| HEARTSTRINGS | • heartstrings n. (Obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. • heartstrings n. (Figurative) One’s deepest emotions or inner feelings. • heartstrings n. (Anatomy) The cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral… |
| INTERGROWTHS | • intergrowths n. Plural of intergrowth. • INTERGROWTH n. a growing between or together. |
| ORNITHOPTERS | • ornithopters n. Plural of ornithopter. • ORNITHOPTER n. a birdlike archaic flying machine. |
| PANARTHRITIS | • panarthritis n. (Medicine) arthritis in all of the joints. • panarthritis n. (Medicine) inflammation of all the structures of a joint. • PANARTHRITIS n. arthritis of all joints of body, or of the whole of one joint. |
| PHRONTISTERY | • phrontistery n. A place for thinking. • phrontistery n. (Humorous) The toilet; the lavatory. • phrontistery n. An establishment devoted to education or study. |
| RESTRETCHING | • restretching v. Present participle of restretch. • RESTRETCH v. to stretch again. |
| RINTHEREOUTS | • RINTHEREOUT n. (Scots) a vagrant. |
| SHIRTFRONTED | • shirtfronted adj. Wearing a shirtfront. • shirtfronted v. Simple past tense and past participle of shirtfront. • SHIRTFRONT v. to knock (a person) to the ground by striking him or her in the chest with one's shoulder. |
| STRAIGHTENER | • straightener n. A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair. • straightener n. Anyone or anything which straightens. • straightener n. (Slang) A prearranged fight to settle a dispute. |
| STRETCHERING | • stretchering v. Present participle of stretcher. • STRETCHER v. to carry by stretcher. |
| THYROTROPINS | • thyrotropins n. Plural of thyrotropin. • THYROTROPIN n. a hormone, produced in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, which stimulates the thyroid, also THYROTROPHIN. |
| TYROTHRICINS | • tyrothricins n. Plural of tyrothricin. • TYROTHRICIN n. an antibiotic mixture consisting chiefly of tyrocidine and gramicidin and used topically especially against gram-positive bacteria. |
| UNDERTHIRSTS | • UNDERTHIRST n. (Wordsworth) an underlying or subconscious thirst. |