| CHECKMATED | • checkmated adj. (Chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game. • checkmated adj. (Figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss. • checkmated v. Simple past tense and past participle of checkmate. |
| CHECKMATES | • checkmates n. Plural of checkmate. • checkmates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate. • CHECKMATE v. in chess, to put (a player's king) in checkmate; to defeat or render incapable of counterattack. |
| CHEMOKINES | • chemokines n. Plural of chemokine. • CHEMOKINE n. a type of protein. |
| HACKNEYMEN | • hackneymen n. Plural of hackneyman. • HACKNEYMAN n. a man who lets horses and carriages for hire. |
| HAMESUCKEN | • hamesucken n. (Scotland) An assault on a person in his own home, having broken in for that purpose. • HAMESUCKEN n. (Scots) the assaulting of a man in his own house. |
| HELMETLIKE | • helmetlike adj. Resembling a helmet. • HELMETLIKE adj. like a helmet. |
| HOMEMAKERS | • homemakers n. Plural of homemaker. • HOMEMAKER n. a housewife or househusband. |
| HOMEWORKER | • homeworker n. A person who works from home. • HOMEWORKER n. a worker who works from home. |
| MAKEWEIGHT | • makeweight n. Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight. • makeweight n. Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument. • MAKEWEIGHT n. a small quantity added to make up a certain weight e.g. an extra slice of bread; hence, an insignificant person or thing. |
| METHINKETH | • methinketh cont. (Archaic) methinks. • METHINKETH v. (obsolete) I think, also METHINK, METHINKS. |
| MOTHERLIKE | • motherlike adj. Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly. |
| NAMECHECKS | • namechecks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of namecheck. • name-checks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of name-check. • NAMECHECK v. to mention by name. |
| RAKESHAMES | • rakeshames n. Plural of rakeshame. • RAKESHAME n. a vile, dissolute wretch. |
| SCHMECKERS | • SCHMECKER n. a heroin user. |
| SHOEMAKERS | • shoemakers n. Plural of shoemaker. • SHOEMAKER n. one who makes shoes. |
| SMOKEHOUSE | • smokehouse n. A structure used to smoke food to preserve it and to add flavor. • smokehouse n. A structure in which freshly harvested tobacco is cured or preserved by smoking. • SMOKEHOUSE n. a building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke. |
| UNHOMELIKE | • unhomelike adj. Not homelike. • UNHOMELIKE adj. not homelike. |