| BIRTHNIGHTS | • birthnights n. Plural of birthnight. • BIRTHNIGHT n. the night in which a person is born; the anniversary of that night in succeeding years. |
| CHERISHMENT | • cherishment n. (Rare) the act of cherishing. • cherishment n. (Obsolete) encouragement; comfort. • CHERISHMENT n. the act of cherishing. |
| EARTHSHINES | • EARTHSHINE n. the faint light visible on parts of the moon not illuminated by the sun. |
| ETHNARCHIES | • ethnarchies n. Plural of ethnarchy. • ETHNARCHY n. the dominion of an ethnarch. |
| HEATHENRIES | • heathenries n. Plural of heathenry. • HEATHENRY n. the state, quality, or character of the heathen. |
| HEIGHTENERS | • heighteners n. Plural of heightener. • HEIGHTENER n. something that heightens. |
| HIEROPHANTS | • hierophants n. Plural of hierophant. • HIEROPHANT n. one who shows or reveals sacred things; a priest. |
| ICHTHYORNIS | • Ichthyornis prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the subclass Ornithurae – an extinct flying reptile. • ICHTHYORNIS n. a toothed fossil bird of America. |
| NIGHTMARISH | • nightmarish adj. Resembling a nightmare. • NIGHTMARISH adj. like a nightmare, also NIGHTMARY. |
| NIGHTSHIRTS | • nightshirts n. Plural of nightshirt. • NIGHTSHIRT n. a nightgown resembling a shirt. |
| RHIZANTHOUS | • rhizanthous adj. (Botany) Producing flowers from a rootstock, or apparently from a root. • RHIZANTHOUS adj. with flowers emerging from root. |
| RHYTHMISING | • rhythmising v. Present participle of rhythmise. • RHYTHMISE v. to subject to rhythm, also RHYTHMIZE. |
| SHOUTHERING | • SHOUTHER v. (Scots) to assume the burden of, also SHOULDER. |
| THIRTEENTHS | • thirteenths n. Plural of thirteenth. • THIRTEENTH n. a thirteenth part of. |
| TRIPHTHONGS | • triphthongs n. Plural of triphthong. • TRIPHTHONG n. three vowel sounds pronounced as one. |
| WHITETHORNS | • whitethorns n. Plural of whitethorn. • WHITETHORN n. the hawthorn. |
| WITHERSHINS | • withershins adv. Alternative form of widdershins (“anticlockwise”). • WITHERSHINS adv. in a left-handed, wrong, or contrary direction; counterclockwise, also WIDDERSHINS, WIDERSHINS. |