| BEECHDROPS | • beechdrops n. Epifagus virginiana or Epifagus americana, a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beech trees. • BEECHDROPS n. an American plant like a broomrape, parasitic on beech roots. |
| CHAPERONED | • chaperoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of chaperone. • CHAPERON v. (French) to accompany and supervise. |
| COMPREHEND | • comprehend v. (Now rare) To include, comprise; to contain. • comprehend v. To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly. • COMPREHEND v. to grasp the meaning of. |
| COPPERHEAD | • copperhead n. Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes. • copperhead n. (Derogatory) Someone with ginger hair. • Copperhead n. (US, historical, slang) A northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during… |
| HETEROPODS | • heteropods n. Plural of heteropod. • HETEROPOD n. any of a group of free-swimming prosobranch gastropods having the foot adapted for swimming. |
| HOMEPORTED | • homeported v. Simple past tense and past participle of homeport. • HOMEPORT v. to assign a ship to a port. |
| HOTPRESSED | • hotpressed v. Simple past tense and past participle of hotpress. • hotpressed adj. That has been heated and pressed. • HOTPRESS v. to subject to heat and pressure, e.g. for the purpose of giving a smooth and glossy surface. |
| HYPEROXIDE | • hyperoxide n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any oxide that has a higher than normal ratio of oxygen to metal. • HYPEROXIDE adj. a compound containing a relatively large proportion of oxygen. |
| OVERHEAPED | • overheaped v. Simple past tense and past participle of overheap. • OVERHEAP v. to heap up to excess. |
| PENHOLDERS | • penholders n. Plural of penholder. • PENHOLDER n. a holder for pens. |
| PETROLHEAD | • petrolhead n. (Colloquial) A person who is overly reliant on the use of their car, resisting any suggestion to use… • petrolhead n. (Colloquial, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) A bogan who is overly fond of their car or motorbike… • petrolhead n. (Colloquial, Australia, New Zealand) A person involved in motor racing as either participant or dedicated spectator. |
| PEWHOLDERS | • pewholders n. Plural of pewholder. • PEWHOLDER n. one who has his or her own pew in a church. |
| PHELLODERM | • phelloderm n. (Botany) The innermost parenchymatous tissue of the periderm of some plants. • PHELLODERM n. a layer of green parenchymatous cells formed on the inner side of the phellogen, the tissue of young cells which produces cork cells. |
| PODOSPHERE | • podosphere n. (Slang) The collective podcasting community. • PODOSPHERE n. the collective podcasting social network or community. |
| PROPHESIED | • prophesied v. Simple past tense and past participle of prophesy. • PROPHESY v. to predict. |
| REPLOUGHED | • reploughed v. Simple past tense and past participle of replough. • REPLOUGH v. to plough again, also REPLOW. |
| REPOLISHED | • repolished v. Simple past tense and past participle of repolish. • REPOLISH v. to polish again. |
| REPROACHED | • reproached v. Simple past tense and past participle of reproach. • REPROACH v. to find fault with. |
| SEMAPHORED | • semaphored v. Simple past tense and past participle of semaphore. • SEMAPHORE v. to signal in this way. |