| ADHERENT | • adherent adj. Adhesive, sticking to something. • adherent adj. Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something. • adherent adj. (Botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ. |
| ANTHEMED | • anthemed v. Simple past tense and past participle of anthem. • ANTHEM v. to praise in a national song. |
| DETHRONE | • dethrone v. To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy. • dethrone v. To remove any governing authority from power. • dethrone v. To remove from any position of high status or power. |
| DISTHENE | • disthene n. (Mineralogy) Kyanite. • DISTHENE n. a mineral, aka cyanite or kyanite, so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. |
| ENTHUSED | • enthused v. Past participle of enthuse. • ENTHUSE v. to show enthusiasm. |
| HARTENED | • hartened v. Simple past tense and past participle of harten. • HARTEN v. (Spenser) to give courage to, also HEARTEN. |
| HASTENED | • hastened v. Simple past tense and past participle of hasten. • HASTEN v. to hurry, also HASTE. |
| HEADNOTE | • headnote n. A note at the head of a page or chapter. • headnote n. (Law) A summary of the relevant aspects of a legal case, usually found at the beginning of a case report. • head-note n. Alternative spelling of headnote (“a summary or remark at the beginning”). |
| HINDFEET | • hindfeet n. Plural of hindfoot. • HINDFOOT n. a rear foot. |
| NEATHERD | • neatherd n. (Archaic) A cowherd; one who looks after bulls, cows or oxen. • NEATHERD n. a herdsman. |
| NETHEADS | • netheads n. Plural of nethead. • NETHEAD n. an enthusiast or expert on the internet. |
| NITHERED | • nithered adj. (Scotland, Northern England) Very cold; shrivelled with cold. • NITHER v. (dialect) to shiver. |
| STENCHED | • stenched v. Simple past tense and past participle of stench. • STENCH v. to cause to stink. |
| THREADEN | • threaden adj. (Archaic) Made or woven of thread; textile. • THREADEN adj. (Shakespeare) made of thread. |
| THRENODE | • threnode n. A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song. • THRENODE n. (Greek) a song of lamentation, also THRENODY. |
| TRENCHED | • trenched v. Simple past tense and past participle of trench. • TRENCH v. to dig a long, narrow ditch. |
| UNHEATED | • unheated adj. Not heated. • UNHEATED adj. not heated. |
| WHITENED | • whitened v. Simple past tense and past participle of whiten. • WHITEN v. to make white. |