| ASTHMATIC | • asthmatic adj. Having the characteristics of asthma, as in an "asthmatic cough". • asthmatic n. A person who suffers from asthma. • ASTHMATIC adj. suffering from asthma. |
| ATACAMITE | • atacamite n. (Mineralogy) A green copper(II) chloride hydroxide mineral, polymorphous with botallackite. • ATACAMITE n. an oxy-chloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals. |
| ATHEMATIC | • athematic adj. (Linguistics) Of a root, not having a thematic vowel and thus attaching inflections directly to the root. • ATHEMATIC adj. without a thematic vowel. |
| ATTACKMAN | • attackman n. (Sports) A player in a position whose primary responsibility is offense. • ATTACKMAN n. a soldier or sportsman with attacking role. |
| ATTACKMEN | • attackmen n. Plural of attackman. • ATTACKMAN n. a soldier or sportsman with attacking role. |
| AUTOMATIC | • automatic adj. Capable of operating without external control or intervention. • automatic adj. Done out of habit or without conscious thought. • automatic adj. Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc. |
| CATAMITES | • catamites n. Plural of catamite. • CATAMITE n. a boy used in sodomy. |
| CATAMOUNT | • catamount n. (US) A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar or puma (Puma concolor). • catamount n. (Obsolete) Synonym of catamountain (“a leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus)”). • CATAMOUNT n. any of various large wild cats, applied esp. to the leopard, panther or ocelot, also CATAMOUNTAIN. |
| CATTLEMAN | • cattleman n. A man who raises or tends cattle. • CATTLEMAN n. one who raises cattle. |
| COMBATANT | • combatant n. A person engaged in combat, often armed. • combatant adj. Contending; disposed to contend. • combatant adj. Involving combat. |
| ECTHYMATA | • ecthymata n. Plural of ecthyma. • ECTHYMA n. (Greek) a skin disease with large round pustules. |
| MACTATION | • mactation n. (Archaic) The act of killing a victim for sacrifice. • MACTATION n. the killing or slaughter esp. of a sacrificial victim. |
| MASTICATE | • masticate v. (Transitive) To chew (food). • masticate v. (Transitive) To grind or knead something into a pulp. • MASTICATE v. to chew; to knead mechanically. |
| METABATIC | • metabatic adj. Relating to metabasis. • METABATIC adj. transitional. |
| SCOTOMATA | • scotomata n. Plural of scotoma. • SCOTOMA n. (Greek) dizziness with dimness of sight, also SCOTOMIA, SCOTOMY. |
| TRAUMATIC | • traumatic adj. Of, caused by, or causing trauma. • traumatic adj. (Medicine, dated) Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds. • traumatic adj. (Dated) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary. |