| ALTARAGE | • altarage n. The offerings made upon the altar or to a church. • altarage n. The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes. • ALTARAGE n. offerings made upon the altar. |
| ARCHAEAL | • archaeal adj. (Microbiology) Relating to the archaea. • ARCHAEAL adj. relating to the archaea, an order of prokaryotic microorganisms, also ARCHAEAN, ARCHAEON, ARCHEAN. |
| ARCHAEAN | • archaean n. (Biology) Any organism of the domain Archaea. • Archaean adj. (Geology) Of, or relating to the geologic eon from about 3,800 to 2,500 million years ago; comprises… • Archaean prop.n. (Geology) The eon from 2,500 Ma to 4,000 Ma. |
| AREAWAYS | • areaways n. Plural of areaway. • AREAWAY n. a sunken area leading to a basement entrance. |
| BARATHEA | • barathea n. A soft fabric, made from various combinations of wool, silk and cotton, with a lightly ribbed surface. • BARATHEA n. a pebbly silk or worsted fabric with a broken rib weave. |
| CARAPACE | • carapace n. A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal. • carapace n. In figurative use. • CARAPACE n. the shell of an animal such as a turtle or armadillo, also CARAPAX. |
| DRACAENA | • dracaena n. (Botany) Any of the genus Dracaena of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. • Dracaena prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – the dragon trees. • Dracaena prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Teiidae – the caiman lizards. |
| GASTRAEA | • gastraea n. (Biology, obsolete) A hypothetical animal form assumed by Ernst Haeckel as the ancestor of all metazoic animals. • gastraea n. Plural of gastraeum. • GASTRAEA n. a hypothetical ancestor of the Metazoa, sponges etc., also GASTREA. |
| HABANERA | • habanera n. A style of music from Cuba. • habanera n. A dance performed to this music. • HABANERA n. (Spanish) a slow and seductive Cuban dance. |
| KARATEKA | • karateka n. A practitioner of karate. • KARATEKA n. (Japanese) an expert in karate. |
| KAREAREA | • karearea n. (New Zealand) Falco novaeseelandiae, the only falcon endemic to New Zealand. • KAREAREA n. (Maori) a New Zealand falcon. |
| LAVATERA | • lavatera n. (Botany) Any of the genus Lavatera of malvaceous flowering plants. • Lavatera prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – the lavateras. • LAVATERA n. any plant of the lavatera genus. |
| PARABEMA | • parabema n. (Architecture) In Byzantine ecclesiastical architecture, the chapel of the prothesis or the diaconicon… • PARABEMA n. (Greek) in Byzantine architecture, a chapel walled off from the bema. |
| PARANOEA | • paranoea n. Obsolete form of paranoia. • paranœa n. (Rare) Obsolete spelling of paranoia. • PARANOEA n. a mental disorder, also PARANOIA. |
| PARAVANE | • paravane n. (Nautical) A device, stabilized with vanes, towed alongside a vessel such that the cable attaching it… • paravane n. (Nautical) A towed underwater object with hydrofoils, of diverse uses. • PARAVANE n. an underwater device used to cut cables. |
| SEPARATA | • separata n. Plural of separatum. • SEPARATUM n. a separate offprint. |
| TAPADERA | • tapadera n. One of the leather hoods that cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle. • TAPADERA n. (Spanish) the leather guard in front of a Mexican stirrup, also TAPADERO. |
| TARAMEAS | • TARAMEA n. (Maori) a variety of New Zealand spear-grass. |
| TEARAWAY | • tearaway n. (Informal, chiefly Britain, derogatory) An impetuous and reckless person who is difficult to control; a hothead. • tear␣away v. (Transitive, often reflexive) To remove (oneself or another person) reluctantly; often expressed in the negative. • tear␣away v. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, away. |