| CHILDREN | • children n. Plural of child. • CHILD n. a young person. |
| CHLORIDE | • chloride n. (Chemistry) any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium chloride, or any binary compound of chlorine… • CHLORIDE n. a compound of chlorine with another element or radical, also CHLORID. |
| DIHEDRAL | • dihedral n. (Mathematics) An angle between two plane surfaces. • dihedral n. (Aeronautics) The upward slope of an aircraft’s wing. • dihedral n. (Chemistry) The angle between pairs of chemical bonds separated by a third bond. |
| ELDRITCH | • eldritch adj. Unearthly, supernatural, eerie, preternatural. • ELDRITCH adj. weird, also ELDRICH. |
| HARDLINE | • hardline n. (Business) A retail product collection consisting primarily of hardware targeting the do-it-yourself customer. • hardline n. (Business) A retail product collection which includes many non-information goods, such as home appliances… • hardline n. (Telephony) A physical wire or cable connection; landline. |
| HEADRAIL | • headrail n. The supporting rail of a blind (such as a Venetian blind) that encloses its mechanism; a headbox. • headrail n. (Nautical) A railing, on a sailing ship, behind the figurehead. • headrail n. (Nautical, slang, obsolete, in the plural) A person’s teeth. |
| HELIODOR | • heliodor n. A richly coloured form of golden beryl found in southwest Africa. • HELIODOR n. (Greek) a variety of clear yellow beryl occurring in SW Africa. |
| HERALDIC | • heraldic adj. Of, or relating to heraldry or heralds. • HERALDIC adj. pertaining to heraldry. |
| HERDLIKE | • herdlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a herd, especially in having a propensity to follow blindly after a leader. • HERDLIKE adj. resembling a herd. |
| HIRSELED | • HIRSEL v. (Scots) to herd sheep. |
| INHOLDER | • inholder n. An indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant. • inholder n. (Obsolete, in the abstract) The active forces of nature. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • INHOLDER n. a container. |
| MERCHILD | • merchild n. The young of either sex of a legendary creature, human from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down. • MERCHILD n. a fish with the body of a child. |
| PHILTRED | • philtred v. Simple past tense and past participle of philtre. • PHILTRE v. to put under the spell of a love potion, also PHILTER. |
| RAILHEAD | • railhead n. (Rail transport) A point on a railway system where goods (or passengers) are loaded, unloaded or transferred… • railhead n. The furthest point on a railroad/railway under construction to which rails have been laid. • railhead n. (Rail transport) The top surface (head) of a rail. |
| RELISHED | • relished v. Simple past tense and past participle of relish. • RELISH v. to enjoy. |
| SHIELDER | • shielder n. Agent noun of shield: one who shields. • SHIELDER n. one who shields. |
| SHRILLED | • shrilled v. Simple past tense and past participle of shrill. • SHRILL v. to utter a high-pitched sound. |
| THRILLED | • thrilled v. Simple past tense and past participle of thrill. • thrilled adj. Extremely excited or delighted. • THRILL v. to excite greatly. |
| WRITHLED | • writhled adj. (Obsolete) wrinkled. • WRITHLED adj. (archaic) shrivelled. |