| ANTITHEISM | • antitheism n. The categorical opposition to the belief in any and all deities. • ANTITHEISM n. the doctrine of antitheists. |
| ANTITHEIST | • antitheist n. An active opponent of the belief in the existence of a god or gods. • ANTITHEIST n. a disbeliever in the existence of God. |
| ANTITHESIS | • antithesis n. A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition. • antithesis n. (Rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech… • ANTITHESIS n. the contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangement of words or clauses. |
| APHETISING | • APHETISE v. to lose the first vowel of a word, also APHETIZE. |
| ATHETISING | • athetising v. Present participle of athetise. • ATHETISE v. in textual criticism, to reject (a passage) as spurious, also ATHETIZE. |
| CHIEFTAINS | • chieftains n. Plural of chieftain. • CHIEFTAIN n. the head of a clan; a leader or commander. |
| HEARTIKINS | • heartikins n. Plural of heartikin. • HEARTIKIN n. (obsolete) a little heart (used euphemistically in an oath). |
| HEMATINICS | • hematinics n. Plural of hematinic. • HEMATINIC n. a substance having the effect of increasing the haemoglobin or of stimulating the production of red blood cells, also HAEMATINIC. |
| HEPATISING | • hepatising v. Present participle of hepatise. • HEPATISE v. to convert into a liver-like substance, also HEPATIZE. |
| HESITATING | • hesitating v. Present participle of hesitate. • hesitating n. Hesitation. • HESITATE v. to hold back or delay. |
| HESITATION | • hesitation n. An act of hesitating. • hesitation n. Doubt; vacillation. • hesitation n. A faltering in speech; stammering. |
| HISTAMINES | • histamines n. Plural of histamine. • HISTAMINE n. a base used in medicine obtained from ergot and present in all the tissues of the body, also HISTAMIN. |
| HUMANITIES | • humanities n. Plural of humanity. • humanities n. (Obsolete) Synonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, etc. • humanities n. The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion. |
| INHABITERS | • inhabiters n. Plural of inhabiter. • INHABITER n. one who inhabits, also INHABITOR. |
| INTIFADEHS | • intifadehs n. Plural of intifadeh. • INTIFADEH n. (Arabic) the uprising in 1987 and continued resistance by Palestinians to Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank of Jordan, also INTIFADA, INTIFADAH. |
| KINESIPATH | • kinesipath n. A practitioner of kinesipathy. • KINESIPATH n. one who heals by kinesiology. |
| REINHABITS | • reinhabits v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reinhabit. • REINHABIT v. to inhabit again. |
| THIAMINASE | • thiaminase n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme that metabolizes or breaks down thiamine into two molecular parts. • THIAMINASE n. an enzyme that catalyses the breakdown of thiamine. |
| THINGAMIES | • thingamies n. Plural of thingamy. • THINGAMY n. a term used for an object or person used when the correct name cannot come to mind. |
| UINTAHITES | • uintahites n. Plural of uintahite. • UINTAHITE n. a tar-like asphalt found in the Uinta valley, Utah, also UINTAITE. |