| ALONGSHOREMAN | • alongshoreman n. (Archaic) Alternative form of longshoreman. • ALONGSHOREMAN n. a stevedore; a person who makes a living along the shore by fishing, etc., also LONGSHOREMAN. |
| ALONGSHOREMEN | • alongshoremen n. Plural of alongshoreman. • ALONGSHOREMAN n. a stevedore; a person who makes a living along the shore by fishing, etc., also LONGSHOREMAN. |
| ANGELOPHANIES | • angelophanies n. Plural of angelophany. • ANGELOPHANY n. the manifestation of an angel to a human. |
| CHARLESTONING | • charlestoning v. Present participle of charleston. • CHARLESTON v. to dance the charleston. |
| CLOTHESLINING | • clotheslining v. Present participle of clothesline. • CLOTHESLINE v. to knock (a person) down with a blow to the neck (or sometimes head), esp. by placing an outstretched arm in his or her path. |
| ENCROACHINGLY | • encroachingly adv. In an encroaching manner. • ENCROACHING adv. ENCROACH, to intrude on another's territory. |
| ETHNOLINGUIST | • ethnolinguist n. A scholar of ethnolinguistics; a linguistic anthropologist who studies the language of a specific ethnic group. • ETHNOLINGUIST n. one who studies the relationship between language and cultural behaviour. |
| GENETHLIACONS | • GENETHLIACON n. a birthday ode. |
| GENTLEMANHOOD | • gentlemanhood n. The qualities or condition of a gentleman. • GENTLEMANHOOD n. the state of being a gentleman. |
| HALLUCINOGENS | • hallucinogens n. Plural of hallucinogen. • HALLUCINOGEN n. a substance that induces hallucinations, also HALLUCINOGENIC. |
| HALOGENATIONS | • halogenations n. Plural of halogenation. • HALOGENATION n. the act of halogenating. |
| HOUSECLEANING | • housecleaning n. Collectively, the tasks involved with cleaning a house; the practice of cleaning a house. • housecleaning v. Present participle of houseclean. • HOUSECLEANING n. the act of cleaning house. |
| OVERLAUNCHING | • overlaunching v. Present participle of overlaunch. • OVERLAUNCH v. in shipbuilding, to join by long splices or scarfs. |
| OVERLENGTHENS | • overlengthens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overlengthen. • OVERLENGTHEN v. to lengthen excessively. |
| PHENOMENOLOGY | • phenomenology n. (Philosophy) The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view. • phenomenology n. (Philosophy) A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by Edmund Husserl. • phenomenology n. (Medicine, philosophy of medical sciences) An approach to clinical practice which places undue reliance… |
| SCHNORKELLING | • schnorkelling v. Present participle of schnorkel. • SCHNORKEL v. (German) to swim underwater using a breathing-tube, also SNORKEL. |
| SPHINGOMYELIN | • sphingomyelin n. (Biochemistry) a phospholipid, derived from sphingosine and choline, found in nerve tissue. • SPHINGOMYELIN n. a phospholipid derived from sphingosine, occurring in cell membranes. |
| UNDERCLOTHING | • underclothing n. Clothing worn next to the skin; underwear. • UNDERCLOTHING n. clothes worn under others, esp. those next to the skin. |
| UNNEIGHBOURLY | • unneighbourly adj. Not neighbourly; antisocial. • unneighbourly adv. In a way that is not neighbourly. • UNNEIGHBOURLY adj. not like a neighbour, also UNNEIGHBORLY. |