| BRINISH | • brinish adj. Like brine; somewhat salty. • BRINISH adj. like brine. |
| HAIRING | • hairing v. Present participle of hair. • hairing n. A distinctive pattern of hair growth. • HAIR v. to free from hair. |
| HAIRPIN | • hairpin n. A pin or fastener for the hair. • hairpin n. (Biology) A kind of ribozyme; hairpin ribozyme. • hairpin n. (Chiefly attributive) A very tight bend in a road; a hairpin bend. |
| HEIRING | • heiring v. Present participle of heir. • HEIR v. to inherit. |
| HINKIER | • hinkier adj. Comparative form of hinky: more hinky. • HINKY adj. strange, unreliable. |
| HIRCINE | • hircine adj. (Book word, not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats. • hircine adj. Possessed of an odour reminiscent of goats. • hircine adj. Libidinous; lustful. |
| HIRINGS | • hirings n. Plural of hiring. • HIRING n. the act by which an article is hired. |
| HIRLING | • hirling n. Alternative form of herling. • HIRLING n. a young seatrout, a finnock, also HERLING. |
| HIRUDIN | • hirudin n. (Biochemistry) A peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant. • HIRUDIN n. a substance present in the salivary glands of leeches, used as an anticoagulant. |
| INHERIT | • inherit v. (Transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations). • inherit v. (Transitive) To receive (Property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner’s death. • inherit v. (Transitive, biology) To receive a characteristic from one’s ancestors by genetic transmission. |
| NOIRISH | • noirish adj. (Film, art) Having the character of film noir. • NOIRISH adj. pertaining to noir, a type of crime fiction. |
| RHIZINE | • rhizine n. (Botany, lichenology) A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid. • RHIZINE n. a lichen rhizoid. |
| RICHING | • riching v. Present participle of rich. • RICH v. to grow rich. |
| ROINISH | • roinish adj. Obsolete form of roynish. • ROINISH adj. (Shakespeare) mangy; scurvy, also ROYNISH. |
| SHINIER | • shinier adj. Comparative form of shiny: more shiny. • SHINY adj. filled with light. |
| SHIRING | • shiring v. Present participle of shire. • SHIR v. to pucker, also SHIRR. |
| WHINIER | • whinier adj. Comparative form of whiny: more whiny. • WHINY adj. given to whining, also WHINEY. |