| DROPCLOTH | • dropcloth n. A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint. • drop␣cloth n. An impermeable sheet of material meant to catch paint or other hard-to-clean substances. • DROPCLOTH n. a cloth dropped on the floor to catch drips from painting. |
| DROPLIGHT | • droplight n. Alternative spelling of drop light. • drop␣light n. A lamp that is suspended, for example via a cable. • drop␣light n. (Railways) A window in a train carriage that is opened by pushing it downward into the door. |
| HOLDERBAT | • holderbat n. A device used to secure a pipe to a wall by means of an enclosing ring. • HOLDERBAT n. a clamp fixed around the sides of a pipe. |
| HOLSTERED | • holstered v. Simple past tense and past participle of holster. • HOLSTER v. to place in a holster. |
| HYDROLYTE | • hydrolyte n. A substance subjected to hydrolysis. • HYDROLYTE n. a body subjected to hydrolysis. |
| HYDROPULT | • hydropult n. A hand-powered machine for spraying water. • HYDROPULT n. a machine for throwing water by hand power, as a garden engine, a fire extinguisher, etc. |
| NORTHLAND | • northland n. A land that lies to the north. • Northland prop.n. A region in the far north of the North Island, New Zealand. • NORTHLAND n. the northern part of a country. |
| POTHOLDER | • potholder n. An insulated pad used for handling hot cooking utensils. • pot␣holder n. A piece of textile (often quilted) or silicone used to cover the hand when holding hot kitchen cooking… • POTHOLDER n. a piece of material used to protect the hands while lifting a pot from the oven. |
| RECLOTHED | • reclothed v. Simple past tense and past participle of reclothe. • RECLOTHE v. to dress again. |
| RHODOLITE | • rhodolite n. A purplish-red garnet. • RHODOLITE n. a rose-red or pink garnet gem. |
| ROOTHOLDS | • rootholds n. Plural of roothold. • ROOTHOLD n. maintenance of position by roots. |
| SHORTHOLD | • shorthold adj. (UK, law) Describing a tenancy that exists for an agreed term, at the end of which the property may… • shorthold n. A tenancy of this kind. • SHORTHOLD adj. of or being a tenancy of one to five years. |
| THRALDOMS | • thraldoms n. Plural of thraldom. • THRALDOM n. servitude, also THRALLDOM. |
| THRALLDOM | • thralldom n. A state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person. • THRALLDOM n. servitude, also THRALDOM. |
| THREEFOLD | • threefold adj. Three times as great. • threefold adj. Triple. • threefold adv. By a factor of three. |
| THRESHOLD | • threshold n. The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill. • threshold n. (By extension) An entrance; the door or gate of a house. • threshold n. (By extension) Any end or boundary. |
| THROPPLED | • throppled v. Simple past tense and past participle of thropple. • THROPPLE v. (Scots) to throttle, strangle, also THRAPPLE. |
| THROTTLED | • throttled v. Simple past tense and past participle of throttle. • THROTTLE v. to to choke by pressure at the windpipe. |
| THYROIDAL | • thyroidal adj. (Physiology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting the thyroid. • THYROIDAL adj. relating to the thyroid gland. |