| AMBOYNA | • amboyna n. A south-east Asian tree, Pterocarpus indicus. • amboyna n. The reddish, mottled or striped wood of this tree, used in cabinet-making. • Amboyna prop.n. Ambon Island, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. |
| ANATOMY | • anatomy n. The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy. • anatomy n. The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. • anatomy n. (Countable) A treatise or book on anatomy. |
| ANIMACY | • animacy n. (Linguistics) In some languages, the characteristic of a noun, dependent on its living or sentient nature… • animacy n. (Biology) The state of being alive. • ANIMACY n. the state of being animate. |
| ANOMALY | • anomaly n. A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier. • anomaly n. Something or someone that is strange or unusual. • anomaly n. (Sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not. |
| ANONYMA | • anonyma n. (Obsolete) A courtesan; a female prostitute. • ANONYMA n. (obsolete) a showy woman of easy morals. |
| CAYMANS | • caymans n. Plural of cayman. • Caymans prop.n. Synonym of Cayman Islands, three islands in the Caribbean Sea constituting an overseas territory of… • CAYMAN n. the South American alligator, also CAIMAN. |
| DAYANIM | • DAYAN n. (Hebrew) a senior rabbi. |
| DAYSMAN | • daysman n. (Archaic) An arbiter, referee, mediator. • daysman n. A labourer who works during the day. • DAYSMAN n. an umpire or arbiter; a mediator. |
| DRAYMAN | • drayman n. (Obsolete) A man who drives drays. • drayman n. A deliveryman for a brewery. • DRAYMAN n. one who drives a dray. |
| MANGABY | • mangaby n. Archaic form of mangabey. • MANGABY n. (Malagasy) a long-tailed African monkey, also MANGABEY. |
| MANUARY | • manuary adj. (Obsolete) manual. • manuary n. (Obsolete) artificer. • MANUARY adj. involving the hands. |
| MANYATA | • manyata n. A segregated Maasai village for warriors. • MANYATA n. a small Masai settlement, also MANYATTA. |
| PANGAMY | • pangamy n. (Eugenics, obsolete) Mating in an indiscriminate or random manner. • PANGAMY n. (Greek) random mating. |
| PARANYM | • paranym n. A euphemistic synonym. • PARANYM n. a euphemism; a word whose meaning is altered to conceal an evasion or untruth e.g. liberation for conquest. |
| TYMPANA | • tympana n. Plural of tympanum. • tympana n. Plural of tympanon. • TYMPANUM n. (Latin) the cavity of the middle ear, also TIMPANUM. |
| YARDMAN | • yardman n. A worker in a railway yard. • yardman n. (North America) A laborer hired to do outdoor work. • YARDMAN n. a male outdoor worker. |