| ARCHIPHONEME | • archiphoneme n. (Phonology) A unit representing two or more underlying phonemes, where the distinction between them… • ARCHIPHONEME n. an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized, conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes. |
| ETHNOGRAPHER | • ethnographer n. One who practices ethnography. • ETHNOGRAPHER n. a student of ethnography. |
| HANDKERCHERS | • handkerchers n. Plural of handkercher. • HANDKERCHER n. a handkerchief, also HANDKERCHIEF. |
| HANDKERCHIEF | • handkerchief n. A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands. • handkerchief n. A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth. • HANDKERCHIEF n. a small usually square piece of cloth used for usually personal purposes (as blowing the nose) or as a clothing accessory, also HANDKERCHER. |
| HEADREACHING | • HEADREACH v. to make distance to windward in tacking. |
| HEADSHRINKER | • headshrinker n. Alternative form of head-shrinker. • head-shrinker n. (Slang) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink. • head-shrinker n. (Literally) One who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes. |
| HEARTHSTONES | • hearthstones n. Plural of hearthstone. • HEARTHSTONE n. a stone forming a hearth. |
| HEBEPHRENIAC | • hebephreniac n. Synonym of hebephrenic. • HEBEPHRENIAC n. one suffering from hebephrenia, a form of dementia occurring at puberty, also HEBEPHRENIC. |
| HEBEPHRENIAS | • hebephrenias n. Plural of hebephrenia. • HEBEPHRENIA n. a form of dementia occurring at puberty. |
| HENDECAHEDRA | • hendecahedra n. Plural of hendecahedron. • HENDECAHEDRON n. a solid figure having 11 plane faces. |
| HEPTAHEDRONS | • heptahedrons n. Plural of heptahedron. • HEPTAHEDRON n. a solid figure having several plane faces. |
| HEXAHEMERONS | • HEXAHEMERON n. the (biblical) six days of creation, also HEXAEMERON. |
| HYPERSTHENIA | • hypersthenia n. (Pathology, archaic) A morbid condition marked by excessive excitement of all the vital phenomena. • HYPERSTHENIA n. a morbid condition marked by excessive excitement of all the vital phenomena. |
| NYCHTHEMERAL | • nychthemeral adj. Lasting a nychthemeron (24 hours). • NYCHTHEMERAL adj. (Greek) of or relating to a nychthemeron or 24-hour period. |
| PHANEROPHYTE | • phanerophyte n. (Biology) Any woody plant that carries its dormant buds openly on branches above the ground. • PHANEROPHYTE n. a perennial plant that bears its perennating buds well above the surface of the ground. |
| PHENANTHRENE | • phenanthrene n. (Organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture… • PHENANTHRENE n. an aromatic hydrocarbon of coal tar. |
| THEATROPHONE | • theatrophone n. Alternative spelling of théâtrophone. • théâtrophone n. (Dated) An early telephone technology allowing subscribers to listen to live opera and theatre performances. • THEATROPHONE n. (historical) a telephone connecting callers to a theatre so they can listen to a live performance there. |
| THERMOHALINE | • thermohaline adj. Of, or relating to a combination of temperature and salinity. • thermohaline n. Thermohaline circulation. • THERMOHALINE adj. involving both temperature and salinity. |
| THUNDERHEADS | • thunderheads n. Plural of thunderhead. • THUNDERHEAD n. a thunder cloud. |
| WHATSHERNAME | • whatshername pron. (Informal) A female person whose name cannot be recalled. • WHATSHERNAME n. a designation for a female whose name one cannot remember, also WHATSERNAME. |