AUDIPHONE | • audiphone n. An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf… • AUDIPHONE n. an instrument which, pressed against the teeth, communicates sounds through the bones to the ears. |
CARDPUNCH | • cardpunch n. Alternative form of card punch. • card␣punch n. (Computing, historical) A machine that punches holes in a punch card. • CARDPUNCH n. a machine which perforates cards to record data. |
DAUPHINES | • dauphines n. Plural of dauphine. • DAUPHINE n. (French) the title of the wife of the dauphin, also DAUPHINESS. |
DUNGHEAPS | • dungheaps n. Plural of dungheap. • dung-heaps n. Plural of dung-heap. • dung␣heaps n. Plural of dung heap. |
ENGULPHED | • engulphed v. Simple past tense and past participle of engulph. • ENGULPH v. to swallow up completely, also ENGULF, INGULF, INGULPH. |
INGULPHED | • ingulphed v. Simple past tense and past participle of ingulph. • INGULPH v. to swallow up completely, also ENGULF, ENGULPH, INGULF. |
LAUNCHPAD | • launchpad n. Alternative form of launch pad. • launch␣pad n. The surface or structure from which a launch is made. • launch␣pad n. (Figuratively) A starting point. |
PUSHDOWNS | • pushdowns n. Plural of pushdown. • PUSHDOWN n. a store of computer data. |
SHIPPOUND | • ship-pound n. (Historical) A unit of weight once used in the Baltic ports. • SHIPPOUND n. in the Baltic ports, twenty lispounds, a varying weight, 12 to 34 pounds. |
SHUNPIKED | • shunpiked v. Simple past tense and past participle of shunpike. • SHUNPIKE v. to travel on sideroads to avoid expressways. |
UNHAPPIED | • unhappied adj. (Obsolete) Made unhappy. • UNHAPPY v. (Shakespeare) to make unhappy. |
UNPATCHED | • unpatched adj. Not fitted with patches. • unpatched adj. (Computing) For which a patch is not yet available. • unpatched adj. (Computing) Not patched; to which a patch has not been applied. |
UNPERCHED | • unperched v. Simple past tense and past participle of unperch. • UNPERCH v. to drive from a perch. |
UNSHIPPED | • unshipped v. Simple past tense and past participle of unship. • unshipped adj. Not having been shipped. • UNSHIP v. to unload from a ship. |
UNSPHERED | • unsphered v. Simple past tense and past participle of unsphere. • UNSPHERE v. to remove from a sphere. |
UNWHIPPED | • unwhipped adj. Not whipped. • unwhipped v. Simple past tense and past participle of unwhip. • UNWHIPPED adj. not whipped, also UNWHIPT. |
UPHAUDING | • UPHAUD v. (Scots) to maintain, warrant. |
UPHOLDING | • upholding v. Present participle of uphold. • upholding n. The act by which something is upheld. • UPHOLDING n. the act of upholding. |
UPLANDISH | • uplandish adj. (Obsolete) Of or pertaining to uplands; pertaining to or situated in country districts. • uplandish adj. (Obsolete) Rustic, rude, boorish; countrified, unsophisticated, or uncivilized. • uplandish adj. Wild or savage; mountainous, or dwelling in the mountains. |
UPTHUNDER | • upthunder v. (Poetic, archaic, intransitive) To send up a noise like thunder. • UPTHUNDER v. to send up a noise like thunder. |