOUBLEHEADER | • doubleheader n. Alternative form of double-header. • double-header n. (Sports) A pair of games played one after another between the same teams. • double-header n. A pair of sporting events, one after the other, at a single venue. |
| ENDOCHONDRAL | • endochondral adj. Within cartilage. • ENDOCHONDRAL adj. relating to a type of ossification affecting cartilage. |
| FELDSPATHOID | • feldspathoid n. (Mineralogy) Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did… • feldspathoid adj. (Mineralogy) Resembling a feldspar. • FELDSPATHOID n. any mineral of a group related to feldspar, also FELSPATHOID, FOID. |
| FOREHANDEDLY | • forehandedly adv. Prudently, with thrift and foresight. • forehandedly adv. Ahead of time, in advance. • fore-handedly adv. Alternative form of forehandedly. |
| FORMALDEHYDE | • formaldehyde n. (Organic chemistry) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications;… • FORMALDEHYDE n. a formic aldehyde, formalin. |
| HEBDOMADALLY | • hebdomadally adv. In periods of seven days; weekly. • HEBDOMADAL adv. occurring, appearing, or done every seven days; weekly. |
| HYDROXYLATED | • hydroxylated v. Simple past tense and past participle of hydroxylate. • hydroxylated adj. (Organic chemistry) That has been modified by hydroxylation. • HYDROXYLATE v. to introduce hydroxyl into. |
| LOGGERHEADED | • loggerheaded adj. Dull; stupid. • LOGGERHEADED adj. like a loggerhead or dunce. |
| OPENHANDEDLY | • openhandedly adv. Alternative form of open-handedly. • open-handedly adv. In an open-handed manner. • OPENHANDED adv. generous. |
| PREADULTHOOD | • preadulthood n. The period of life before adulthood. |
| SADDLECLOTHS | • saddlecloths n. Plural of saddlecloth. • saddle-cloths n. Plural of saddle-cloth. • SADDLECLOTH n. a cloth placed under or over a saddle. |
| SOFTHEADEDLY | • softheadedly adv. In a softheaded manner. • SOFTHEADED adv. having or indicative of a weak, unrealistic, or uncritical mind. |
| SOREHEADEDLY | • SOREHEADED adv. irritable, grumpy. |
| STADTHOLDERS | • stadtholders n. Plural of stadtholder. • STADTHOLDER n. (Dutch) a Dutch viceroy or provincial governor, also STADHOLDER. |
| THALIDOMIDES | • thalidomides n. Plural of thalidomide. • THALIDOMIDE n. a nonbarbiturate sedative drug, withdrawn in 1961 because found to cause malformation in the fetus if taken during pregnancy. |