| ABROOKING | • abrooking v. Present participle of abrook. • ABROOKE v. an erroneous spelling of Shakespeare's "abrook" (to brook; to tolerate or endure) found in late 20th century editions of Chambers. |
| CROKINOLE | • crokinole n. A game, popular in Canada, in which wooden discs are flicked towards the centre of a circular board. • CROKINOLE n. (Canadian) a board game popular in Canada in which players flick wooden discs. |
| DROOKINGS | • DROOKING n. a drenching, also DROUKING. |
| IRONWORKS | • ironworks n. Plural of ironwork. • ironworks n. A factory in which iron is manufactured or iron goods are made. • IRONWORK n. objects made of iron. |
| KAIROMONE | • kairomone n. (Biochemistry, ecology) Any substance produced by an individual of one species (often an insect) that… • KAIROMONE n. a semiochemical, emitted by an organism, which mediates interspecific interactions in a way that benefits an individual of another species which receives it, without benefiting the emitter. |
| KOREROING | • KORERO v. (Maori) to talk, converse. |
| MONOSKIER | • monoskier n. One who takes part in monoskiing. • MONOSKIER n. one who skis on a monoski. |
| OERLIKONS | • Oerlikons n. Plural of Oerlikon. • OERLIKON n. (Swiss) a type of antiaircraft cannon. |
| PICKAROON | • pickaroon n. Archaic form of picaroon. • PICKAROON n. (Spanish) a pirate ship, also PICAROON. |
| PINHOOKER | • pinhooker n. A speculator who buys and sells tobacco. • pinhooker n. One who buys and quickly sells young horses for a profit. • PINHOOKER n. (slang) a speculator who buys up foals hoping to make a profit on them when selling them as yearlings for racing. |
| PINKROOTS | • pinkroots n. Plural of pinkroot. • PINKROOT n. a medicinal plant root, aka wormroot. |
| PROVOKING | • provoking v. Present participle of provoke. • provoking adj. Annoying; irritating. • provoking n. Provocation. |
| REBOOKING | • rebooking v. Present participle of rebook. • rebooking n. A second or subsequent booking. • REBOOK v. to book again. |
| RECOOKING | • recooking v. Present participle of recook. • RECOOK v. to cook again. |
| RELOOKING | • relooking v. Present participle of relook. • RELOOK v. to look again. |
| SOOTERKIN | • sooterkin n. A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to. • sooterkin n. (Figuratively) An abortive scheme. • sooterkin n. (Colloquial) A Dutch person. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| STINKEROO | • stinkeroo n. (Informal) Something bad, contemptible or of otherwise low quality. • STINKEROO n. a bad or contemptible person. |