| ADULTHOOD | • adulthood n. The state or condition of a human being once it has reached physical maturity, and is presumed to have… • adulthood n. The time period of a human being’s majority; the time during which a human being has reached physical… • ADULTHOOD n. the state of being an adult. |
| AKOLUTHOS | • AKOLUTHOS n. (historical) the head of the Varangian guard of the Byzantine emperors, also ACOLOUTHOS, AKOLOUTHOS. |
| AUNTHOODS | • AUNTHOOD n. the state of being an aunt. |
| AUTOPHOBY | • autophoby n. Archaic form of autophobia. • AUTOPHOBY n. a shrinking from making any reference to oneself. |
| AUTOPHONY | • autophony n. The unusually loud hearing of a person’s own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds. • autophony n. (Medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer’s own voice, while… • AUTOPHONY n. apparent distortion of one's own voice due to infection or stoppage of ears. |
| AUTOTROPH | • autotroph n. (Ecology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as… • AUTOTROPH n. an organism that is able to manufacture its own food from inorganic substances. |
| AUXOTROPH | • auxotroph n. Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth… • AUXOTROPH n. an auxotrophic strain or individual, i.e. one requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| BOATHOUSE | • boathouse n. A building at the edge of a river, lake or other body of water in which boats are kept. • BOATHOUSE n. a place for keeping boats. |
| COAUTHORS | • coauthors n. Plural of coauthor. • coauthors v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coauthor. • co-authors n. Plural of co-author. |
| GOALMOUTH | • goalmouth n. (Sports) The area in front of the goal. • goalmouth n. (Sports) The space between the goalposts through which the ball, puck, etc has to pass in order to score. • GOALMOUTH n. the space between the goalposts and immediately in front of the goal. |
| HOLOCAUST | • holocaust n. (Religion) An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes. • holocaust n. (By extension). • holocaust v. (Religion, also figuratively) To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned. |
| HOUSEBOAT | • houseboat n. A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling. • HOUSEBOAT n. a boat moored and used as a permanent residence. |
| HOUSECOAT | • housecoat n. (North America) A bathrobe or dressing gown. • housecoat n. (Australia) A longish dress-like garment of one piece, fastening down the front, worn about the house. • house-coat n. Alternative spelling of housecoat. |
| 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. |
| NONAUTHOR | • nonauthor n. One who is not an author. • NONAUTHOR n. one who is not an author. |
| OASTHOUSE | • oasthouse n. Alternative spelling of oast house. • oast␣house n. (Britain) a building containing oasts, used in conjunction with hop harvesting. • OASTHOUSE n. a house where hops are dried. |
| OUTHARBOR | • outharbor n. Alternative spelling of outharbour. • OUTHARBOR n. (Canadian) in Newfoundland, any city or town having a harbor other than the main city of St . John's. |