| ACANTHUSES | • acanthuses n. Plural of acanthus. • ACANTHUS n. a prickly plant with toothed leaves, also ACANTH, ACANTHA. |
| ACATHISIAS | • ACATHISIA n. a psychological condition characterised by agitation and a frequent desire to alter the posture, also AKATHISIA. |
| ANARCHISTS | • anarchists n. Plural of anarchist. • ANARCHIST n. one who advocates anarchy or aims at the overthrow of civil government. |
| ASTHMATICS | • asthmatics n. Plural of asthmatic. • ASTHMATIC n. one suffering from asthma. |
| ASTRACHANS | • astrachans n. Plural of astrachan. • ASTRACHAN n. a closely-curled black or grey fur from the fleece of karakul lambs, also ASTRAKHAN. |
| CATHARISES | • catharises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catharise. • CATHARISE v. to render absolutely clean; to purge, also CATHARIZE. |
| CHEATGRASS | • cheatgrass n. Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires… • cheat␣grass n. Downy brome; drooping brome (Bromus tectorum); an annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia and… |
| HALACHISTS | • HALACHIST n. a practitioner of Jewish religious law, also HALAKHIST. |
| JACKSHAFTS | • jackshafts n. Plural of jackshaft. • JACKSHAFT n. an intermediate shaft e.g. between a motor and the wheels it drives. |
| SACAHUISTA | • sacahuista n. Nolina microcarpa, a flowering plant in the asparagus family. • SACAHUISTA n. (Nahuatl) a bear grass that may cause poisoning in livestock, also SACAHUISTE. |
| SACAHUISTE | • sacahuiste n. Alternative form of sacahuista. • SACAHUISTE n. (Nahuatl) a bear grass that may cause poisoning in livestock, also SACAHUISTA. |
| SHADOWCAST | • shadowcast n. The performance of a film by a group of amateurs at the same time as it is screened. • shadowcast v. To take part in such a performance. • SHADOWCAST v. in microscopy, to cast shadows of projecting parts of a specimen by exposing to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal. |
| SHAGTASTIC | • shagtastic adj. (Britain, slang) brilliant, with implications of sexual intercourse. • SHAGTASTIC adj. sexually very attractive. |
| STOMACHALS | • stomachals n. Plural of stomachal. • STOMACHAL n. a medicine that is good for the stomach. |
| WATCHCASES | • watchcases n. Plural of watchcase. • WATCHCASE n. the case housing the mechanism of a watch. |
| WATCHGLASS | • watchglass n. Alternative form of watch glass. • watch␣glass n. (Chemistry) An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a simple, slightly concave circle of… • watch␣glass n. The glass covering of the face of a watch. |