| DIPHTHERIAS | • diphtherias n. Plural of diphtheria. • DIPHTHERIA n. an infectious throat disease in which the air-passages become covered with a leathery membrane. |
| HARPSICHORD | • harpsichord n. (Music) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When… • HARPSICHORD n. a keyboard instrument with horizontal strings that run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. |
| HEPTACHORDS | • heptachords n. Plural of heptachord. • HEPTACHORD n. a system of seven sounds. |
| HERALDSHIPS | • heraldships n. Plural of heraldship. • HERALDSHIP n. the office of a herald. |
| HOLDERSHIPS | • holderships n. Plural of holdership. • HOLDERSHIP n. the state of being a holder e.g. of a bill. |
| HYDROGRAPHS | • hydrographs n. Plural of hydrograph. • HYDROGRAPH n. a graph of variation of stream flow over time. |
| HYDROPHANES | • hydrophanes n. Plural of hydrophane. • HYDROPHANE n. a semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water. |
| HYDROPHILES | • hydrophiles n. Plural of hydrophile. • HYDROPHILE n. a plant loving moist places, also HYGROPHILE. |
| HYDROPHONES | • hydrophones n. Plural of hydrophone. • HYDROPHONE n. an apparatus for listening to sounds conveyed by water. |
| HYDROPHYTES | • hydrophytes n. Plural of hydrophyte. • HYDROPHYTE n. an aquatic plant; an alga. |
| HYDROSPHERE | • hydrosphere n. All the liquid waters of the Earth, as distinguished from the land and the gases of the atmosphere. • HYDROSPHERE n. the water of the earth. |
| ORPHANHOODS | • orphanhoods n. Plural of orphanhood. • ORPHANHOOD n. the state of being an orphan, also ORPHANISM. |
| RHODOPHANES | • RHODOPHANE n. the red pigment contained in the inner segments of the cones of the retina in animals. |
| SHADOWGRAPH | • shadowgraph n. A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram. • shadowgraph n. (Physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index. • shadowgraph v. (Transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen. |
| SHEEPHERDER | • sheepherder n. A person who herds sheep; a shepherd. • SHEEPHERDER n. a worker in charge of sheep esp. on open range. |
| SHEPHERDESS | • shepherdess n. A female shepherd. • shepherdess n. A large and deep armchair with a cushion. • SHEPHERDESS n. a woman or girl who tends sheep. |
| SHEPHERDING | • shepherding v. Present participle of shepherd. • shepherding n. The herding of sheep. • shepherding n. The act of one who shepherds or guides. |
| SULPHHYDRYL | • sulphhydryl n. Alternative spelling of sulfhydryl. • SULPHHYDRYL n. a chemical group, SH, characteristic of sulphur-containing compounds, also SULFHYDRYL. |