| 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. |
| AUTOPHYTE | • autophyte n. Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances. • AUTOPHYTE n. an autotrophic plant, as any green plant. |
| 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. |
| CUTTHROAT | • cutthroat n. A murderer who slits the throats of victims. • cutthroat n. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person. • cutthroat n. (Uncountable) A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at… |
| MOUTHPART | • mouthpart n. (Usually in the plural) An appendage-like structure on the outside of an insect’s or other arthropod’s… • mouth-part n. Alternative spelling of mouthpart. • MOUTHPART n. part of a mouth. |
| OUTASIGHT | • outasight adj. (Slang, dated) excellent, amazing. • OUTASIGHT adj. amazing, excellent, also OUTASITE. |
| OUTCAUGHT | • outcaught v. Simple past tense and past participle of outcatch. • OUTCATCH v. to surpass in catching. |
| OUTCHEATS | • outcheats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outcheat. • OUTCHEAT v. to exceed in cheating. |
| OUTTHANKS | • outthanks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthank. • OUTTHANK v. to surpass in thanking. |
| ROTACHUTE | • ROTACHUTE n. a parachute-like device where the chute is replaced by rotors. |
| SOUTHEAST | • southeast n. The intercardinal compass point halfway between east and south; specifically at a bearing of 135°. • southeast adj. Of, in or pertaining to the southeast; southeastern. • southeast adj. Situated toward or in the direction of the southeast; southeastward; southeasterly. |
| TACAHOUTS | • TACAHOUT n. a gall on the tamarisk, a source of gallic acid. |
| THENABOUT | • thenabout adv. (Obsolete) Alternative form of thenabouts. • THENABOUT adv. at about that time, also THENABOUTS. |
| WATCHOUTS | • watchouts n. Plural of watchout. • WATCHOUT n. the act of keeping a look out for something. |
| WATTHOURS | • watthours n. Plural of watthour. • watt-hours n. Plural of watt-hour. • WATTHOUR n. a unit of energy. |