| AMBAGIOUS | • ambagious adj. Roundabout; vague. • ambagious adj. Indefinite. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • AMBAGIOUS adj. (archaic) roundabout, circuitous. |
| AMBIGUOUS | • ambiguous adj. Open to multiple interpretations. • ambiguous adj. (Obsolete, of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides. • AMBIGUOUS adj. open to more than one interpretation. |
| AMOUNTING | • amounting v. Present participle of amount. • AMOUNT v. to come to in total. |
| ANGUIFORM | • anguiform adj. Shaped like a snake. • ANGUIFORM adj. shaped like a snake. |
| ARMOURING | • armouring v. Present participle of armour. • armouring n. Armour or shielding. • ARMOUR v. to dress with defensive covering, also ARMOR. |
| 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. |
| AUTOGAMIC | • autogamic adj. Exhibiting or relating to autogamy. • AUTOGAMIC adj. self-fertilizing, also AUTOGAMOUS. |
| AUTOMAGIC | • automagic n. A process carried out automatically in such a clever way that the result appears to be magic. • AUTOMAGIC adj. performing a task with astonishing ease and speed. |
| CONTAGIUM | • contagium n. (Archaic) contagion; contagious matter. • CONTAGIUM n. (Latin) a causative agent of infectious diseases. |
| FAMOUSING | • famousing v. Present participle of famous. • FAMOUS v. (archaic) to make famous. |
| FUMIGATOR | • fumigator n. One who fumigates. • fumigator n. An apparatus for fumigating. • FUMIGATOR n. one who fumigates. |
| GOURAMIES | • gouramies n. Plural of gourami. • GOURAMI n. (Malay) a large East Indian freshwater fish, also GORAMY, GURAMI. |
| GUAIOCUMS | • GUAIOCUM n. a medicinal resin, also GUAIACUM, GUAIAC. |
| IGNORAMUS | • ignoramus n. A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool. • ignoramus n. (Law, dated) A grand jury’s ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient… • ignoramus v. (Law, transitive) To make such a ruling against (an indictment). |
| ISOGAMOUS | • isogamous adj. Relating to, or undergoing isogamy. • ISOGAMOUS adj. relating to isogamy, the conjugation of two gametes of equal size and form, also ISOGAMETIC, ISOGAMIC. |
| 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. |
| ORIGANUMS | • origanums n. Plural of origanum. • ORIGANUM n. wild marjoram, also OREGANO, ORIGAN, ORIGANE. |
| OUTNAMING | • outnaming v. Present participle of outname. • OUTNAME v. to exceed in naming or describing. |
| SUBIMAGOS | • subimagos n. Plural of subimago. • SUBIMAGO n. a stage in the life of a mayfly. |
| TRIGAMOUS | • trigamous adj. Living in or involving trigamy. • trigamous adj. (Botany) Having three kinds of flowers — male, female, and hermaphrodite — in the same flower head. • TRIGAMOUS adj. of the nature of, involving or living in trigamy. |