| BROKENHEARTED | • brokenhearted adj. Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation… • broken-hearted adj. Alternative spelling of brokenhearted Feeling depressed, despondent, or hopeless, especially over losing a love. • broken␣hearted adj. (Of a person) that has a broken heart. |
| FINGERBREADTH | • fingerbreadth n. A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
| FORESHORTENED | • foreshortened v. Simple past tense and past participle of foreshorten. • FORESHORTEN v. to shorten by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained. |
| GRANDFATHERED | • grandfathered v. Simple past tense and past participle of grandfather. • GRANDFATHER v. to exempt (an activity, person, etc.) from a new piece of legislation, restriction or the like. |
| HEREDITARIANS | • hereditarians n. Plural of hereditarian. • HEREDITARIAN n. an adherent of hereditarianism, the view that heredity is the major factor in determining human and animal behaviour, also HEREDITIST. |
| INTERWREATHED | • interwreathed v. Simple past tense and past participle of interwreathe. • INTERWREATHE v. to twine in between. |
| NEANDERTHALER | • NEANDERTHALER n. a primitive or reactionary person, also NEANDERTAL, NEANDERTALER, NEANDERTHAL. |
| NONHEREDITARY | • nonhereditary adj. Not hereditary; not passed down by inheritance. • non-hereditary adj. Alternative form of nonhereditary. • NONHEREDITARY adj. not hereditary. |
| NORETHINDRONE | • norethindrone n. (Pharmacology) US form of norethisterone. • NORETHINDRONE n. a synthetic progestational hormone used in birth control pills. |
| OVERBURTHENED | • overburthened v. Simple past tense and past participle of overburthen. • OVERBURTHEN v. (archaic) to overburden, also OVERBURDEN. |
| PRETENDERSHIP | • pretendership n. The character or claims of a pretender. • PRETENDERSHIP n. the office of pretender. |
| TENDERHEARTED | • tenderhearted adj. Compassionate for another’s distress. • tenderhearted adj. Easily moved to love. • tender-hearted adj. Alternative form of tenderhearted. |
| THENCEFORWARD | • thenceforward adv. From then on; from that time on. • THENCEFORWARD adv. from that time on, also THENCEFORWARDS. |
| THUNDERSHOWER | • thundershower n. A rain shower accompanied by thunder and lightning. • THUNDERSHOWER n. a shower accompanied by lightning and thunder. |
| THUNDERSTRIKE | • thunderstrike v. (Transitive, now rare) To strike, blast, or injure by, or as if by, lightning. • thunderstrike v. (Transitive, figurative, now rare) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible. • THUNDERSTRIKE v. to strike dumb. |
| THUNDERSTROKE | • thunderstroke n. Thunderbolt. • THUNDERSTROKE n. a stroke of or as if of lightning with the attendant thunder. |
| TRAPEZOHEDRON | • trapezohedron n. (Geometry, crystallography) Any of a class of polyhedra that have kite-shaped faces and are dual polyhedra… • trapezohedron n. (Crystallography) A deltoidal icositetrahedron. • TRAPEZOHEDRON n. a crystalline form whose faces are trapeziums. |
| UNDERSTRENGTH | • understrength adj. Lacking in number (Of a military unit, sport team, etc.). • understrength adj. Lacking in strength or durability (of a material or structure). • UNDERSTRENGTH adj. deficient in strength. |
| UNDERTHRUSTED | • underthrusted v. Simple past tense and past participle of underthrust. |