| ALMACANTAR | • almacantar n. Alternative form of almucantar. • ALMACANTAR n. (Arabic) a circle of altitude, parallel to the horizon, also ALMUCANTAR. |
| ALMUCANTAR | • almucantar n. (Astronomy, archaic or historical) A small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon… • almucantar n. (Astronomy, archaic or historical) An instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross such a circle. • ALMUCANTAR n. (Arabic) a circle of altitude, parallel to the horizon, also ALMACANTAR. |
| ASTRACHANS | • astrachans n. Plural of astrachan. • ASTRACHAN n. a closely-curled black or grey fur from the fleece of karakul lambs, also ASTRAKHAN. |
| ATTRACTANT | • attractant n. Anything that attracts, but especially a substance (such as a pheromone) that attracts insects or other animals. • ATTRACTANT n. a substance that attracts. |
| BATRACHIAN | • batrachian n. (Rare) A frog or toad. • batrachian adj. Pertaining to or resembling a frog or toad. • BATRACHIAN adj. pertaining to frogs or toads. |
| CATAMARANS | • catamarans n. Plural of catamaran. • CATAMARAN n. (Tamil) originally a raft of logs lashed together; now a boat, esp. a sailing boat with two hulls. |
| CATENARIAN | • catenarian adj. Catenary; like a chain. • CATENARIAN adj. of or pertaining to chains. |
| CHARLATANS | • charlatans n. Plural of charlatan. • CHARLATAN n. someone who pretends to have special knowledge or ability, esp. one who claims to have medical knowledge. |
| LACTARIANS | • lactarians n. Plural of lactarian. • LACTARIAN n. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products. |
| MARCANTANT | • marcantant n. (Obsolete, nonce word) A merchant. • MARCANTANT n. (Shakespeare) a merchant. |
| MARCHANTIA | • Marchantia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Marchantiaceae – a group of liverworts. • MARCHANTIA n. a liverwort of the Marchantia genus. |
| PANCRATIAN | • pancratian adj. Athletic. • PANCRATIAN adj. pancratic; athletic. |
| PYRACANTHA | • pyracantha n. A firethorn, any of the genus Pyracantha of thorny evergreen large shrubs. • Pyracantha prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the firethorns. • PYRACANTHA n. the evergreen thorn, a shrub native of Europe, also PYRACANTH. |
| SCARLATINA | • scarlatina n. (Pathology) scarlet fever. • SCARLATINA n. scarlet fever. |
| TRACTARIAN | • Tractarian n. (Anglicanism) A member of the Oxford movement. • Tractarian adj. Pertaining to the ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. • TRACTARIAN n. a writer of tracts, also TRACTATOR. |
| TRAGACANTH | • tragacanth n. A polysaccharide gum, extracted from several species of leguminous plants of the genus Astragalus, formerly… • TRAGACANTH n. a gum used in pharmacy and as a vehicle for dye in calico-printing. |