| CHECKMATE | • checkmate interj. (Chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game. • checkmate interj. (By extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape. • checkmate n. The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent’s king is threatened with unavoidable… |
| HATMAKERS | • hatmakers n. Plural of hatmaker. • Hatmakers prop.n. Plural of Hatmaker. • HATMAKER n. one that makes hats. |
| HEKTOGRAM | • HEKTOGRAM n. a measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, also HECTOGRAM, HECTOGRAMME. |
| HITMAKERS | • hitmakers n. Plural of hitmaker. • HITMAKER n. a musician who produces bestselling records. |
| JOKESMITH | • jokesmith n. (Humorous) A person who devises jokes. • JOKESMITH n. (archaic) a composer of jokes. |
| KLEPHTISM | • klephtism n. (Historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a… • KLEPHTISM n. being a klepht, a Greek brigand. |
| MAKESHIFT | • makeshift n. A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution. • makeshift adj. Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted. • makeshift n. (Obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person. |
| MATCHMAKE | • matchmake v. To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage. • MATCHMAKE v. to bring suitable people together for marriage. |
| MEATHOOKS | • meathooks n. Plural of meathook. • meat␣hooks n. Plural of meat hook. • MEATHOOK n. a hook on which to hang meat. |
| MOUTHLIKE | • mouthlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a mouth. • MOUTHLIKE adj. like a mouth. |
| MYTHMAKER | • mythmaker n. A person who originates a myth. • MYTHMAKER n. a maker of myths. |
| SHOTMAKER | • shotmaker n. (Sports) A player who is skilled at making shots and scoring even against skilled defense. • SHOTMAKER n. in sport, a person who produces winning or attacking shots. |
| THUMBLIKE | • thumblike adj. Resembling a thumb. • THUMBLIKE adj. like a thumb. |