CHAETOGNATH | • chaetognath n. Any of several marine worms of the phylum Chaetognatha. • chætognath n. Obsolete form of chaetognath. • CHAETOGNATH n. a kind of marine worm. |
CHARGEHANDS | • chargehands n. Plural of chargehand. • charge-hands n. Plural of charge-hand. • charge␣hands n. Plural of charge hand. |
CHIMICHANGA | • chimichanga n. (US) A deep-fried wet burrito. • CHIMICHANGA n. (Spanish) a tortilla wrapped round a filling, as of meat, and deep fried. |
GAMAHUCHING | • gamahuching v. Present participle of gamahuche. • GAMAHUCHE v. to practise cunnilingus or fellatio, also GAMARUCHE. |
HAEMORRHAGE | • haemorrhage n. British form standard spelling of hemorrhage. • haemorrhage v. British form standard spelling of hemorrhage. • hæmorrhage n. (Chiefly British spelling) Archaic spelling of haemorrhage. |
HAGIARCHIES | • hagiarchies n. Plural of hagiarchy. • HAGIARCHY n. government by holy persons, also HAGIOCRACY. |
HAGIOGRAPHY | • hagiography n. (Uncountable) The study of saints and the documentation of their lives. • hagiography n. (Countable) A biography of a saint. • hagiography n. (Countable, by extension) A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject. |
HANDSHAKING | • handshaking v. Present participle of handshake. • handshaking n. A greeting by clasping hands. • handshaking n. (Computing) A step in a protocol in which information is exchanged between computing processor devices;… |
HANGASHORES | • hangashores n. Plural of hangashore. |
HAPLOGRAPHY | • haplography n. Accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, for example, mispell for misspell. • HAPLOGRAPHY n. the accidental omission of letters, words or lines in copying. |
HOCHMAGANDY | • HOCHMAGANDY n. (Scots) fornication, also HOUGHMAGANDIE. |
HYPERPHAGIA | • hyperphagia n. Synonym of polyphagia (“excessive appetite for food”). • HYPERPHAGIA n. eating too much. |
PATHOGRAPHY | • pathography n. A biography that highlights the negative aspects of its subject’s life. • pathography n. (Medicine) A biography that explores the effects of a disease on its subject’s life. • PATHOGRAPHY n. a description of or article on a disease; a biography that focuses on the negative. |
PHAGOPHOBIA | • phagophobia n. A fear of swallowing. • PHAGOPHOBIA n. fear of eating. |
SHADOWGRAPH | • shadowgraph n. A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram. • shadowgraph n. (Physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index. • shadowgraph v. (Transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen. |
SHANGHAIERS | • shanghaiers n. Plural of shanghaier. • SHANGHAIER n. one who shanghais. |
SHANGHAIING | • shanghaiing v. Present participle of shanghai. • shanghaiing n. The act of one who shanghais; a press-ganging or abduction. • SHANGHAI v. to kidnap for service aboard a ship. |
TACHOGRAPHS | • tachographs n. Plural of tachograph. • TACHOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording speed of rotation. |
TACHYGRAPHS | • tachygraphs n. Plural of tachygraph. • TACHYGRAPH n. a shorthand writer, also TACHYGRAPHER, TACHYGRAPHIST. |
TACHYGRAPHY | • tachygraphy n. The art and practice of rapid writing. • tachygraphy n. (Historical) Stenography or shorthand as done in ancient and medieval times. • TACHYGRAPHY n. shorthand. |