| CHECKERBLOOM | • checkerbloom n. Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea. • CHECKERBLOOM n. a Californian malvaceous plant with pink or purple flowers. |
| COCKTHROWING | • cockthrowing n. Alternative form of cock throwing. • cock␣throwing n. (Historical) A blood sport in which coksteles are thrown at an immobilised rooster until it is killed. • COCKTHROWING n. the old sport of throwing sticks at a cock. |
| ELECTROSHOCK | • electroshock n. (An) electric shock. • electroshock n. (Medicine) Electroconvulsive therapy. • electroshock v. (Medicine) To administer electroconvulsive therapy. |
| HETEROKARYON | • heterokaryon n. (Biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei. • HETEROKARYON n. a cell, as in the mycelium of a fungus, that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei. |
| HETEROKONTAN | • heterokontan adj. Belonging to the heterokonts. • HETEROKONTAN adj. of or like a heterokont, a kind of yellow-green alga. |
| HOMEWORKINGS | • HOMEWORKING n. working from home. |
| HOUSEWORKERS | • houseworkers n. Plural of houseworker. • HOUSEWORKER n. one who does housework. |
| KATABOTHRONS | • KATABOTHRON n. (Modern Greek) an underground water channel, also KATAVOTHRON. |
| KATAVOTHRONS | • KATAVOTHRON n. (Modern Greek) an underground water channel, also KATABOTHRON. |
| KINETOCHORES | • kinetochores n. Plural of kinetochore. • KINETOCHORE n. a structure forming at the centromere during mitosis for binding microtubules. |
| KWASHIORKORS | • kwashiorkors n. Plural of kwashiorkor. • KWASHIORKOR n. a tropical disease of infants caused by protein deficiency. |
| POIKILOTHERM | • poikilotherm adj. Cold-blooded. • poikilotherm n. A cold-blooded animal. • POIKILOTHERM n. an organism that takes on the temperature of its surroundings. |
| POSTWORKSHOP | • postworkshop adj. After a workshop (educational course or conference). • POSTWORKSHOP adj. taking place after a workshop. |
| ROCKHOUNDING | • rockhounding n. The activities of a rock hound; amateur geology. • ROCKHOUNDING n. of a rock-collector, looking for rocks. |
| SKEUOMORPHIC | • skeuomorphic adj. (Originally archaeology) Pertaining to skeuomorphs, obsolete design elements which are retained for… • SKEUOMORPHIC adj. of or like a skeuomorph. |
| STOCKHOLDERS | • stockholders n. Plural of stockholder. • STOCKHOLDER n. an owner of corporate stock. |
| WORKAHOLISMS | • WORKAHOLISM n. excessive industry. |
| WORKSHOPPING | • workshopping v. Present participle of workshop. • WORKSHOP v. to hold a workshop. |