| DEHAIRING | • dehairing v. Present participle of dehair. • DEHAIR v. to remove the hair from. |
| DITHERING | • dithering v. Present participle of dither. • dithering n. The act of one who dithers. • DITHERING n. acting nervously or indecisively. |
| HAGRIDING | • hagriding v. Present participle of hagride. • HAGRIDE v. to drive as though possessed by a witch. |
| HINDBRAIN | • hindbrain n. (Neuroanatomy) The posterior part of the brain, comprising the cerebellum, pons and medulla, the rhombencephalon. • HINDBRAIN n. the posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain. |
| HINDERING | • hindering v. Present participle of hinder. • hindering adj. Harmful; of or relating to that which hinders. • HINDERING adj. impeding. |
| HIRUNDINE | • hirundine adj. Relating to a swallow (the bird). • hirundine n. A member of the swallow family. • HIRUNDINE adj. of or pertaining to swallows. |
| INHERITED | • inherited v. Simple past tense and past participle of inherit. • inherited adj. Obtained via an inheritance. • inherited adj. Hereditary. |
| INSHRINED | • inshrined v. Simple past tense and past participle of inshrine. • INSHRINE v. to place in a shrine, also ENSHRINE. |
| NEPHRIDIA | • nephridia n. Plural of nephridium. • NEPHRIDIUM n. in invertebrates and lower chordates, an organ serving the function of a kidney. |
| NIGHTBIRD | • nightbird n. Alternative spelling of night bird. • night␣bird n. A bird that is active in the night; a nocturnal bird. • night␣bird n. A human denizen of night. |
| NINHYDRIN | • ninhydrin n. (Organic chemistry) The aromatic compound 2,2-dihydroxyindane-1,3-dione which is used as a reagent to detect amines. • NINHYDRIN n. a poisonous crystalline oxidizing agent used as an analytical reagent. |
| ORNITHOID | • ornithoid adj. Resembling or characteristic of a bird. • ornithoid n. (Science fiction, fantasy) Any bird-like creature. • ORNITHOID adj. birdlike. |
| RACHIDIAN | • rachidian adj. (Anatomy, zoology) Of or relating to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. • RACHIDIAN adj. of or like a rachis, the spine or axis of a feather, also RACHIDIAL, RHACHIDIAL. |
| RAWHIDING | • rawhiding v. Present participle of rawhide. • RAWHIDE v. to beat with a type of whip. |
| RHIPIDION | • rhipidion n. (Christianity) In the Greek Church, the eucharistic fan or flabellum. • RHIPIDION n. (Greek) in the Greek Orthodox church, the eucharistical fan or flabellum. |
| THIRDINGS | • thirdings n. Plural of thirding. • thirdings n. (UK, law) One third of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant’s death, paid to the lord as a heriot. • THIRDING n. a third part. |
| THRIDDING | • thridding v. Present participle of thrid. • thridding n. (Obsolete) A riding (administrative division). • THRID v. (Spenser) to thread. |
| WHINIARDS | • whiniards n. Plural of whiniard. • WHINIARD n. (historical) a short sword or dirk, also WHINYARD. |
| WHIRLWIND | • whirlwind n. A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the… • whirlwind n. (Figuratively) A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward. • whirlwind adj. Rapid and minimal: a whirlwind tour, a whirlwind romance. |