CANDLEBERRY | • candleberry n. Any of the plants in the genus Myrica, containing about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the… • candleberry n. The fruit of plants in the genus Myrica. • CANDLEBERRY n. a shrub, the wax myrtle. |
CORDWAINERY | • cordwainery n. Shoemaking. • CORDWAINERY n. (archaic) the craft of shoemaking. |
DENDROLATRY | • dendrolatry n. The worship of trees. • DENDROLATRY n. worship of trees. |
DENIGRATORY | • denigratory adj. Tending to denigrate. • DENIGRATORY adj. serving to denigrate, also DENIGRATIVE. |
DRAINLAYERS | • DRAINLAYER n. (New Zealand) one whose job is to lay drains. |
GERRYMANDER | • gerrymander v. (Transitive, derogatory) To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give… • gerrymander v. (Transitive, derogatory, by extension) To draw dividing lines for other types of districts in an unintuitive… • gerrymander n. (Derogatory) The act of gerrymandering. |
HYDROMANCER | • hydromancer n. One who practices hydromancy. • HYDROMANCER n. one who practises hydromancy. |
HYPERDORIAN | • HYPERDORIAN adj. in Greek music, above the Dorian mode. |
JERRYMANDER | • jerrymander v. Alternative form of gerrymander. • jerrymander n. Alternative form of gerrymander. • jerrymander n. (Britain, dated) Synonym of camel spider (arachnid of the order Solifugae). |
NURSERYMAID | • nurserymaid n. Nursemaid. • NURSERYMAID n. one employed to look after small children. |
PROTERANDRY | • proterandry n. (Botany) The condition of being proterandrous. • PROTERANDRY n. in a hermaphrodite organism, the maturation and loss of the male elements before the female elements develop. |
REFERENDARY | • referendary n. (Obsolete) One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee. • referendary n. (Historical) An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions. • referendary n. (Obsolete) An officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees. |
REHYDRATING | • rehydrating v. Present participle of rehydrate. • REHYDRATE v. to add water to (a dehydrated substance). |
REHYDRATION | • rehydration n. The replenishment of water and electrolytes lost through dehydration. • REHYDRATION n. the act of rehydrating. |
REWARDINGLY | • rewardingly adv. In a way or to an extent that is rewarding. • REWARDING adv. REWARD, to give in return for some service or act. |
RUDIMENTARY | • rudimentary adj. Of or relating to one or more rudiments. • rudimentary adj. Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary. • rudimentary n. (Zoology, usually in the plural) One of the rudimentary mammae of boars. |
UNDERLAYERS | • underlayers n. Plural of underlayer. • UNDERLAYER n. a lower layer. |