CHITINOUS | • chitinous adj. Made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin. • CHITINOUS adj. of or like chitin, also CHITINOID. |
COUNTSHIP | • countship n. The rank or position of a count. • countship n. (Historical) A territory (Principality, province, etc.) ruled and administered by a count. • COUNTSHIP n. a count's dignity or domain. |
CUSHIONET | • cushionet n. A little cushion. • CUSHIONET n. a little cushion. |
HOUSTONIA | • houstonia n. (Botany) Any of the genus Houstonia of rubiaceous flowering plants. • Houstonia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – bluets. • HOUSTONIA n. a small North American plant with blue, white or purple flowers. |
NOUGHTIES | • noughties n. (Sometimes capitalized) The first decade of a century: from 1900 to 1909, 2000 to 2009, etc. • Noughties n. Alternative letter-case form of noughties. • NOUGHTIES n. the decade from 2000 to 2009. |
OUTNIGHTS | • outnights v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outnight. • OUTNIGHT v. (Shakespeare) to surpass in mentioning nights. |
OUTSHINED | • outshined v. Simple past tense and past participle of outshine. • OUTSHINE v. to shine brighter than. |
OUTSHINES | • outshines v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outshine. • OUTSHINE v. to shine brighter than. |
OUTTHINKS | • outthinks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthink. • OUTTHINK v. to surpass in thinking. |
SHOUTINGS | • shoutings n. Plural of shouting. • SHOUTING n. the act of shouting. |
SHOUTLINE | • shoutline n. (Advertising) A line of text that is formatted to be particularly eye-catching. • SHOUTLINE n. a short line of text, usually printed in bold type, drawing attention to a major selling point in an advertisement. |
SOUTHINGS | • southings n. Plural of southing. • SOUTHING n. movement toward the south. |
STOUSHING | • stoushing v. Present participle of stoush. • STOUSH v. (Australian slang) to fight. |
TOUCHINGS | • touchings n. Plural of touching. • TOUCHING n. the act of touching. |
UNHOLIEST | • unholiest adj. Superlative form of unholy: most unholy. • UNHOLY adj. not holy. |
UNHOSTILE | • unhostile adj. Not hostile. • UNHOSTILE adj. not hostile. |
WHODUNITS | • whodunits n. Plural of whodunit. • WHODUNIT n. a mystery novel, also WHODUNNIT. |