| CATCHMENT | • catchment n. (Often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water. • catchment n. A catchment area, or the people it serves. • catchment v. To divide into catchment areas. |
| HARMATTAN | • harmattan n. A dry and dusty wind which blows from the Sahara over the Atlantic coast of West Africa in December… • harmattan n. A season which spans the period in which the harmattan wind blows. • HARMATTAN n. (Fanti) a dry dusty wind from the Sahara blowing towards the West African coast. |
| HATCHMENT | • hatchment n. (Heraldry) An escutcheon of a deceased person, placed within a black lozenge and hung on a wall. • HATCHMENT n. a diamond-shaped escutcheon bearing a deceased person's arms. |
| HETMANATE | • hetmanate n. Government by a hetman, or the territory thereby governed. • HETMANATE n. the office of hetman, the head or general of the Cossacks. |
| HUMECTANT | • humectant n. Any substance that promotes the retention of water, especially one used to keep a food product moist. • HUMECTANT adj. absorbing moisture. • HUMECTANT n. a substance that absorbs moisture. |
| MANHATTAN | • manhattan n. Alternative spelling of Manhattan (“cocktail”). • manhattan n. (Cricket) a bar chart representing the number of runs scored each over (supposed to resemble a skyline… • Manhattan prop.n. An indigenous people of North America who lived in present day New York State. |
| MONTEITHS | • monteiths n. Plural of monteith. • Monteiths prop.n. Plural of Monteith. • MONTEITH n. (Scots) a large 17th or 18th century bowl, usually of silver, for cooling punch glasses. |
| NIGHTTIME | • nighttime n. The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night. • nighttime adj. Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night. • nighttime adj. Happening during the night. |
| NOMOTHETE | • nomothete n. A lawgiver; a legislator. • nomothete n. A name giver. • NOMOTHETE n. a lawgiver. |
| NORTHMOST | • northmost adj. Furthest to the north; most northern. • NORTHMOST adj. most northerly, also NORTHERMOST, NORTHERNMOST. |
| NYMPHETTE | • nymphette n. Alternative form of nymphet. • NYMPHETTE n. a sexually desirable pubescent girl, also NYMPHET. |
| THANATISM | • thanatism n. The belief that the human soul eventually dies. • THANATISM n. the belief that the soul dies with the body. |
| THAUMATIN | • thaumatin n. A virtually calorie-free protein sweetener and flavour modifier. • THAUMATIN n. a sweetener extracted from a West Indian fruit. |
| THELEMENT | • THELEMENT n. (Spenser) the element. |
| THUMBNUTS | • thumbnuts n. Plural of thumbnut. • THUMBNUT n. a nut that is turned by the thumb and fingers. |
| TINSMITHS | • tinsmiths n. Plural of tinsmith. • TINSMITH n. one who works with tin. |
| TUNESMITH | • tunesmith n. A composer of tunes. • TUNESMITH n. a songwriter or composer of light music. |
| UMPTEENTH | • umpteenth adj. (Informal, often slightly derogatory) Occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence. • UMPTEENTH adj. the ordinal of umpteen. • UMPTEENTH n. an indefinitely large number in a sequence, also UMPTIETH, UMTEENTH. |