| CHAMFERING | • chamfering v. Present participle of chamfer. • chamfering n. A chamfer. • CHAMFER v. to channel or make furrows upon; to bevel. |
| CHAMFRAINS | • chamfrains n. Plural of chamfrain. • CHAMFRAIN n. a piece of leather, or plate of steel, to protect the head of a horse in battle, also CHAFFRON, CHAMFRON, CHANFRON. |
| CHROMAFFIN | • chromaffin adj. (Cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts. • CHROMAFFIN adj. staining deeply with chromium salts. |
| CHYMIFYING | • chymifying v. Present participle of chymify. • CHYMIFY v. to form into chyme. |
| CONCHIFORM | • conchiform adj. Shaped like a conch. • CONCHIFORM adj. shaped like a shell. |
| FAMISHMENT | • famishment n. (Now literary) The state or process of being famished. • famishment n. (Obsolete) Famine. • FAMISHMENT n. the state of being famished. |
| FISHMONGER | • fishmonger n. (Britain) A person who sells fish. • fishmonger n. (Britain, rare) A fishmonger’s, a fishmonger’s shop: a shop that sells fish. • fishmonger n. (Archaic) A pimp. |
| FLEHMENING | • flehmening v. Present participle of flehmen. • FLEHMEN v. of a mammal, to grimace with lips drawn back. |
| FLEMISHING | • flemishing v. Present participle of flemish. • FLEMISH v. to coil a rope in a certain way. |
| HUMGRUFFIN | • humgruffin n. (Archaic) A savage or terrible person. • humgruffin n. (Archaic) An obnoxious, whinging, or peevish person. • HUMGRUFFIN n. a terrible person, also HUMGRUFFIAN. |
| INFRAHUMAN | • infrahuman adj. Below the level of the human. • infrahuman n. (Psychology) A creature that is not (yet) at the level of understanding of a human being, such as a… • INFRAHUMAN adj. less or lower than human. |
| MINESHAFTS | • mineshafts n. Plural of mineshaft. • mine␣shafts n. Plural of mine shaft. • MINESHAFT n. a vertical entrance into a mine. |
| MONKFISHES | • monkfishes n. Plural of monkfish. • MONKFISH n. a large edible marine fish. |
| MOONFISHES | • moonfishes n. Plural of moonfish. • MOONFISH n. the opah or other silvery disc-shaped fish. |
| MUTTONFISH | • muttonfish n. (Chiefly US) Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially… • muttonfish n. (Australia) Any of several edible molluscs of the genus Haliotis; an abalone. • MUTTONFISH n. a common food fish of the Western Atlantic. |
| NUMBFISHES | • numbfishes n. Plural of numbfish. • NUMBFISH n. the torpedo fish, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives. |
| PHENFORMIN | • phenformin n. (Pharmacology) An antidiabetic drug of the biguanide class. • PHENFORMIN n. a biguanide administered orally in the treatment of diabetes to lower blood levels of glucose. |