| FORMATTING | • formatting n. The visual style of a document, including fonts, borders, etc. • formatting n. The code in a markup language which determines a document’s format. • formatting v. Present participle of format. |
| GASTROTOMY | • gastrotomy n. (Surgery) Any form of incision into the stomach. • GASTROTOMY n. a cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach, also GASTROSTOMY. |
| GRAMMATIST | • grammatist n. (Historical) A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece. • grammatist n. A grammarian. • GRAMMATIST n. a petty grammarian. |
| KHITMUTGAR | • khitmutgar n. Alternative spelling of khitmatgar. • KHITMUTGAR n. (Urdu) a table-servant, also KHIDMUTGAR. |
| MAGISTRATE | • magistrate n. (Law) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate’s court… • magistrate n. (Historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome. • magistrate n. (Historical, by extension) A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions. |
| MATURATING | • maturating v. Present participle of maturate. • MATURATE v. to develop fully, also MATURE. |
| MEGATHRUST | • megathrust n. (Geology) A sudden large-scale slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate, resulting… • MEGATHRUST adj. as in megathrust earthquake, an earthquake of exceptional destructive power. |
| MITIGATORS | • mitigators n. Plural of mitigator. • MITIGATOR n. one who mitigates. |
| MITIGATORY | • mitigatory adj. Reducing, lessening the effects of something, generally something painful or uncomfortable. • MITIGATORY adj. tending to mitigate. |
| PRAGMATIST | • pragmatist n. One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality… • pragmatist n. One who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who is willing… • pragmatist n. One who belongs to the philosophic school of pragmatism; one who holds that the meaning of beliefs are… |
| SMATTERING | • smattering n. A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject. • smattering n. A small number or amount of something. • smattering v. Present participle of smatter. |
| STERIGMATA | • sterigmata n. Plural of sterigmatum. • STERIGMA n. (Greek) a spore-bearing stalk of certain fungi. |
| STRATAGEMS | • stratagems n. Plural of stratagem. • STRATAGEM n. a plan for deceiving an enemy or gaining an advantage; any artifice generally. |
| TERMAGANTS | • termagants n. Plural of termagant. • TERMAGANT n. a shrewish, bullying woman. |
| TETRAGRAMS | • tetragrams n. Plural of tetragram. • TETRAGRAM n. a word or inscription of four letters. |
| TRIGAMISTS | • trigamists n. Plural of trigamist. • TRIGAMIST n. one who has been married three times; also, one who has three husbands or three wives at the same time. |