| ADVANTAGEOUS | • advantageous adj. Being of advantage, beneficial. • ADVANTAGEOUS adj. giving an advantage. |
| AGAPANTHUSES | • agapanthuses n. Plural of agapanthus. • AGAPANTHUS n. a genus of lily native to South Africa. |
| AGARICACEOUS | • agaricaceous adj. (Mycology) Belonging to the Agaricaceae. • AGARICACEOUS adj. belonging to the agaric family of fungi. |
| APPOGGIATURA | • appoggiatura n. (Music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts… • APPOGGIATURA n. (Italian) a short note placed before a longer one. |
| AQUAFARMINGS | • AQUAFARMING n. marine farming. |
| AQUAPLANINGS | • AQUAPLANING n. the sport of skimming across water. |
| AUTOALLOGAMY | • AUTOALLOGAMY n. the ability of some plants of a species to cross-pollinate and others to self-pollinate. |
| GALACTAGOGUE | • galactagogue n. A substance that induces lactation. • GALACTAGOGUE n. a medicine that promotes secretion of milk. |
| MANGALSUTRAS | • mangalsutras n. Plural of mangalsutra. • MANGALSUTRA n. a bead necklace worn by a married Hindu woman whose husband is living. |
| MARIVAUDAGES | • marivaudages n. Plural of marivaudage. • MARIVAUDAGE n. preciosity in literary style or expression. |
| METALANGUAGE | • metalanguage n. (Linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms… • metalanguage n. (Computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language. • METALANGUAGE n. a language used to talk about language. |
| PARAGNATHOUS | • paragnathous adj. (Zoology) having both mandibles of equal length, with the tips meeting, as in certain birds. • PARAGNATHOUS adj. having equal mandibles. |
| PARALANGUAGE | • paralanguage n. (Linguistics) The non-verbal elements of speech, and to a limited extent of writing, used to modify… • PARALANGUAGE n. nonverbal elements which affect meaning of speech, as intonation, etc. |
| QUADRANGULAR | • quadrangular adj. Having the shape of a quadrangle; in the shape of a quadrangle. • QUADRANGULAR adj. like a quadrangle. |
| QUADRAPLEGIA | • QUADRAPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRIPLEGIA, TETRAPLEGIA. |
| SANGUINARIAS | • sanguinarias n. Plural of sanguinaria. • SANGUINARIA n. the dried rhizome of the bloodroot Sanguinaria used as an emetic. |
| SUBPARAGRAPH | • subparagraph n. Part of a longer paragraph that can be considered alone, as in a legal document. • subparagraph v. To divide a document into subparagraphs. • sub-paragraph n. Alternative spelling of subparagraph. |
| UNMANAGEABLE | • unmanageable adj. Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed. • UNMANAGEABLE adj. not capable of being managed. |
| UNMANAGEABLY | • unmanageably adv. In an unmanageable manner; uncontrollably. • UNMANAGEABLE adv. not capable of being managed. |