| ACCOURAGE | • accourage v. (Obsolete) To encourage. • ACCOURAGE v. (Spenser) to encourage, also ACCORAGE, ENCOURAGE. |
| ANGOSTURA | • angostura n. Angostura bitters. • angostura n. A South American tree, with bark used in tradition medicine and as an ingredient in various bitters… • Angostura prop.n. (Historical) The former name of Ciudad Bolivar, a town on the Orinoco. |
| ARGONAUTS | • argonauts n. Plural of argonaut. • ARGONAUT n. (Greek) a sort of cuttlefish, aka paper nautilus. |
| AUDIOGRAM | • audiogram n. A graphical representation of the hearing ability of a person. • AUDIOGRAM n. a graphic representation of the relation of vibration frequency and the minimum sound intensity for hearing. |
| AUTOGRAFT | • autograft n. (Surgery) A tissue graft taken from one part to another of the same individual’s body. • autograft v. (Transitive) To graft in this manner. • AUTOGRAFT n. a graft from one part of the body to another. |
| AUTOGRAPH | • autograph n. A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person. • autograph n. A manuscript in the author’s handwriting. • autograph adj. Written in the author’s own handwriting. |
| BARAGOUIN | • baragouin n. (Countable) A pidgin. • baragouin n. (Uncountable) Unintelligible speech; gibberish, jargon. • BARAGOUIN n. (French) any jargon or unintelligible language. |
| GRADUATOR | • graduator n. One who determines or indicates graduation. • graduator n. An instrument for dividing any line, straight or curved, into smaller regular intervals. • graduator n. An apparatus for diffusing a solution, such as brine or vinegar, over a large surface, for exposure to the air. |
| GRANULOMA | • granuloma n. (Pathology) an inflammatory nodule consisting of histiocytes (macrophages) attempting to wall off substances… • granuloma n. (Medicine, less specific) any small nodule. • GRANULOMA n. a localized collection of granulation tissue. |
| GUACHAROS | • guacharos n. Plural of guacharo. • GUACHARO n. (Spanish) a nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad, aka oilbird. |
| GUARANTOR | • guarantor n. A person or company that provides a guarantee. • GUARANTOR n. one who makes or gives a guarantee. |
| MATAGOURI | • matagouri n. A thorny shrub endemic to New Zealand, taxonomic name Discaria toumatou. • MATAGOURI n. (Maori) a thorny bush of New Zealand, forming thickets in open country. |
| ORANGUTAN | • orangutan n. Any of three species of arboreal anthropoid ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown coat and… • orang-utan n. Alternative spelling of orangutan. • orang␣utan n. Alternative spelling of orangutan. |
| PARAGOGUE | • PARAGOGUE n. the addition of a sound to the end of a word e.g. heighth for height, also PARAGOGE. |
| PARALOGUE | • paralogue n. (Genetics) A pair of genes that derives from the same ancestral gene and now reside at different locations… • PARALOGUE n. either of a pair of genes that derive from the same ancestral gene. |
| PROPAGULA | • propagula n. Plural of propagulum. • PROPAGULUM n. a body with the capacity to give rise to a new plant e.g. seed, spore, bulbil, fragment etc., also PROPAGULE. |
| SUGARCOAT | • sugarcoat v. (Transitive) To coat with sugar. • sugarcoat v. (Transitive, figurative) To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to. • sugar-coat v. Alternative spelling of sugarcoat. |
| SUGARLOAF | • sugarloaf n. Alternative spelling of sugar-loaf. • sugar-loaf n. (Historical) A block of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone, in which form it was… • sugar-loaf n. (Obsolete) A hat shaped like a sugar-loaf. |
| UROLAGNIA | • urolagnia n. Synonym of urophilia. • UROLAGNIA n. sexual arousal caused by, or associated with, urine or the urination. |
| VAGARIOUS | • vagarious adj. Subject to vagaries; erratic. • vagarious adj. Tending to wander or roam. • vagarious adj. Capricious. |