naked smut      a fungal disease of cereal grasses which turns affected heads into bare spore masses.
hardcore a mass of brickbats, small chunks of rubble, and the like, used as fill beneath foundations, roads, etc.
sarcastic fringehead a clinid fish, /Neoclinus blanchardi/, whose heads bears a row of fleshy protrusions
tribble (papermaking) a large frame strung with wires on which paper is dried.
segregator (med.) an instrument for collecting the urine excreted by one of the two kidneys.
mechanical twin (metall.) a crystalline twin formed under strain.
sewer pill a ribbed wooden ball which scrapes the walls of the sewer through which it is floated.
pallet knife a small flat utensil for handling pastry paste.
kitchen police (mil.) soldiers assigned to assist in the kitchen.
time immemorial (Engl. law) time prior to the ascension of Richard I (1189).