| ADENOIDAL | • adenoidal adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adenoids. • adenoidal adj. (Of a voice) Sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids. • ADENOIDAL adj. relating to or like a gland, also ADENOID. |
| BLINDFOLD | • blindfold n. A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes. • blindfold n. Something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically). • blindfold adj. Having the eyes covered so as to obscure vision. |
| BLONDINED | • blondined adj. (Of a woman’s hair) Dyed blonde. • BLONDINE v. to bleach hair blond. |
| BRODDLING | • broddling v. Present participle of broddle. • BRODDLE v. (dialect) to poke or pierce. |
| BUILDDOWN | • builddown n. A systematic, gradual reduction in the number of something (especially nuclear weapons), normally by… • build␣down v. (Card games) In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of higher value (e.g. 4♦ over 5♣). • BUILDDOWN n. a planned reduction. |
| CONDIDDLE | • condiddle v. (Scotland, transitive, archaic) To steal. • CONDIDDLE v. (Scott) to steal. |
| CONDYLOID | • condyloid adj. Relating to or resembling a condyle. • CONDYLOID adj. shaped like or pertaining to a condyle, a rounded protuberance at the end of a bone for articulation with another bone. |
| DANDELION | • dandelion n. (Countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower… • dandelion n. (Countable) The flower head or fruiting head of the dandelion plant. • dandelion n. (Uncountable) A yellow colour, like that of the flower. |
| DOWNFIELD | • downfield adj. (Sports) Toward the defending team’s end of the playing field. • downfield adj. (Chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal. • downfield adv. Towards the lower part of a field. |
| DOWNSLIDE | • downslide n. A slide downward; a worsening. • DOWNSLIDE n. a downward movement. |
| KLONDIKED | • klondiked v. Simple past tense and past participle of klondike. • KLONDIKE v. to export (fish, esp. mackerel or herring) while fresh, frequently to a foreign factory ship, also KLONDYKE. |
| NODALISED | • nodalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of nodalise. • NODALISE v. to form nodes, also NODALIZE. |
| NODALIZED | • nodalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of nodalize. • NODALIZE v. to form nodes, also NODALISE. |
| NODDINGLY | • noddingly adv. With a nodding motion, possibly expressing agreement. • noddingly adv. To a very minor degree; slightly. • NODDING adv. inclining, rocking. |
| PINFOLDED | • pinfolded v. Simple past tense and past participle of pinfold. • PINFOLD v. to impound, also PENFOLD. |
| PLODDINGS | • ploddings n. Plural of plodding. • PLODDING n. the act of plodding. |
| VIDEOLAND | • VIDEOLAND n. television as a medium or industry. |
| WINDLOADS | • WINDLOAD n. the force on a structure arising from the impact of wind on it. |