| ABUTMENT | • abutment n. The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts. • abutment n. (Engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault. • abutment n. (Engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables… |
| ANTISMUT | • antismut adj. (Informal) Opposed to obscenity or pornography. • ANTISMUT adj. opposed to pornography. |
| BUTTYMAN | • buttyman n. (Mining) Synonym of butty (“miner who works under contract”). • BUTTYMAN n. a comrade in a coalmine. |
| MATUTINE | • matutine adj. Of or relating to early morning; occurring in the early morning; matutinal. • matutine adj. (Astrology) Before the sun (of the rising of a planet or star); that rises before the sun (of a planet or star). • MATUTINE adj. relating to or occurring in the morning, also MATUTINAL. |
| MOUNTANT | • mountant adj. (Archaic) Rising. • mountant n. (Microscopy) The medium used for mounting a slide. • mountant n. (Photography, dated) The adhesive used to affix a photograph to a mount. |
| MUTATING | • mutating v. Present participle of mutate. • mutating adj. Causing or tending to cause mutation. • mutating adj. (Programming, of an object) Having the ability to make changes to data other than its makeup. |
| MUTATION | • mutation n. Any alteration or change. • mutation n. (Genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material. • mutation n. A mutant. |
| NUTMEATS | • nutmeats n. Plural of nutmeat. • NUTMEAT n. the edible kernel of a nut. |
| STUNTMAN | • stuntman n. In films, someone who performs stunts that are deemed too dangerous or physically difficult for the… • stunt␣man n. Alternative form of stuntman. • STUNTMAN n. a stand-in for dangerous feats. |
| TANTALUM | • tantalum n. A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal… • TANTALUM n. an acid-resistant metallic element, useful for electronic and surgical parts. |
| TANTRUMS | • tantrums n. Plural of tantrum. • TANTRUM n. a fit of rage. |
| TAUTONYM | • tautonym n. (Biology) A binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison. • tautonym n. (Linguistics) A word or term made from two identical parts or syllables, such as bonbon or dada. • tautonym n. Absolute synonym. |
| TITANIUM | • titanium n. A chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to… • titanium n. (Countable) A single atom of this element. • TITANIUM n. a metallic element. |
| UNMATTED | • unmatted v. Simple past tense and past participle of unmat. • unmatted adj. Not matted. • UNMATTED adj. not matted. |