| ALCOHOLISING | • alcoholising v. Present participle of alcoholise. • ALCOHOLISE v. to convert into or saturate with alcohol, also ALCOHOLIZE. |
| ANGLOPHILIAS | • ANGLOPHILIA n. love of England or the English language. |
| DISHALLOWING | • dishallowing v. Present participle of dishallow. • DISHALLOW v. to make unholy; to profane. |
| ELLIPSOGRAPH | • ellipsograph n. A mechanical instrument used to trace out an ellipse. • ELLIPSOGRAPH n. an instrument for describing ellipses. |
| FOTHERGILLAS | • FOTHERGILLA n. any plant of the Fothergilla genus of North American deciduous shrubs of the witch-hazel family. |
| GAMOPHYLLOUS | • gamophyllous adj. (Botany) Composed of leaves or segments (e.g. perianth) united by their edges, compare apophyllous (free segments). • GAMOPHYLLOUS adj. with perianth leaves united. |
| HISTOLOGICAL | • histological adj. Pertaining to histology. • HISTOLOGICAL adj. relating to histology, the study of organic tissue, also HISTOLOGIC. |
| HYPOGLOSSALS | • hypoglossals n. Plural of hypoglossal. • HYPOGLOSSAL n. the hypoglossal nerve. |
| LANDHOLDINGS | • landholdings n. Plural of landholding. • LANDHOLDING n. the state or fact of holding or owning land. |
| MALLOPHAGOUS | • mallophagous adj. Feeding on feathers. • MALLOPHAGOUS adj. relating to the Mallophaga, an order of wingless parasitic insects, bird-lice or biting-lice. |
| MELLIPHAGOUS | • melliphagous adj. Alternative spelling of meliphagous. • MELLIPHAGOUS adj. feeding upon honey, also MELIPHAGOUS. |
| OSCILLOGRAPH | • oscillograph n. An instrument for measuring alternating or varying electric current in terms of current and voltage; an oscilloscope. • OSCILLOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording alternating current wave forms. |
| PHILOLOGIANS | • philologians n. Plural of philologian. • PHILOLOGIAN n. a person who studies or has knowledge of philology, also PHILOLOGER, PHILOLOGIST, PHILOLOGUE. |
| SLAVEHOLDING | • slaveholding adj. Having possession/ownership of one or more slaves. • slaveholding n. (Uncountable) The institution or practice of owning slaves. • slaveholding n. (Countable) An owning of one or more slaves. |
| SMALLHOLDING | • smallholding n. A small farm. • smallholding n. (US, historical) A small plantation or land with a small number of slaves (generally 19 or less). Contrasted… • small␣holding n. Alternative form of smallholding. |
| STRANGLEHOLD | • stranglehold n. A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off. • stranglehold v. To hold a tight grip or control. • STRANGLEHOLD n. an illegal wrestling hold by which one's opponent is choked. |
| WHOLESALINGS | • WHOLESALING n. the act of selling wholesale. |