| BACKSTRETCH | • backstretch n. (Athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running… • backstretch n. (Horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees. • backstretch n. (Figuratively) The middle part of an event. |
| HACKBUTTERS | • hackbutters n. Plural of hackbutter. • HACKBUTTER n. one who uses a hackbut, also HACKBUTEER, HAGBUTEER, HAGBUTTER. |
| HEATSTROKES | • heatstrokes n. Plural of heatstroke. • heat␣strokes n. Plural of heat stroke. • HEATSTROKE n. a condition marked esp. by cessation of sweating, extremely high body temperature, and collapse that results from prolonged exposure to high temperature. |
| HETEROKONTS | • heterokonts n. Plural of heterokont. • HETEROKONT n. a kind of yellow-green alga, also HETEROCONT. |
| KETCHUPIEST | • KETCHUPY adj. of or like ketchup. |
| KINESTHETIC | • kinesthetic adj. Of or relating to kinesthesia. • KINESTHETIC adj. relating to kinesthesia, also KINAESTHETIC. |
| KITTENISHLY | • kittenishly adv. In a kittenish manner. • KITTENISH adv. of or like a kitten. |
| KNIGHTLIEST | • knightliest adj. Superlative form of knightly: most knightly. • KNIGHTLY adj. befitting a knight. |
| NETHERSTOCK | • netherstock n. A stocking. • netherstock n. (Historical) A 16th-century stocking reaching above the knee and worn with upperstocks. • NETHERSTOCK n. (obsolete) a stocking. |
| SHUTTLECOCK | • shuttlecock n. (Countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in… • shuttlecock n. (Uncountable, dated) The game of badminton. • shuttlecock v. To move rapidly back and forth. |
| SKINTIGHTER | • SKINTIGHT adj. fitting the body closely like a skin. |
| TENTERHOOKS | • tenterhooks n. Plural of tenterhook. • tenter␣hooks n. Plural of tenter hook. • TENTERHOOK n. a sharp, hooked nail to fasten cloth to a tenter. |
| TEXTBOOKISH | • textbookish adj. Characteristic of a textbook. • TEXTBOOKISH adj. written in a style reminiscent of textbooks. |
| THELYTOKIES | • THELYTOKY n. the parthenogenetic production of females only. |
| THELYTOKOUS | • thelytokous adj. That produces female offspring (only). • THELYTOKOUS adj. producing only female offspring. |
| THICKETIEST | • THICKETY adj. having the nature of a thicket. |
| TREKSCHUITS | • trekschuits n. Plural of trekschuit. • TREKSCHUIT n. (Dutch) a towed canalboat. |
| WHITTERICKS | • whittericks n. Plural of whitterick. • WHITTERICK n. (Scots) a weasel, also WHITRACK, WHITRET, WHITRICK, WHITTRET. |