| AFTERPARTY | • afterparty n. Alternative spelling of after-party. • after-party n. A party that happens after an official, often public, party or event. • AFTERPARTY n. a small party held after a larger event, such as a pop concert or film premiere, to which only a select group of guests is invited. |
| ASTROLATRY | • astrolatry n. The worship of the stars. • ASTROLATRY n. worship of stars. |
| ASTROMETRY | • astrometry n. (Astronomy) The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the positions and motions of… • ASTROMETRY n. the art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes. |
| CASTRATORY | • castratory adj. Causing or relating to castration. • CASTRATORY adj. relating to castration. |
| DETRACTORY | • detractory adj. (Now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory. • DETRACTORY adj. tending to detract, also DETRACTIVE. |
| FRATERNITY | • fraternity n. The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood. • fraternity n. A group of people associated for a common purpose. • fraternity n. (US) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters. |
| INTERPARTY | • interparty adj. Between political parties. • INTERPARTY adj. between parties. |
| RUBYTHROAT | • rubythroat n. Any of several species of birds, the males having a brilliant patch of metallic red on the throat. • RUBYTHROAT n. any of numerous species of humming birds, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections. |
| THYRATRONS | • thyratrons n. Plural of thyratron. • THYRATRON n. a gas-filled valve with a heated cathode, able to carry very high currents. |
| TRAJECTORY | • trajectory n. The path an object takes as it moves. • trajectory n. (Astronomy, space science) The path of a body as it travels through space. • trajectory n. (Cybernetics) The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution. |
| TRANSITORY | • transitory adj. Lasting only a short time; temporary. • transitory adj. (Law) Of an action: that may be brought in any county. • TRANSITORY adj. not lasting long. |
| TRIHYDRATE | • trihydrate n. (Chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains three molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell. • TRIHYDRATE n. a substance that contains three molecules of water. |
| VRYSTATERS | • VRYSTATER n. (South African) a native inhabitant of the Free State, esp. one who is White. |