| BACKDRAUGHT | • backdraught n. (Firefighting, chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of backdraft. • BACKDRAUGHT n. a reverse movement of air, also BACKDRAFT. |
| DIASKEUASTS | • diaskeuasts n. Plural of diaskeuast. • DIASKEUAST n. a reviser, an interpolator. |
| EARTHQUAKED | • earthquaked v. Simple past tense and past participle of earthquake. • EARTHQUAKED adj. shaken or destroyed by an earthquake. |
| EARTHQUAKES | • earthquakes n. Plural of earthquake. • EARTHQUAKE n. a quaking or shaking of the earth. |
| KATADROMOUS | • katadromous adj. Alternative form of catadromous. • KATADROMOUS adj. of fishes, descending periodically for spawning to the lower parts of a river or to the sea, as opposed to anadromous, also CATADROMOUS. |
| KURDAITCHAS | • kurdaitchas n. Plural of kurdaitcha. • KURDAITCHA n. (Native Australian) in certain Central Australian aboriginal tribes, a man with the mission of avenging the death of a tribesman, also KADAITCHA. |
| MUKHABARATS | • MUKHABARAT n. (in Middle Eastern countries) a secret police force. |
| PENTAQUARKS | • pentaquarks n. Plural of pentaquark. • PENTAQUARK n. a hypothetical subatomic particle consisting of a group of five quarks (as compared to the usual three quarks). |
| POHUTUKAWAS | • pohutukawas n. Plural of pohutukawa. • POHUTUKAWA n. (Maori) a New Zealand evergreen which bears clusters of red flowers in December and January; thus called the Christmas tree. |
| QUARTERBACK | • quarterback n. (American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play. • quarterback n. (American football, historical) An offensive back who receives the snap (hike) and then blocks the defense… • quarterback n. (Rugby football, historical) A position just behind the forwards, or one who plays this position. |
| SAUERKRAUTS | • sauerkrauts n. Plural of sauerkraut. • SAUERKRAUT n. (German) cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt. |
| SUBTACKSMAN | • SUBTACKSMAN n. a holder (of land) by subtack. |
| TITARAKURAS | • TITARAKURA n. (Maori) a small freshwater fish of New Zealand. |
| TUMATAKURUS | • TUMATAKURU n. (Maori) a native thorny shrub of New Zealand, aka Wild Irishman. |
| WATERQUAKES | • waterquakes n. Plural of waterquake. • WATERQUAKE n. a seismic disturbance affecting the sea. |