| ADMIRATION | • admiration n. A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful. • admiration n. (Obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject). • admiration n. (Obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise. |
| ALDERWOMAN | • alderwoman n. (Rare) A female alderman. • ALDERWOMAN n. a female alderman. |
| AMENDATORY | • amendatory adj. For the purpose of amending or correction. • AMENDATORY adj. supplying amendment. |
| ANADROMOUS | • anadromous adj. (Of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water. • anadromous adj. (Botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond. • ANADROMOUS adj. of fish, migrating up rivers from the sea to spawn in fresh water. |
| ANDROMEDAS | • andromedas n. Plural of andromeda. • ANDROMEDA n. a plant of the genus Andromeda, shrubs of the heath family. |
| ENAMORADOS | • Enamorados prop.n. Plural of Enamorado. • ENAMORADO n. (obsolete) a lover. |
| HYDROMANIA | • hydromania n. A morbid craving for water. • hydromania n. A morbid propensity to suicide by drowning. • hydromania n. An intense attraction to water. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| LAUNDROMAT | • laundromat n. (US, Canada, Australia) A self-service laundry facility with (traditionally) coin-operated (which now… |
| MANDRAGORA | • mandragora n. Mandrake (genus Mandragora); often specifically mandrake root, traditionally used as a narcotic. • mandragora n. A kind of tiny dragon immune to fire. • Mandragora prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – the mandrakes. |
| MONODRAMAS | • monodramas n. Plural of monodrama. • MONODRAMA n. a one-man show; a play having only one actor. |
| MONTAGNARD | • Montagnard n. (Historical) A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), a French political group active 1792-1799 during… • Montagnard n. (Historical) A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), Democratic Socialists active 1849-1852 in the French… • Montagnard n. (Demonym) A member of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. |
| MYRIAPODAN | • MYRIAPODAN adj. of or like a myriapod. |
| ORCHARDMAN | • orchardman n. A man who owns or tends an orchard. • ORCHARDMAN n. one who grows and sells orchard fruits. |
| ROADMAKING | • roadmaking n. The construction of roads. • ROADMAKING n. road building. |