| BOARDINGHOUSES | • boardinghouses n. Plural of boardinghouse. • boarding␣houses n. Plural of boarding house. • BOARDINGHOUSE n. a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests. |
| CLEARINGHOUSES | • clearinghouses n. Plural of clearinghouse. • clearing␣houses n. Plural of clearing house. • CLEARINGHOUSE n. an establishment maintained by banks for settling mutual claims and accounts. |
| COLLEAGUESHIPS | • colleagueships n. Plural of colleagueship. • COLLEAGUESHIP n. the state of being a colleague. |
| DISAUTHORISING | • disauthorising v. Present participle of disauthorise. • DISAUTHORISE v. to deprive of authority, also DISAUTHORIZE. |
| DRAUGHTSPERSON | • draughtsperson n. Alternative spelling of draftsperson. • DRAUGHTSPERSON n. a gender-neutral term for draughtsman or draughtswoman. |
| HOUSEBREAKINGS | • housebreakings n. Plural of housebreaking. • HOUSEBREAKING n. the act of breaking into a house for the purpose of stealing. |
| HOUSECLEANINGS | • housecleanings n. Plural of housecleaning. • HOUSECLEANING n. the act of cleaning house. |
| LAUGHINGSTOCKS | • laughingstocks n. Plural of laughingstock. • laughing-stocks n. Plural of laughing-stock. • laughing␣stocks n. Plural of laughing stock. |
| MASTIGOPHOROUS | • mastigophorous adj. (Obsolete, rare) Carrying a whip, scourge, or wand. • mastigophorous adj. (Biology) mastigophoran. • MASTIGOPHOROUS adj. like a mastigophoran; whip-bearing, also MASTIGOPHORIC. |
| PLOUGHMANSHIPS | • PLOUGHMANSHIP n. the craft of a ploughman, also PLOWMANSHIP. |
| PSEUDOGRAPHIES | • pseudographies n. Plural of pseudography. • PSEUDOGRAPHY n. unsatisfactory spelling. |
| PSYCHOSURGICAL | • psychosurgical adj. Relating to psychosurgery. • PSYCHOSURGICAL adj. relating to psychosurgery. |
| SCHIZOGNATHOUS | • schizognathous adj. (Zoology) having the maxillopalatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed… • SCHIZOGNATHOUS adj. of some birds, having the bones of the palate separate. |
| SLAUGHTERHOUSE | • slaughterhouse n. A place where animals are slaughtered. • slaughterhouse n. (Figuratively) The scene of a massacre. • SLAUGHTERHOUSE n. an establishment where animals are butchered. |
| SLAUGHTEROUSLY | • slaughterously adv. In a slaughterous fashion. • SLAUGHTEROUS adv. of or relating to slaughter. |
| STEGOCEPHALOUS | • stegocephalous adj. Relating to or characteristic of animals of the order Stegocephalia. • STEGOCEPHALOUS adj. relating to the Stegocephalia, an extinct order of amphibians having the skull protected by bony plates. |
| SUPERCARGOSHIP | • supercargoship n. The role or status of supercargo. • SUPERCARGOSHIP n. the office of supercargo. |
| SURROGATESHIPS | • surrogateships n. Plural of surrogateship. • SURROGATESHIP n. the office of surrogate. |
| THOROUGHBASSES | • thoroughbasses n. Plural of thoroughbass. • THOROUGHBASS n. esp. in baroque music, a bass part underlying a piece. |
| URANOGRAPHISTS | • URANOGRAPHIST n. one who practises uranography, descriptive astronomy and mapping. |