| ACOLUTHIC | • acoluthic adj. Pertaining to a residual sense impression immediately following a stimulus, as with an afterimage. • ACOLUTHIC adj. pertaining to an afterimage or other aftersensation, also ACOLOUTHIC. |
| ANTHODIUM | • anthodium n. (Botany) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into an involucrate head. • ANTHODIUM n. the flower head of certain plants. |
| ASTICHOUS | • astichous adj. (Botany) having a structure or layout that is not in rows. • ASTICHOUS adj. not in rows. |
| AUTHORIAL | • authorial adj. Of, coming from, or typical of an author (especially of books). • AUTHORIAL adj. relating to an author. |
| AUTHORING | • authoring v. Present participle of author. • authoring n. The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition. • authoring n. The result of this process; a writing or composition. |
| AUTHORISE | • authorise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of authorize. • AUTHORISE v. to give authority to, also AUTHORIZE. |
| AUTHORISH | • authorish adj. Characteristic of an author. • AUTHORISH adj. like an author. |
| AUTHORISM | • authorism n. (Archaic, uncountable) Authorship. • authorism n. (Countable, uncountable) A habit or practice of an author. • AUTHORISM n. authorship. |
| AUTHORITY | • authority n. (Uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right. • authority n. (In the plural) Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement. • authority n. (Countable) A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject. |
| AUTHORIZE | • authorize v. (Transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something). • authorize v. (Transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something). • AUTHORIZE v. to give authority to, also AUTHORISE. |
| HAUSTORIA | • haustoria n. Plural of haustorium. • HAUSTORIUM n. (Latin) one of the sucker-like rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. |
| HOUSTONIA | • houstonia n. (Botany) Any of the genus Houstonia of rubiaceous flowering plants. • Houstonia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – bluets. • HOUSTONIA n. a small North American plant with blue, white or purple flowers. |
| MUSTACHIO | • mustachio n. A mustache, especially a large or lush one. • mustachio v. To adorn with a mustachio, or something that resembles a mustachio. • MUSTACHIO n. (Spanish) a large, elegantly curling moustache, also MOUSTACHIO. |
| OUTASIGHT | • outasight adj. (Slang, dated) excellent, amazing. • OUTASIGHT adj. amazing, excellent, also OUTASITE. |
| PATCHOULI | • patchouli n. Any of several East Indian plants in the genus Pogostemon, especially Pogostemon cablin, which yield… • patchouli n. The oil or perfume made from these plants. • PATCHOULI n. (Tamil) an Asiatic tree with a fragrant perfume oil; the resulting perfume, also PACHOULI, PATCHOULY. |
| SOUTHSAID | • southsaid v. Simple past tense and past participle of southsay. • SOUTHSAY v. to foretell, to divine, also SOOTHSAY. |
| THALLIOUS | • thallious adj. (Chemistry) Alternative form of thallous. • THALLIOUS adj. containing thallium. |
| THIOFURAN | • thiofuran n. Thiophene. • THIOFURAN n. a five-membered heterocyclic compound with sulphur, aka thiophen. |
| THIOUREAS | • thioureas n. Plural of thiourea. • THIOUREA n. urea with its oxygen replaced by sulphur. |