| BARRATROUS | • barratrous adj. (Law) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry. • BARRATROUS adj. tainted with, or constituting, barratry, also BARRETROUS. |
| BARRETROUS | • BARRETROUS adj. tainted with, or constituting, barratry, also BARRATROUS. |
| BULLROARER | • bullroarer n. A ritual musical instrument and means of communicating over extended distances, consisting of a slat… • BULLROARER n. a wooden slat attached to a thong that makes a roaring sound when the thong is whirled, used esp. by native Australians in religious rites. |
| CARBURETOR | • carburetor n. (US, Canada) A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition. • carburetor n. (Slang, drugs) A water pipe or bong; a device or contrivance for mixing air with burning cannabis or cocaine. • CARBURETOR n. an apparatus for charging a gas with carbon compounds, also CARBURETER, CARBURETTER, CARBURETTOR. |
| CARREFOURS | • CARREFOUR n. (French) a crossroads, a plaza. |
| CORRUGATOR | • corrugator n. A machine that corrugates material. • corrugator n. (Anatomy) Ellipsis of corrugator supercilii.. • corrugator n. (Anatomy) Ellipsis of corrugator cutis ani.. |
| FOURRAGERE | • fourragere n. Alternative form of fourragère. • fourragère n. A braided cord awarded to a military unit for distinguished service and worn on the left shoulder. • FOURRAGERE n. a braided cord worn round the left shoulder, esp. as a military decoration. |
| GARBURATOR | • garburator n. (Canada, UK) Synonym of garbage disposal. • GARBURATOR n. (Canadian) an electrically operated device in the plughole of a kitchen sink that breaks up food refuse so that it can travel down the waste pipe. |
| HARBOURERS | • harbourers n. Plural of harbourer. • HARBOURER n. one who or that which harbours, also HARBORER. |
| HURLBARROW | • HURLBARROW n. (Scots) a wheelbarrow, also WHEELBARROW. |
| POURPARLER | • pourparler n. A diplomatic consultation, preliminary to a treaty. • POURPARLER n. (French) a discussion prior to negotiation. |
| PROCURATOR | • procurator n. A tax collector. • procurator n. An agent or attorney. • procurator n. A legal officer who both investigates and prosecutes crimes, found in some inquisitorial legal systems… |
| RAPPORTEUR | • rapporteur n. (Law, politics) A person appointed by a deliberative body to investigate an issue or a situation, and… • RAPPORTEUR n. (French) a person who gives reports (as at a meeting of a learned society). |
| ROADRUNNER | • roadrunner n. Either of two species of fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family native to North… • ROADRUNNER n. a bird of the turkey family, aka the chaparral cock. |
| RUBRICATOR | • rubricator n. (Historical) The person who wrote the red titles and headings in a manuscript. • RUBRICATOR n. one who rubricates. |
| TRITURATOR | • triturator n. A mechanical device for triturating. • TRITURATOR n. an apparatus for triturating. |