| 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. |
| CLOTHESLINED | • clotheslined v. Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline. • CLOTHESLINE v. to knock (a person) down with a blow to the neck (or sometimes head), esp. by placing an outstretched arm in his or her path. |
| CONCHOIDALLY | • conchoidally adv. In a conchoidal manner. • CONCHOIDAL adv. shell-like, as applied to fractures in glass and quartz. |
| DECILLIONTHS | • decillionths n. Plural of decillionth. • DECILLIONTH n. one part in a decillion. |
| DISHALLOWING | • dishallowing v. Present participle of dishallow. • DISHALLOW v. to make unholy; to profane. |
| ENDOPHYLLOUS | • endophyllous adj. (Botany) Wrapped in a leaf or sheath. • ENDOPHYLLOUS adj. being or formed within a sheathing leaf; living inside a leaf. |
| HALLOWEDNESS | • hallowedness n. The quality or state of being hallowed. • HALLOWEDNESS n. the state of being hallowed. |
| HOLLANDAISES | • hollandaises n. Plural of hollandaise. • HOLLANDAISE n. (French) a sauce made with butter, egg-yolks, vinegar or white wine, and lemon juice, usually served with fish. |
| HYDRONICALLY | • hydronically adv. In terms of, or by means of, hydronics. • HYDRONIC adv. pertaining to heating and cooling by water. |
| LANDHOLDINGS | • landholdings n. Plural of landholding. • LANDHOLDING n. the state or fact of holding or owning land. |
| OUTLANDISHLY | • outlandishly adv. In an outlandish manner. • OUTLANDISH adv. of or relating to another country. |
| PODOPHYLLINS | • podophyllins n. Plural of podophyllin. • PODOPHYLLIN n. a cathartic resin obtained from the rhizomes of the Podophyllum genus, also PODOPHYLIN. |
| SCHNORKELLED | • schnorkelled v. Simple past tense and past participle of schnorkel. • SCHNORKEL v. (German) to swim underwater using a breathing-tube, also SNORKEL. |
| SLAVEHOLDING | • slaveholding adj. Having possession/ownership of one or more slaves. • slaveholding n. (Uncountable) The institution or practice of owning slaves. • slaveholding n. (Countable) An owning of one or more slaves. |
| SMALLHOLDING | • smallholding n. A small farm. • smallholding n. (US, historical) A small plantation or land with a small number of slaves (generally 19 or less). Contrasted… • small␣holding n. Alternative form of smallholding. |
| STRANGLEHOLD | • stranglehold n. A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off. • stranglehold v. To hold a tight grip or control. • STRANGLEHOLD n. an illegal wrestling hold by which one's opponent is choked. |
| TITLEHOLDING | • titleholding adj. Holding a rank or title. • TITLEHOLDING adj. holding a title. |
| UNLIKELIHOOD | • unlikelihood n. Absence of likelihood; the state of being unlikely or improbable; improbability. • UNLIKELIHOOD n. the state of being unlikely. |