| AEROBOT | • aerobot n. An autonomous flying robot used in the context of unmanned space probes for research within planetary atmospheres. • AEROBOT n. an unmanned gas-filled craft used to conduct experiments in planetary atmospheres. |
| ECTOZOA | • ectozoa n. Plural of ectozoon. • ECTOZOON n. a parasite on the body of an animal, also ECTOZOAN. |
| ENTOZOA | • entozoa n. Plural of entozoon. • ENTOZOON n. an internal parasite, also ENDOZOON, ENTOZOAN. |
| FOOTAGE | • footage n. (Usually uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something. • footage n. A measurement in feet. • FOOTAGE n. measurement of payment by the foot. |
| MATOOKE | • matooke n. Alternative form of matoke. • MATOOKE n. (Bantu) in Uganda, plantain used as a staple food, also MATOKE. |
| OBOVATE | • obovate adj. (Botany, mycology) Shaped like an egg, with the broad extremity located away from the base. • OBOVATE adj. of a leaf, egg-shaped in outline, with the narrow end next to the base. |
| ODONATE | • odonate n. Any carnivorous insect of the order Odonata; a dragonfly or damselfly. • ODONATE n. any member of the order Odonata, dragonflies and damselflies. |
| ODORATE | • odorate adj. (Obsolete) odorous. • odorate n. (Obsolete) A fragrant substance; perfume. • ODORATE adj. emitting a smell. |
| OOTHECA | • ootheca n. An egg case of any of the orthopteroid insects (such as cockroaches and mantids). • oötheca n. Alternative spelling of ootheca. • OOTHECA n. (Greek) the egg case of certain insects. |
| OSTEOMA | • osteoma n. (Medicine, pathology) A benign bony tumour that typically grows on the skull. • OSTEOMA n. (Greek) a tumor composed of bone or bone-like tissue. |
| OZONATE | • ozonate v. To treat or react with ozone; to ozonize. • ozonate n. (Chemistry) Any of several compounds or complexes of ozone. • OZONATE v. to treat with ozone. |
| ROOTAGE | • ROOTAGE n. a system of roots. |
| SEABOOT | • seaboot n. A waterproof boot for use on ships in bad weather. • sea-boot n. Alternative form of seaboot. • SEABOOT n. a waterproof boot. |
| TABOOED | • tabooed adj. Forbidden; prohibited. • tabooed v. Simple past tense and past participle of taboo. • TABOO v. (Tongan) to exclude or prohibit by social influence, also TABU. |
| TEAROOM | • tearoom n. A café which serves tea, usually with light food. • tearoom n. (Euphemistic, slang) A public lavatory, particularly (US gay slang, dated) as a meeting place for homosexual men. • tearoom n. (Australia) A room in a workplace set aside for tea breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc.; a break room. |
| TOHEROA | • toheroa n. (New Zealand) Paphies ventricosa, a large edible bivalve mollusc endemic to New Zealand. • TOHEROA n. (Maori) a kind of New Zealand shellfish. |