| BANDERSNATCH | • Bandersnatch prop.n. An obscure fictional creature mentioned in two of Lewis Carroll’s poems. • BANDERSNATCH n. an imaginary wild animal of fierce disposition. |
| CANTHARIDINS | • cantharidins n. Plural of cantharidin. • CANTHARIDIN n. a bitter crystalline compound that is the active blister-producing ingredient of cantharides. |
| CHONDROITINS | • chondroitins n. Plural of chondroitin. • CHONDROITIN n. any of several glycosaminoglycans occurring in sulfated form in various animal tissues such as cartilage. |
| CHONDROSTIAN | • chondrostian adj. Relating to the chondrosteans. • CHONDROSTIAN n. a member of the Chondrostei, an order of bony fishes including the sturgeon and bichir. |
| DETHRONISING | • DETHRONISE v. to remove from a throne, also DETHRONIZE. |
| DISENCHANTER | • disenchanter n. One who disenchants. • disenchanter n. (Fantasy) A magical beast that can drain magical energy. • DISENCHANTER n. one who disenchants. |
| DISENTHRONED | • disenthroned v. Simple past tense and past participle of disenthrone. • DISENTHRONE v. (Milton) to dethrone. |
| DISENTHRONES | • disenthrones v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disenthrone. • DISENTHRONE v. (Milton) to dethrone. |
| HANDWRITINGS | • handwritings n. Plural of handwriting. • HANDWRITING n. writing, script; one's style of writing. |
| HARDSTANDING | • hardstanding n. Alternative form of hardstand. • HARDSTANDING n. a hard surface on which cars, aircraft etc. may stand, also HARDSTAND. |
| HELDENTENORS | • heldentenors n. Plural of heldentenor. • HELDENTENOR n. (German) a tenor with striking dramatic quality suitable for heroic roles. |
| HYDRASTININE | • hydrastinine n. (Organic chemistry) A semisynthetic alkaloid resulting from the hydrolysis of hydrastine. • HYDRASTININE n. a colourless crystalline water-soluble compound whose pharmacological action resembles that of hydrastine. |
| INTERDASHING | • interdashing v. Present participle of interdash. • INTERDASH v. to dash between or among; to intersperse. |
| NEANDERTHALS | • neanderthals n. Plural of neanderthal. • Neanderthals n. Plural of Neanderthal. • NEANDERTHAL n. (German) a primitive or reactionary person, also NEANDERTAL, NEANDERTALER, NEANDERTHALER. |
| NIGHTRIDINGS | • NIGHTRIDING n. the activity of a nightrider, a member of a secret band of white men who carried out lynchings in the southern USA. |
| NORTHERNISED | • northernised v. Simple past tense and past participle of northernise. • NORTHERNISE v. to make northern, also NORTHERNIZE. |
| PENTAHEDRONS | • pentahedrons n. Plural of pentahedron. • PENTAHEDRON n. a five-sided solid figure. |
| STRENGTHENED | • strengthened v. Simple past tense and past participle of strengthen. • STRENGTHEN v. to make stronger. |
| THUNDERSTONE | • thunderstone n. (Archaic) A thunderbolt. • thunderstone n. A stone or fossil thought to be, or be caused by, a thunderbolt striking the earth. • thunderstone n. A belemnite. |
| UNCHRISTENED | • unchristened adj. Not christened. • unchristened v. Simple past tense and past participle of unchristen. • UNCHRISTEN v. to render unchristian. |