| 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. |
| 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… |
| EARTHNUTS | • earthnuts n. Plural of earthnut. • EARTHNUT n. a pignut, also EARTHPEA. |
| EXTRAUGHT | • extraught v. (Obsolete) past participle of extract. • EXTRACT v. to draw out by force. |
| HAGBUTTER | • hagbutter n. A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. • HAGBUTTER n. one who uses a hagbut, also HACKBUTEER, HACKBUTTER, HAGBUTEER. |
| 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. |
| ROTACHUTE | • ROTACHUTE n. a parachute-like device where the chute is replaced by rotors. |
| STRAUCHTS | • STRAUCHT v. to stretch, lay out (e.g. a corpse). |
| STRAUGHTS | • straughts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of straught. • STRAUGHT v. to stretch, lay out (e.g. a corpse). |
| THREATFUL | • threatful adj. Threatening. • THREATFUL adj. full of threats; having a menacing appearance. |
| ULTRAHEAT | • ultraheat n. Extreme heat. • ultraheat v. To heat to an extreme temperature. • ULTRAHEAT v. to heat to very high temperatures, as used for sterilisation. |
| ULTRATHIN | • ultrathin adj. Extremely thin; of utmost thinness. • ULTRATHIN adj. very very thin. |
| WATTHOURS | • watthours n. Plural of watthour. • watt-hours n. Plural of watt-hour. • WATTHOUR n. a unit of energy. |