| KNIGHTHEAD | • knighthead n. A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support… • knighthead n. A bollard or bitt. • knighthead n. Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit. |
| NIGHTSHADE | • nightshade n. Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade. • nightshade n. (Colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato… • nightshade n. Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. |
| DETHATCHING | • dethatching v. Present participle of dethatch. • DETHATCH v. to remove thatch from. |
| DIPHTHONGAL | • diphthongal adj. Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong. • DIPHTHONGAL adj. of or like a diphthong. |
| HANDWROUGHT | • handwrought adj. Made by hand, handmade. • HANDWROUGHT adj. fashioned by hand or chiefly by hand processes. |
| HEADHUNTING | • headhunting v. Present participle of headhunt. • headhunting n. (Anthropology) The practice of cutting off and preserving the head of one’s enemy. • headhunting n. The active recruitment of executive or talented personnel. |
| KNIGHTHEADS | • knightheads n. Plural of knighthead. • KNIGHTHEAD n. either of a pair of vertical supports for the bowsprit. |
| NIGHTSHADES | • nightshades n. Plural of nightshade. • NIGHTSHADE n. a name given to various plants, esp. of the Solanaceae family and chiefly poisonous or narcotic. |
| DISSHEATHING | • dissheathing v. Present participle of dissheathe. • DISSHEATHE v. to become unsheathed. |
| HEADHUNTINGS | • headhuntings n. Plural of headhunting. • HEADHUNTING n. the practice of collecting human heads. |
| SHORTCHANGED | • shortchanged v. Simple past tense and past participle of shortchange. • short-changed v. Simple past tense and past participle of short-change. • short␣changed v. Simple past tense and past participle of short change. |
| DIPHTHONGALLY | • diphthongally adv. By means of a diphthong. • DIPHTHONGAL adv. of or like a diphthong. |
| DRAUGHTSMANSHIP | • draughtsmanship n. UK standard spelling of draftsmanship. • DRAUGHTSMANSHIP n. the craft of draughtsman. |