BUTTONBUSHES | • buttonbushes n. Plural of buttonbush. • BUTTONBUSH n. a North American shrub of the madder family with globular flower heads. |
COUNTERPUNCH | • counterpunch n. A punch delivered in response to a previous punch by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match. • counterpunch n. (Printing, historical) A punch used in the cutting of other punches, often used to create the negative… • counterpunch v. (Boxing) To deliver a punch designed to exploit an opponent’s momentary defensive weakness caused by… |
DOUGHNUTLIKE | • doughnutlike adj. Resembling a doughnut. • DOUGHNUTLIKE adj. like a doughnut. |
EUNUCHOIDISM | • eunuchoidism n. A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones. • EUNUCHOIDISM n. a condition in which there is a deficiency of sexual development and in which certain female sex characteristics are often present. |
EUPHONIOUSLY | • euphoniously adv. In a euphonious manner. • EUPHONIOUS adv. agreeable in sound, also EUPHONIC, EUPHONICAL. |
HEBETUDINOUS | • hebetudinous adj. Displaying mental lethargy or dullness. • HEBETUDINOUS adj. dull or lethargic, esp. relating to the mind. |
HOUSEHUSBAND | • househusband n. A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife. • house␣husband n. Alternative form of househusband. • HOUSEHUSBAND n. a husband who does housekeeping usually while his wife earns the family income. |
HUMOROUSNESS | • humorousness n. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being humorous. • humorousness n. (Countable) The result or product of being humorous. • HUMOROUSNESS n. the state of being humorous. |
NEUROHUMORAL | • neurohumoral adj. (Anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or produced by a neurohumor. • NEUROHUMORAL adj. relating to neurohumor. |
NEUROHUMOURS | • neurohumours n. Plural of neurohumour. • NEUROHUMOUR n. a neurohormone, esp. a neurotransmitter, also NEUROHUMOR. |
SLEUTHHOUNDS | • sleuthhounds n. Plural of sleuthhound. • sleuth-hounds n. Plural of sleuth-hound. • SLEUTHHOUND n. a bloodhound; (colloquial) a detective. |
THUNDERCLOUD | • thundercloud n. A large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning;… • thundercloud n. (By extension, figurative) Something menacing and brooding. • thunder␣cloud n. Alternative spelling of thundercloud. |
THUNDEROUSLY | • thunderously adv. In a thunderous manner, very loudly. • THUNDEROUS adv. sounding like thunder, also THUNDROUS. |
UNAUTHORISED | • unauthorised adj. Not authorised; having no authority. • UNAUTHORISED adj. not authorised, also UNAUTHORIZED. |
UNAUTHORIZED | • unauthorized adj. Not having any authority. • unauthorized adj. Without official authorization. • UNAUTHORIZED adj. not authorized, also UNAUTHORISED. |
UNCOQUETTISH | • uncoquettish adj. Not coquettish. • UNCOQUETTISH adj. not coquettish. |
UNDERNOURISH | • undernourish v. (Transitive) To provide with insufficient nourishment. • UNDERNOURISH v. to nourish insufficiently. |
UNDERWROUGHT | • underwrought v. (Archaic) simple past tense and past participle of underwork. • UNDERWROUGHT adj. (Shakespeare) insufficiently wrought. |
UNTOUCHABLES | • untouchables n. Plural of untouchable. • UNTOUCHABLE n. one that is untouchable, esp. a Hindu of very low caste. |
YOUTHFULNESS | • youthfulness n. The vitality characteristic of youth. • YOUTHFULNESS n. the state of being youthful. |