| HEARTSTRINGS | • heartstrings n. (Obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. • heartstrings n. (Figurative) One’s deepest emotions or inner feelings. • heartstrings n. (Anatomy) The cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral… |
| INTERCHAPTER | • interchapter n. An intervening or inserted chapter. • interchapter adj. Between chapters. • INTERCHAPTER n. an intercalary chapter in a book, not numbered in the general sequence. |
| INTERGROWTHS | • intergrowths n. Plural of intergrowth. • INTERGROWTH n. a growing between or together. |
| INTERWREATHE | • interwreathe v. To weave into a wreath; to intertwine. • INTERWREATHE v. to twine in between. |
| INTERWROUGHT | • interwrought v. Simple past tense and past participle of interwork. • INTERWORK v. to work together or in among. |
| NOTEWORTHIER | • noteworthier adj. Comparative form of noteworthy: more noteworthy. • NOTEWORTHY adj. worthy of or attracting attention esp because of some special excellence. |
| ORNITHOPTERS | • ornithopters n. Plural of ornithopter. • ORNITHOPTER n. a birdlike archaic flying machine. |
| PHRONTISTERY | • phrontistery n. A place for thinking. • phrontistery n. (Humorous) The toilet; the lavatory. • phrontistery n. An establishment devoted to education or study. |
| PROTOTHERIAN | • prototherian adj. Belonging or pertaining to the subclass Prototheria of monotremes. • prototherian n. Any of the egg-laying mammals of the subclass Prototheria; a monotreme. • PROTOTHERIAN adj. pertaining to a member of Prototheria, which comprises the order Monotremata and related fossil forms. |
| RESTRETCHING | • restretching v. Present participle of restretch. • RESTRETCH v. to stretch again. |
| RINTHEREOUTS | • RINTHEREOUT n. (Scots) a vagrant. |
| SHIRTFRONTED | • shirtfronted adj. Wearing a shirtfront. • shirtfronted v. Simple past tense and past participle of shirtfront. • SHIRTFRONT v. to knock (a person) to the ground by striking him or her in the chest with one's shoulder. |
| STRAIGHTENER | • straightener n. A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair. • straightener n. Anyone or anything which straightens. • straightener n. (Slang) A prearranged fight to settle a dispute. |
| STRETCHERING | • stretchering v. Present participle of stretcher. • STRETCHER v. to carry by stretcher. |
| THEREINAFTER | • thereinafter adv. In the following part (of a document or speech). • THEREINAFTER adv. in the following part of that matter (as writing, document, or speech). |
| TRICHOPTERAN | • trichopteran n. Any insect of the order Trichoptera. • trichopteran adj. Trichopterous. • TRICHOPTERAN n. any member of the Trichoptera, caddis flies. |
| TROCHANTERIC | • trochanteric adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the trochanter of the femur. • TROCHANTERIC adj. of or like a trochanter, a rough eminence on the thigh bone to which muscles are attached, also TROCHANTERAL. |
| UNDERTHIRSTS | • UNDERTHIRST n. (Wordsworth) an underlying or subconscious thirst. |