| ACETABULA | • acetabula n. Plural of acetabulum. • ACETABULUM n. (Latin) a cuplike hollow on the hipbone to receive the thighbone. |
| ACTUARIAL | • actuarial adj. Of or pertaining to actuaries. • actuarial adj. Relating to statistical calculation, especially pertaining to insurance. • ACTUARIAL adj. of or pertaining to actuaries. |
| AGUACATES | • aguacates n. Plural of aguacate. • AGUACATE n. (Nahuatl) the avocado pear. |
| APATOSAUR | • apatosaur n. A large, herbivorous, gregarious sauropod dinosaur, of the genus Apatosaurus, from Jurassic North America;… • APATOSAUR n. a kind of long-necked dinosaur, also APATOSAURUS. |
| APPARATUS | • apparatus n. The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished. • apparatus n. A complex machine or instrument. • apparatus n. (Collective) An assortment of tools and instruments. |
| AQUABATIC | • aquabatic adj. Relating to aquabatics. • AQUABATIC adj. relating to spectacular feats in water. |
| AQUANAUTS | • aquanauts n. Plural of aquanaut. • AQUANAUT n. a skin-diver; someone who explores and/or lives in the sea at considerable depth. |
| AQUATINTA | • aquatinta n. (Dated, art) aquatint. • AQUATINTA n. a print made by a method of etching having the effect of watercolour drawing, also AQUATINT. |
| GARGANTUA | • GARGANTUA n. a monster in a Japanese film. |
| KAUMATUAS | • kaumatuas n. Plural of kaumatua. • KAUMATUA n. (Maori) a tribal elder. |
| MARABUNTA | • marabunta n. A kind of army ant said to devour every living thing in its path. • marabunta n. Any of several large wasps known for their painful stings… • MARABUNTA n. (Caribbean) in the Caribbean, a social wasp; an ill-tempered woman. |
| PAHAUTEAS | • PAHAUTEA n. (Maori) a small pyramid-shaped New Zealand conifer. |
| PARAQUATS | • paraquats n. Plural of paraquat. • PARAQUAT n. (tradename) a herbicide that kills green vegetation by interfering with photosynthesis. |
| PARAVAUNT | • paravaunt adv. (Obsolete) perhaps; peradventure. • PARAVAUNT adv. (Spenser) before, in front, also PARAVANT. |
| RUTABAGAS | • rutabagas n. Plural of rutabaga. • ruta-bagas n. Plural of ruta-baga. • RUTABAGA n. (Swedish) a root vegetable like a swede. |
| TAMANDUAS | • tamanduas n. Plural of tamandua. • TAMANDUA n. (Tupi) a tropical American arboreal anteater having a dense furry coat, also TAMANDU. |
| TARANTULA | • tarantula n. Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae. • tarantula n. (By extension) A member of certain other groups of spiders, generally characterized by large size, hairiness… • tarantula n. (Dated) A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, native to southern Europe, the mildly poisonous… |
| TARAXACUM | • taraxacum n. (Medicine) The dried root of the dandelion once used as a tonic. • taraxacum n. A plant of the genus Taraxacum. • Taraxacum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the dandelions and related plants. |