| ASSONANT | • assonant adj. (Prosody) Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds. • ASSONANT adj. corresponding in vowel sound, also ASSONANTAL. • ASSONANT n. a word or syllable that resembles another in sound. |
| CANONESS | • canoness n. (Dated) A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter. • CANONESS n. a woman living in a community under a religious rule. |
| CHANSONS | • chansons n. Plural of chanson. • CHANSON n. (French) a song. |
| HOSANNAS | • hosannas n. Plural of hosanna. • HOSANNA v. to shout with praise and adoration, also HOSANNAH. |
| MANNOSES | • mannoses n. Plural of mannose. • MANNOSE n. a sugar obtained by oxidising mannitol. |
| MANSIONS | • mansions n. Plural of mansion. • MANSION n. a large impressive house. |
| NONCLASS | • nonclass adj. Not a class, or not belonging to a class. • nonclass n. Something other than a class. • NONCLASS n. a lack of class. |
| NONPASTS | • NONPAST n. a verb form that lacks a past tense inflection. |
| ONANISMS | • onanisms n. Plural of onanism. • ONANISM n. coitus interrupted to prevent insemination. |
| ONANISTS | • onanists n. Plural of onanist. • ONANIST n. one who practises onanism. |
| SAPONINS | • saponins n. Plural of saponin. • SAPONIN n. a soapy substance obtained from plants, also SAPONINE. |
| SCANSION | • scansion n. The rhythm or meter of a line or verse. • scansion n. The act of analysing the meter of poetry. • scansion v. (Of text) Put into a rhythmic form or meter. |
| SOLANINS | • solanins n. Plural of solanin. • SOLANIN n. a poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade, also SOLANINE. |
| SONANCES | • sonances n. Plural of sonance. • SONANCE n. a sounding, also SONANCY. |
| STANNOUS | • stannous adj. (Chemistry) Containing bivalent tin. • STANNOUS adj. of bivalent tin. |
| SWANSONG | • swansong n. Alternative form of swan song. • swan-song n. Alternative form of swan song. • swan␣song n. (Idiomatic) A final performance or accomplishment, especially one before retirement. |
| SYNANONS | • synanons n. Plural of synanon. • SYNANON n. a method of group therapy for drug addicts. |
| UNSEASON | • unseason v. (Transitive, obsolete) To make unseasoned; to deprive of seasoning. • unseason v. (Transitive, obsolete) To strike unseasonably; to affect disagreeably or unfavorably. • UNSEASON v. (Spenser) to affect disagreeably. |