| AGAPANTHUS | • agapanthus n. Any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants. • Agapanthus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – certain flowering plants of South Africa, some… • AGAPANTHUS n. a genus of lily native to South Africa. |
| ANTINAUSEA | • antinausea adj. (Pharmacology) Intended to prevent or combat nausea. • ANTINAUSEA adj. designed to prevent nausea. |
| APATOSAURS | • apatosaurs n. Plural of apatosaur. • APATOSAUR n. a kind of long-necked dinosaur, also APATOSAURUS. |
| AQUABATICS | • aquabatics n. Acrobatic maneuvers performed underwater. • AQUABATICS n. spectacular feats in water. |
| AQUATINTAS | • aquatintas n. Plural of aquatinta. • AQUATINTA n. a print made by a method of etching having the effect of watercolour drawing, also AQUATINT. |
| ASTRAGALUS | • astragalus n. (Anatomy) The anklebone. • astragalus n. (Botany) A herb of the genus Astragalus. • Astragalus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the milk-vetches. |
| AUTOSTRADA | • autostrada n. A motorway in Italy (and some other countries). • AUTOSTRADA n. (Italian) a motorway. |
| CATAWAMPUS | • catawampus adj. (US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew. • catawampus adv. (US) Diagonally. • catawampus adv. (US) Utterly. |
| EUTHANASIA | • euthanasia n. The practice of intentionally and painlessly killing a human being or animal for humane reasons, especially… • euthanasia n. (Obsolete) An easy death, or the means to bring about such a death. • EUTHANASIA n. the practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or incurable condition, also EUTHANASY. |
| GARGANTUAS | • GARGANTUA n. a monster in a Japanese film. |
| MARABUNTAS | • marabuntas n. Plural of marabunta. • MARABUNTA n. (Caribbean) in the Caribbean, a social wasp; an ill-tempered woman. |
| SACAHUISTA | • sacahuista n. Nolina microcarpa, a flowering plant in the asparagus family. • SACAHUISTA n. (Nahuatl) a bear grass that may cause poisoning in livestock, also SACAHUISTE. |
| SATURNALIA | • saturnalia n. A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence; a period… • Saturnalia prop.n. An Ancient Roman holiday honoring the deity Saturn. • Saturnalia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the order Saurischia – a dinosaur from the Triassic period. |
| TARANTULAS | • tarantulas n. Plural of tarantula. • TARANTULA n. any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous. |
| TARAXACUMS | • taraxacums n. Plural of taraxacum. • TARAXACUM n. a plant of the dandelion genus. |