| AMENORRHEA | • amenorrhea n. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of amenorrhoea. • AMENORRHEA n. abnormal absence or arrest of menstruation, also AMENORRHOEA. |
| ANASTROPHE | • anastrophe n. (Rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence. • ANASTROPHE n. an inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect e.g. 'To market went she'. |
| ANCHORAGES | • anchorages n. Plural of anchorage. • ANCHORAGE n. a place where a ship can anchor. |
| ANEMOGRAPH | • anemograph n. (Obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording. • ANEMOGRAPH n. an instrument for measuring the pressure and velocity of wind. |
| ANGASHORES | • angashores n. Plural of angashore. • ANGASHORE n. (Irish) a miserable person given to complaining, also ANGISHORE. |
| ARCHDEACON | • archdeacon n. (Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop… • ARCHDEACON n. a clergyman having the duty of assisting a diocesan bishop in ceremonial functions or administrative work. |
| ARCHEGONIA | • archegonia n. Plural of archegonium. • ARCHEGONIUM n. the structure on the pteridophyte prothallus that produces the sessile female gametes. |
| ARCHONTATE | • archontate n. The office or position of an archon. • ARCHONTATE n. an archon's term of office. |
| CANEPHORAS | • canephoras n. Plural of canephora. • CANEPHORA n. (Greek) a sculpted figure carrying a basket on the head, also CANEPHOR, CANEPHORE, CANEPHORUS. |
| DRAGONHEAD | • dragonhead n. Any plant of the genus Dracocephalum. • dragonhead n. Dracocephalum moldavica, the type species of the genus. • DRAGONHEAD n. a labiate garden plant. |
| EARTHWOMAN | • earthwoman n. Alternative form of Earthwoman. • Earthwoman n. (Usually science fiction) A female inhabitant of Earth. • EARTHWOMAN n. a female inhabitant of the earth. |
| EPANAPHORA | • epanaphora n. (Rhetoric) anaphora. • EPANAPHORA n. the repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences or verses esp. for rhetorical effect, also ANAPHOR, ANAPHORA. |
| HANGASHORE | • hangashore n. (Canada, Newfoundland) A lazy person. |
| MARATHONER | • marathoner n. Someone who participates in a marathon or other long-distance races. • MARATHONER n. one who takes part in a marathon. |
| ORPHANAGES | • orphanages n. Plural of orphanage. • ORPHANAGE n. a place where orphans are housed. |
| PHANEROGAM | • phanerogam n. (Botany) Any plant that produces seeds (rather than spores). • PHANEROGAM n. a seed-plant or spermatophyte, e.g. the flowering plants and gymnosperms. |
| RHODANATES | • rhodanates n. Plural of rhodanate. • RHODANATE n. in dyeing, a thiocyanate. |