BEHOLDING | • beholding v. Present participle of behold. • beholding adj. Obsolete form of beholden. • beholding n. The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation. |
DIACHYLON | • diachylon n. (Medicine) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants, later made of an oxide of… • DIACHYLON n. formerly a plaster of plant juices; now lead-plaster, also DIACHYLUM. |
DOLPHINET | • dolphinet n. (Dated) A female dolphin. • DOLPHINET n. (Spenser) a female dolphin. |
DONNISHLY | • donnishly adv. In a donnish manner. • DONNISH adv. scholarly. |
DOWNHILLS | • downhills n. Plural of downhill. • DOWNHILL n. a downward slope. |
DOWNLIGHT | • downlight n. A light fixture installed in a hollow opening in a ceiling, concentrating the light in a downward direction. • downlight v. (Transitive) To illuminate from above. • DOWNLIGHT n. a lamp shining downwards. |
DRONISHLY | • dronishly adv. In a dronish manner. • DRONISH adv. like a drone; idle. |
GOLDFINCH | • goldfinch n. Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family. • GOLDFINCH n. a small gold-coloured bird of the finch family. |
HOBNAILED | • hobnailed adj. Having hobnails. • hob-nailed adj. Alternative spelling of hobnailed. • HOBNAIL v. to furnish with broad headed short nails. |
HODIERNAL | • hodiernal adj. (Archaic or literary, rare outside grammar) Of or pertaining to the present day or today; hodiern. • HODIERNAL adj. of or pertaining to the present day. |
HOLANDRIC | • holandric adj. (Genetics, of a trait) Encoded by genes on the Y chromosome and thus transmitted from father to son. • HOLANDRIC adj. transmitted by a gene in the nonhomologous portion of the Y chromosome. |
HYPNOIDAL | • hypnoidal adj. Hypnoid. • HYPNOIDAL adj. like sleep or hypnosis, also HYPNOID. |
INHOLDERS | • inholders n. Plural of inholder. • INHOLDER n. a container. |
INHOLDING | • inholding n. A piece of privately-owned land inside the boundary of a national park, national forest, state park… • inholding v. Present participle of inhold. • INHOLDING n. privately owned land inside the bounds of a national park. |
INKHOLDER | • inkholder n. A container for ink. • INKHOLDER n. a container for ink; the reservoir of a fountain-pen. |
LICHENOID | • lichenoid adj. Resembling lichen. • LICHENOID adj. of or like lichen. |
LIONHEADS | • lionheads n. Plural of lionhead. • LIONHEAD n. a small long-tailed breed of rabbit. |
MOONCHILD | • moonchild n. (Astrology) A Cancerian. • MOONCHILD n. someone who is born under the Cancer star sign. |
RHODINALS | • RHODINAL n. an aldehyde found in citronella, used in soaps and perfumes. |
UPHOLDING | • upholding v. Present participle of uphold. • upholding n. The act by which something is upheld. • UPHOLDING n. the act of upholding. |