| BESMIRCHING | • besmirching v. Present participle of besmirch. • BESMIRCH v. to soil, make dirty. |
| CHIRONOMIES | • chironomies n. Plural of chironomy. • CHIRONOMY n. the art of gesticulation or mime. |
| EMPERISHING | • EMPERISH v. (Spenser) to impair. |
| HEMICRANIAS | • hemicranias n. Plural of hemicrania. • HEMICRANIA n. a pain that affects only one side of the head. |
| HEMOSIDERIN | • hemosiderin n. (Biochemistry) An abnormal microscopic pigment, formed of granules of a complex of iron hydroxides… • HEMOSIDERIN n. a pigment that is formed in some phagocytic cells by the breakdown of hemoglobin and is probably essentially a denatured form of ferritin, also HAEMOSIDERIN. |
| INHARMONIES | • inharmonies n. Plural of inharmony. • INHARMONY n. want of harmony. |
| MACHINERIES | • machineries n. Plural of machinery. • MACHINERY n. machines in general. |
| MAIDENHAIRS | • maidenhairs n. Plural of maidenhair. • maiden-hairs n. Plural of maiden-hair. • MAIDENHAIR n. a fern of the genus Adiantum, having very slender graceful stalks. |
| MARTINETISH | • MARTINETISH adj. like a martinet. |
| MICROINCHES | • microinches n. Plural of microinch. • MICROINCH n. one millionth of an inch. |
| MILLIHENRYS | • millihenrys n. Plural of millihenry. • MILLIHENRY n. a thousandth of a henry. |
| MISCHANCIER | • MISCHANCY adj. unlucky, happening amiss. |
| MOONSHINIER | • MOONSHINY adj. full of moonlight. |
| PREHOMINIDS | • prehominids n. Plural of prehominid. • PREHOMINID n. an ancestor of hominids. |
| SHIMMERINGS | • shimmerings n. Plural of shimmering. • SHIMMERING n. a tremulous gleam. |
| THERMIONICS | • thermionics n. The science dealing with thermionic emission. • THERMIONICS n. physics dealing with thermionic phenomena. |
| WHIMPERINGS | • whimperings n. Plural of whimpering. • WHIMPERING n. the act of whimpering. |
| WISENHEIMER | • wisenheimer n. (Chiefly US, informal, mildly humorous) A self-assertive and arrogant person; a know-it-all or smart aleck. • WISENHEIMER n. a smart aleck, also WEISENHEIMER. |