| 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. |
| HUMECTATE | • humectate v. (Obsolete) To moisten. • HUMECTATE v. to moisten; to wet, also HUMECT. |
| METHOUGHT | • methought v. (Archaic) simple past tense and past participle of methinks. • METHINK v. it seems to me, also METHINKETH, METHINKS. |
| MISTAUGHT | • mistaught v. Simple past tense and past participle of misteach. • MISTEACH v. to teach wrongly or badly. |
| MISTRUTHS | • mistruths n. Plural of mistruth. • MISTRUTH n. a lie. |
| MOUTHIEST | • mouthiest adj. Superlative form of mouthy: most mouthy. • MOUTHY adj. outspoken, obstreperous. |
| MOUTHPART | • mouthpart n. (Usually in the plural) An appendage-like structure on the outside of an insect’s or other arthropod’s… • mouth-part n. Alternative spelling of mouthpart. • MOUTHPART n. part of a mouth. |
| MULTIPATH | • multipath n. (Telecommunications) A wireless propagation phenomenon that results in a signal reaching the receiving… • multipath adj. Involving or pertaining to more than one path (route), as between nodes on a network or components in a computer. • MULTIPATH adj. comprising many paths. |
| SCHMUTTER | • schmutter n. (Colloquial) Clothing. • schmutter n. (Colloquial) Rubbish, worthless material. • SCHMUTTER n. (Yiddish) clothing, rags, also SCHMATTE, SHMATTE. |
| SHTUMMEST | • SHTUMM adj. (Yiddish) silent, dumb, quiet, also SCHTOOM, SCHTUM, SHTOOM, SHTUM, STUMM. |
| SOUTHMOST | • southmost adj. Furthest to the south; most southern. • SOUTHMOST adj. situated furthest south, also SOUTHERMOST, SOUTHERNMOST. |
| THAUMATIN | • thaumatin n. A virtually calorie-free protein sweetener and flavour modifier. • THAUMATIN n. a sweetener extracted from a West Indian fruit. |
| THUMBIEST | • THUMBY adj. like thumbs, clumsy. |
| THUMBNUTS | • thumbnuts n. Plural of thumbnut. • THUMBNUT n. a nut that is turned by the thumb and fingers. |
| THUMBPOTS | • thumbpots n. Plural of thumbpot. • THUMBPOT n. a very small flowerpot. |
| THUMBTACK | • thumbtack n. (North America) A small nail-like tack with a slightly rounded head that can be pressed into place with… • thumbtack v. (Transitive) To fix or attach something with a thumbtack. • THUMBTACK n. a broad-headed tack. |
| 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. |