| APPREHENSIVE | • apprehensive adj. Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt. • apprehensive adj. (Obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one’s intellect. • APPREHENSIVE adj. fearful. |
| CHEESEPARING | • cheeseparing v. Present participle of cheesepare. • cheeseparing adj. Niggardly, stingy. • cheeseparing n. A small fragment or sliver. |
| CREPEHANGERS | • crepehangers n. Plural of crepehanger. • CREPEHANGER n. a pessimist, a gloomy person, also CRAPEHANGER. |
| EPHEMERIDIAN | • EPHEMERIDIAN adj. of or like an ephemerid, an insect of the mayfly family. |
| HAMPEREDNESS | • HAMPEREDNESS n. the state of being hampered. |
| HASENPFEFFER | • hasenpfeffer n. (Cooking) A traditional German stew made from marinated rabbit or hare, cut into pieces and braised… • HASENPFEFFER n. (German) a well seasoned rabbit stew. |
| HEBEPHRENIAC | • hebephreniac n. Synonym of hebephrenic. • HEBEPHRENIAC n. one suffering from hebephrenia, a form of dementia occurring at puberty, also HEBEPHRENIC. |
| HEBEPHRENIAS | • hebephrenias n. Plural of hebephrenia. • HEBEPHRENIA n. a form of dementia occurring at puberty. |
| HETEROPTERAN | • heteropteran n. (Biology) Any of very many insects of the suborder Heteroptera. • HETEROPTERAN adj. relating to the Heteroptera, a suborder of hemipterous insects, including bedbugs, water bugs, etc., also HETEROPTEROUS. • HETEROPTERAN n. a member of the Heteroptera. |
| PANTHERESSES | • pantheresses n. Plural of pantheress. • PANTHERESS n. a female panther. |
| PARENTHESISE | • parenthesise v. (British spelling) Alternative form of parenthesize. • PARENTHESISE v. to put in parentheses, also PARENTHESIZE. |
| PARENTHESIZE | • parenthesize v. To place text in parentheses. • parenthesize v. To interject. • PARENTHESIZE v. to put in parentheses, also PARENTHESISE. |
| PERPHENAZINE | • perphenazine n. A potent anti-psychotic drug. • PERPHENAZINE n. a tranquillizer used esp. to control psychotic symptoms (as anxiety and agitation). |
| PHENANTHRENE | • phenanthrene n. (Organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture… • PHENANTHRENE n. an aromatic hydrocarbon of coal tar. |
| SPEAKERPHONE | • speakerphone n. A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset. • speakerphone n. A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, to use handsfree. • SPEAKERPHONE n. a combination microphone and loudspeaker device for two-way communication by telephone lines. |
| THREEPEATING | • threepeating v. Present participle of threepeat. • THREEPEAT v. to win a sporting trophy on three consecutive occasions. |