| ANTIHEROINE | • antiheroine n. (Literature, role-playing games) A female protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by… • anti-heroine n. Alternative form of antiheroine. • ANTIHEROINE n. a female antihero. |
| ANTIHORMONE | • antihormone n. (Biochemistry) Any material that counteracts the effects of a hormone. |
| ANTIPHONERS | • antiphoners n. Plural of antiphoner. • ANTIPHONER n. a book of antiphons or of anthems, also ANTIPHONAL, ANTIPHONARY. |
| CHANSONNIER | • chansonnier n. A book which contains a collection of chansons. • chansonnier n. A singer of chansons. • CHANSONNIER n. a cabaret performer of, esp. satirical, songs. |
| CHAPERONING | • chaperoning v. Present participle of chaperone. • chaperoning n. The act or process of a person being chaperoned. • CHAPERON v. (French) to accompany and supervise. |
| CHAPERONINS | • chaperonins n. Plural of chaperonin. |
| CHROMINANCE | • chrominance n. The signal used in video systems to convey the picture’s colour information, separately from the accompanying… • CHROMINANCE n. the difference between a color and a chosen reference color of the same luminous intensity in color television. |
| ENCROACHING | • encroaching adj. That encroaches. • encroaching v. Present participle of encroach. • ENCROACH v. to intrude on another's territory. |
| FOREHANDING | • forehanding v. Present participle of forehand. • FOREHAND v. to play a shot forehand. |
| HERNIATIONS | • herniations n. Plural of herniation. • HERNIATION n. the state of being herniated. |
| HIBERNATION | • hibernation n. (Biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals… • hibernation n. (Biology, sleep, space science) A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic… • hibernation n. (Computing) A standby state which conserves power by writing the contents of the memory to disk and… |
| INHARMONIES | • inharmonies n. Plural of inharmony. • INHARMONY n. want of harmony. |
| NALORPHINES | • NALORPHINE n. a derivative of morphine, used as an antidote to poisons. |
| NEARSHORING | • nearshoring v. Present participle of nearshore. • NEARSHORE v. (in business) to source service activities to a neighbouring country, esp. for economic reasons. |
| OVERHANDING | • overhanding v. Present participle of overhand. • over-handing v. Present participle of over-hand. • OVERHAND v. to sew with short vertical stitches. |
| OVERHANGING | • overhanging v. Present participle of overhang. • overhanging n. (Architecture) Synonym of overhang. • OVERHANG v. to protrude over. |