| ACANTHACEOUS | • acanthaceous adj. (Botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family. • acanthaceous adj. Armed with prickles, as a plant. • ACANTHACEOUS adj. prickly; of the Acanthaceae. |
| ACQUAINTANCE | • acquaintance n. (Uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy… • acquaintance n. (Countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. • acquaintance n. (Uncountable) Such people collectively; one’s circle of acquaintances (with plural concord). |
| AERONAUTICAL | • aeronautical adj. Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight. • AERONAUTICAL adj. relating to aeronautics. |
| AMBULANCEMAN | • ambulanceman n. A man who is a driver of an ambulance or a member of its crew. • AMBULANCEMAN n. one who operates an ambulance. |
| ANACOLUTHIAS | • anacoluthias n. Plural of anacoluthia. • ANACOLUTHIA n. a nonsequential syntactic construction in which the latter part of a sentence does not grammatically fit the earlier. |
| ARCHOSAURIAN | • archosaurian n. An archosaur. • ARCHOSAURIAN n. any of a subclass of reptiles comprising pterosaurs, dinosaurs and crocodilians, also ARCHOSAUR. |
| BACCALAUREAN | • baccalaurean adj. Relating to a baccalaureate. • BACCALAUREAN adj. relating to a baccalaureate. |
| CANALICULATE | • canaliculate adj. (Botany) Channeled lengthwise; grooved. • CANALICULATE adj. grooved or channelled lengthwise, also CANALICULATED. |
| CATAMOUNTAIN | • catamountain n. (Also attributively) A leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus); also, an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis). • catamountain n. (By extension) A man living in the mountains. • CATAMOUNTAIN n. any of various large wild cats, applied esp. to the leopard, panther or ocelot, also CATAMOUNT. |
| CRASSULACEAN | • crassulacean adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to the family Crassulaceae of dicotyledons. • CRASSULACEAN adj. as in crassulacean acid metabolism, a method of photosynthesis. |
| IPECACUANHAS | • ipecacuanhas n. Plural of ipecacuanha. • IPECACUANHA n. (Portuguese) the dried root of various South American plants, used as a purgative, expectorant and emetic, also IPECAC. |
| MACERANDUBAS | • MACERANDUBA n. (Tupi) the Brazilian milk-tree, also MASSARANDUBA, MASSERANDUBA. |
| MANUFACTURAL | • manufactural adj. Of or relating to manufacture. • MANUFACTURAL adj. relating to manufacture. |
| PANDANACEOUS | • pandanaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the plant family Pandanaceae. • PANDANACEOUS adj. belonging to the Pandanaceae, a family of trees and bushes related to the bulrushes and bur-reeds. |
| PLATANACEOUS | • platanaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Platanaceae of plane trees. • PLATANACEOUS adj. belonging to the family Platanaceae, plane trees etc. |
| SANTALACEOUS | • santalaceous adj. (Botany) Relating to the flowering plant family Santalaceae. • SANTALACEOUS adj. belonging to the sandalwood genus Santalum, or sandalwood family Santalaceae. |
| TABERNACULAR | • tabernacular adj. Pertaining to a tabernacle. • tabernacular adj. Of the style or character of an architectural tabernacle; formed in latticework; latticed. • tabernacular adj. (Rare) Of or pertaining to huts or tents; common; low. |
| TAUROMACHIAN | • tauromachian adj. Of or pertaining to bullfighting. • tauromachian n. A bullfighter. • TAUROMACHIAN adj. pertaining to bullfights. |
| UNANALYTICAL | • unanalytical adj. Not analytical. • UNANALYTICAL adj. not analytical, also UNANALYTIC. |
| VOCABULARIAN | • vocabularian n. One who cultivates a large vocabulary. • VOCABULARIAN n. a person much, or too much, concerned with words. |