| 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. |
| ANDROPAUSE | • andropause n. The male equivalent of the menopause in women; characterised by a decline in libido and overall energy. • ANDROPAUSE n. the male menopause. |
| AUSLANDERS | • Auslanders prop.n. Plural of Auslander. • AUSLANDER n. (German) a foreigner. |
| CURANDERAS | • curanderas n. Plural of curandera. • CURANDERA n. a female faith healer. |
| GRANDAUNTS | • grandaunts n. Plural of grandaunt. • grand-aunts n. Plural of grand-aunt. • GRANDAUNT n. the aunt of one's father or mother. |
| MARAUDINGS | • maraudings n. Plural of marauding. • MARAUDING n. the act of wandering in search of plunder. |
| QUADRANTES | • quadrantes n. Plural of quadrans. • QUADRANS n. (Latin) a Roman coin, a fourth part of an as. |
| QUADRUMANS | • quadrumans n. Plural of quadruman. • QUADRUMAN n. a former name for primates other than man, also QUADRUMANE. |
| QUANDARIES | • quandaries n. Plural of quandary. • QUANDARY n. a state of perplexity. |
| SQUADRONAL | • SQUADRONAL adj. relating to a squadron. |
| TRADUCIANS | • traducians n. Plural of traducian. • TRADUCIAN n. a believer in traducianism. |
| TRANSUDATE | • transudate n. The product of transudation. • transudate n. A substance that transudes. • TRANSUDATE n. a substance that transudes e.g. a fluid that pases through a membrane or the walls of a blood vessel. |
| UNPARADISE | • unparadise v. (Transitive) To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to make unhappy. • UNPARADISE v. to deprive of happiness like that of paradise. |
| UNSALARIED | • unsalaried adj. Without a salary. • UNSALARIED adj. not receiving a salary. |
| UNSCABBARD | • unscabbard v. (Transitive) To remove (a weapon) from its scabbard. • UNSCABBARD v. to withdraw e.g. a sword from a scabbard. |