| DOWNTHROW | • downthrow n. (Geology) A depression of the strata on one side of a fault. • downthrow n. Ruin; defeat. • DOWNTHROW n. a state of being thrown down. |
| FORESHOWN | • foreshown v. Simple past tense and past participle of foreshow. • FORESHOW v. to predict, also FORESHEW. |
| FORHOWING | • forhowing v. Present participle of forhow. • FORHOW v. to desert or abandon, also FORHOO, FORHOOIE. |
| HOMEGROWN | • homegrown adj. Grown at home. • homegrown adj. Created or constructed in an informal or amateur manner; done without formal assistance, as from a business… • homegrown adj. Raised or brought up in one’s own country. |
| HOMEOWNER | • homeowner n. Someone who owns a house. • homeowner n. Someone who does not have title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it by instalments. • HOMEOWNER n. one who owns a home. |
| HONEWORTS | • honeworts n. Plural of honewort. • HONEWORT n. a perennial herb. |
| HORNWORKS | • hornworks n. Plural of hornwork. • HORNWORK n. work in horn. |
| HORNWORMS | • hornworms n. Plural of hornworm. • HORNWORM n. the lava of a hawkmoth. |
| HORNWORTS | • hornworts n. Plural of hornwort. • HORNWORT n. an aquatic herb. |
| HOWLROUND | • howlround n. (Electronics) A high-pitched squeal produced by feedback when a microphone is too close to its connected speakers. • howl-round n. (Television) feedback (high-pitched howling noise caused by a loop between microphone and speaker). • HOWLROUND n. a condition resulting in a howling noise when recording from a mike, also HOWLBACK. |
| NONGROWTH | • nongrowth adj. (Chiefly economics) Not of or pertaining to growth. • nongrowth n. Absence of growth. • NONGROWTH n. the failure to grow. |
| OUTTHROWN | • outthrown v. Past participle of outthrow. • OUTTHROW v. to throw farther than. |
| SHORTGOWN | • shortgown n. A bedgown for a lady. • SHORTGOWN n. (Scots) a woman's short jacket. |
| SNOWSHOER | • snowshoer n. One who traverses snow wearing snowshoes. • SNOWSHOER n. one who travels by snowshoe. |
| THROWDOWN | • throwdown n. (Slang, wrestling) A fall, indicating defeat. • throwdown n. (Slang, rare) A weapon planted at a crime scene in order to mislead investigation, especially in situations… • throwdown n. (Slang, basketball) A slam dunk. |
| WHORESONS | • whoresons n. Plural of whoreson. • WHORESON n. (archaic) bastard; whore's son, also HORSON. |