| 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. |
| CHALCEDONIES | • chalcedonies n. Plural of chalcedony. • CHALCEDONY n. a crystalline form of quartz, microscopically fibrous with waxy luster, also CALCEDONY. |
| CHALCOGENIDE | • chalcogenide n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any binary compound of a chalcogen with a more electropositive element. • CHALCOGENIDE n. a binary compound of a chalcogen with a more electropositive element or radical. |
| CHARLESTONED | • charlestoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of charleston. • CHARLESTON v. to dance the charleston. |
| DECHLORINATE | • dechlorinate v. To remove chlorine from something. • DECHLORINATE v. to remove chlorine from. |
| DIENCEPHALON | • diencephalon n. (Neuroanatomy, anatomy) The region of the human brain, specifically the human forebrain, that includes… • DIENCEPHALON n. the back of the forebrain, connecting the midbrain with the cerebral hemispheres. |
| 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. |
| ECHINODERMAL | • echinodermal adj. (Zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms. • ECHINODERMAL adj. of or like an echinoderm. |
| ENDOTHELIOMA | • endothelioma n. Any of various mostly benign neoplasms derived from the endothelium of blood vessels or lymph channels. • ENDOTHELIOMA n. a tumour of the endothelia. |
| ENDOTRACHEAL | • endotracheal adj. Within, or through the trachea. • ENDOTRACHEAL adj. placed within the trachea. |
| ETHNOMEDICAL | • ethnomedical adj. Relating to ethnomedicine. |
| FOREHANDEDLY | • forehandedly adv. Prudently, with thrift and foresight. • forehandedly adv. Ahead of time, in advance. • fore-handedly adv. Alternative form of forehandedly. |
| HALLOWEDNESS | • hallowedness n. The quality or state of being hallowed. • HALLOWEDNESS n. the state of being hallowed. |
| HENDECAGONAL | • hendecagonal adj. (Geometry) Having eleven sides and angles; similar to a hendecagon. • HENDECAGONAL adj. of or like a hendecagon, an eleven-sided polygon. |
| HOUSECLEANED | • housecleaned v. Simple past tense and past participle of houseclean. • HOUSECLEAN v. to clean a house and its furniture. |
| KALEIDOPHONE | • kaleidophone n. (Obsolete, physics) A device, consisting of a reflective ball attached to a vibrating rod or plate… • KALEIDOPHONE n. an instrument for demonstrating sound waves by lines of light. |
| LEATHERBOUND | • leatherbound adj. Bound in leather. • LEATHERBOUND adj. of a book, bound in leather. |
| OPENHANDEDLY | • openhandedly adv. Alternative form of open-handedly. • open-handedly adv. In an open-handed manner. • OPENHANDED adv. generous. |
| OVERLAUNCHED | • overlaunched v. Simple past tense and past participle of overlaunch. • OVERLAUNCH v. in shipbuilding, to join by long splices or scarfs. |
| SCALENOHEDRA | • scalenohedra n. Plural of scalenohedron. • SCALENOHEDRON n. a hemihedral form bounded in the hexagonal system by twelve, in the tetragonal by eight, faces, each a scalene triangle. |