| ACROAMATIC | • acroamatic adj. Esoteric, abstruse; (in particular) taught orally to select students and not disseminated. • acroamatic adj. (Education) Based on lectures or exposition by monologue. • ACROAMATIC adj. abstruse, esoteric, also ACROAMATICAL. |
| APATOSAURS | • apatosaurs n. Plural of apatosaur. • APATOSAUR n. a kind of long-necked dinosaur, also APATOSAURUS. |
| AROMATASES | • aromatases n. Plural of aromatase. • AROMATASE n. an enzyme involved in the production of oestrogen. |
| ASTARBOARD | • astarboard adv. (Nautical) Over to the starboard side. • ASTARBOARD adv. on or towards the starboard. |
| ATHEROMATA | • atheromata n. Plural of atheroma. • ATHEROMA n. a fatty deposit in the lining of the arteries. |
| AUTOSTRADA | • autostrada n. A motorway in Italy (and some other countries). • AUTOSTRADA n. (Italian) a motorway. |
| BAROTRAUMA | • barotrauma n. (Pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near… • BAROTRAUMA n. injury sustained from failure to equalize the pressure of an air-containing space with that of the surrounding environment. |
| BARRACOUTA | • barracouta n. (Australia, New Zealand) The snoek, Thyrsites atun, a foodfish. • BARRACOUTA n. (Spanish) a large marine fish resembling the mackerel, aka snoek. |
| CACCIATORA | • cacciatora n. A style of cooking in which meat is cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes, white wine and herbs. • CACCIATORA adj. (Italian) of meat, cooked with tomatoes, mushrooms, onions and herbs, also CACCIATORE. |
| CATAPHORAS | • cataphoras n. Plural of cataphora. • CATAPHORA n. (Greek) the use of an expression which refers to or stands for a later word or group of words, also CATAPHOR. |
| CROTALARIA | • crotalaria n. (Botany) Any of the genus Crotalaria of herbaceous plants and woody shrubs. • Crotalaria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the rattlepods, of Africa. • CROTALARIA n. any plant of the sunn hemp genus Crotalaria. |
| INAMORATAS | • inamoratas n. Plural of inamorata. • INAMORATA n. (Italian) a (female) lover; beloved person. |
| KERATOMATA | • keratomata n. Plural of keratoma. • KERATOMA n. a skin disease. |
| LAVATORIAL | • lavatorial adj. Of or pertaining to a lavatory. • lavatorial adj. Scatological. • LAVATORIAL adj. relating to a lavatory. |
| MALAXATORS | • malaxators n. Plural of malaxator. • MALAXATOR n. one who, or that which, malaxates; esp. a machine for grinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy mass. |
| NATATORIAL | • natatorial adj. Of, pertaining to, or adapted for swimming. • NATATORIAL adj. relating to swimming; adapted for swimming, also NATATIONAL, NATATORY. |
| SOLFATARAS | • solfataras n. Plural of solfatara. • SOLFATARA n. (Italian) a volcanic vent emitting only gases. |
| TERATOMATA | • teratomata n. Plural of teratoma. • TERATOMA n. (Greek) a tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle. |
| TRAMONTANA | • tramontana n. (Weather) A dry, cold north wind in Italy and adjacent Mediterranean areas. • Tramontana prop.n. A surname from Italian. • TRAMONTANA n. (Italian) a cold north wind in Italy, also TRAMONTANE, TRANSMONTANE. |