| BUTTONHOOK | • buttonhook n. (Sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button. • buttonhook n. A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes. • buttonhook n. (American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the… |
| CHEEKTOOTH | • cheektooth n. Alternative form of cheek tooth. • cheek␣tooth n. A hinder or molar tooth. • CHEEKTOOTH n. a molar tooth. |
| HEATSTROKE | • heatstroke n. Alternative spelling of heat stroke. • heat␣stroke n. (Medicine, countable or uncountable) An illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its… • HEATSTROKE n. a condition marked esp. by cessation of sweating, extremely high body temperature, and collapse that results from prolonged exposure to high temperature. |
| HETEROKONT | • heterokont adj. (Biology) Having flagella of unequal length. • heterokont n. (Biology) Any member of the superphylum Heterokonta, most of which are algae. • HETEROKONT n. a kind of yellow-green alga, also HETEROCONT. |
| KOHUTUHUTU | • kohutuhutu n. A tree of New Zealand, Fuchsia excorticata, bearing edible purple berries. • KOHUTUHUTU n. (Maori) a New Zealand shrub with tasty purple berries. |
| LOCKSTITCH | • lockstitch n. (Sewing) A stitch made by a sewing machine in which two threads are interlocked. • lockstitch v. (Sewing) To use this kind of stitch. • lock␣stitch n. Alternative spelling of lockstitch. |
| OUTTHANKED | • outthanked v. Simple past tense and past participle of outthank. • OUTTHANK v. to surpass in thanking. |
| SMOKETIGHT | • smoketight adj. Impervious to smoke. • SMOKETIGHT adj. proof against smoke. |
| STITCHWORK | • stitchwork n. Work produced by stitching. • STITCHWORK n. embroidery. |
| TALKATHONS | • talkathons n. Plural of talkathon. • TALKATHON n. a long talking session. |
| TCHOTCHKES | • tchotchkes n. Plural of tchotchke. • TCHOTCHKE n. (Yiddish) a knickknack, also CHACHKA, CHATCHKE, CHATCHKA, TSATSKE. |
| TENTERHOOK | • tenterhook n. One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter. • tenter-hook n. Alternative form of tenterhook. • tenter␣hook n. Alternative form of tenterhook. |
| TOOTHPICKS | • toothpicks n. Plural of toothpick. • TOOTHPICK n. an instrument for picking shreds of food from between the teeth. |
| WITCHKNOTS | • WITCHKNOT n. a knot in hair supposedly tied by witches. |