| AUTOCHTHONS | • autochthons n. Plural of autochthon. • AUTOCHTHON n. one sprung from the ground he inhabits, aborigine, native. |
| AUTOCHTHONY | • autochthony n. An aboriginal condition or state. • AUTOCHTHONY n. the state of being aboriginal. |
| FORETHOUGHT | • forethought n. Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation. • forethought n. Anticipation. • forethought n. Provident care; prudence. |
| HOLOTHURIAN | • holothurian n. (Zoology) sea cucumber (of the class Holothuroidea). • HOLOTHURIAN n. any member of a class of wormlike unarmoured echinoderms, aka sea cucumbers. |
| HOTHOUSINGS | • HOTHOUSING n. the act of rearing intensively. |
| HOUNDSTOOTH | • houndstooth n. A two-colour fabric pattern of broken checks. • houndstooth n. Fabric with a houndstooth pattern; an item of clothing made with such fabric. |
| HOUSEMOTHER | • housemother n. A woman employed in a residence for young people, to look after them. • HOUSEMOTHER n. a woman in charge of children in an institution. |
| MOTHERHOUSE | • motherhouse n. The monastery from which the other ’houses’ of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly)… • motherhouse n. The convent which is the seat (and often the above original foundation) of the superior of an order… • MOTHERHOUSE n. the convent in which the superior of a religious community resides. |
| OVERTHOUGHT | • overthought v. Simple past tense and past participle of overthink. • overthought n. Excessive thought or thinking. • OVERTHINK v. to think to excess. |
| THARBOROUGH | • THARBOROUGH n. (Shakespeare) a mispronunciation of thirdborough, also FARBOROUGH. |
| THEOPHAGOUS | • THEOPHAGOUS adj. relating to theophagy, the sacramental consumption of a god. |
| THEOPHANOUS | • THEOPHANOUS adj. of or pertaining to a theophany, also THEOPHANIC. |
| THOROUGHEST | • thoroughest adj. Superlative form of thorough: most thorough. • THOROUGH adj. complete, also THORO. |
| THOROUGHPIN | • thoroughpin n. An abnormal swelling (tenosynovitis) on the sides of the hock joint of horses. • THOROUGHPIN n. a swelling of horses' hocks. |
| THOROUGHWAX | • thoroughwax n. An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves. • thoroughwax n. The thoroughwort. • THOROUGHWAX n. the plant hare's-ear, from the stem seeming to 'wax' (i.e. grow) through the leaves. |