| CHILDHOOD | • childhood n. (Chiefly uncountable) The state of being a child. • childhood n. The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty. • childhood n. (By extension) The early stages of development of something. |
| CHOKEHOLD | • chokehold n. (Martial arts, wrestling) A grappling hold around the neck that cuts off the flow of air to the brain. • chokehold n. (By extension) A strong and powerful grasp on something. • chokehold v. To put in a chokehold. |
| FLESHHOOD | • fleshhood n. The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation. • FLESHHOOD n. the state of being in the flesh. |
| HALOPHOBE | • halophobe n. (Biology) Any halophobic organism. • HALOPHOBE n. a plant that cannot survive in salty soil. |
| HAVDOLOHS | • HAVDOLOH n. (Hebrew) a Jewish ceremony or prayer that marks the end of the Sabbath, also HABDALAH, HAVDALAH. |
| HOLLYHOCK | • hollyhock n. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family. • HOLLYHOCK n. a plant of the mallow family. |
| HOLOGRAPH | • holograph n. (Law, textual criticism) A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose signature… • holograph n. A hologram. • holograph v. To record by means of holography. |
| HOLOHEDRA | • holohedra n. Plural of holohedron. • HOLOHEDRON n. a geometrical form possessing the property of holohedrism. |
| HOLOPHOTE | • holophote n. A lighthouse lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction. • HOLOPHOTE n. an apparatus by which all the light from a lighthouse is thrown in the required direction. |
| HOLOPHYTE | • holophyte n. (Biology) Any organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis. • HOLOPHYTE n. a plant maintained entirely by its own organs. |
| HOMOPHILE | • homophile adj. (Dated) Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one’s own… • homophile adj. (Chiefly historical) Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement. • homophile n. (Dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons… |
| HOMOPHYLY | • homophyly n. (Biology, archaic) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition… • HOMOPHYLY n. resemblance due to common ancestry. |
| HOOLACHAN | • HOOLACHAN n. (Gaelic) a Highland reel, esp. the reel of Tulloch, also HOOLICAN. |
| HOUSEHOLD | • household n. Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc… • household n. (Obsolete) A line of ancestry; a race or house. • household adj. Belonging to the same house and family. |
| PHOTOPHIL | • photophil n. The phase of a two-phase circadian rhythm associated with light and expenditure of energy. • PHOTOPHIL n. an organism that seeks the light. |
| SHORTHOLD | • shorthold adj. (UK, law) Describing a tenancy that exists for an agreed term, at the end of which the property may… • shorthold n. A tenancy of this kind. • SHORTHOLD adj. of or being a tenancy of one to five years. |
| SHOTHOLES | • shotholes n. Plural of shothole. • SHOTHOLE n. a hole drilled in a rock to hold explosives. |
| SOOTHLICH | • SOOTHLICH adv. (Spenser) truly, indeed, also SOOTHLY. |
| TOUCHHOLE | • touchhole n. Alternative spelling of touch hole. • touch-hole n. Alternative spelling of touch hole. • touch␣hole n. A small hole through which the propellant charge of a cannon or muzzleloading gun is ignited. |