| ANASTIGMAT | • anastigmat n. (Photography) An anastigmatic lens. • ANASTIGMAT n. a lens esp. designed to avoid the defect of stigmatism. |
| ASTIGMATIC | • astigmatic adj. (Medicine) Suffering from astigmatism. • astigmatic n. (Medicine) One who has astigmatism. • ASTIGMATIC adj. affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism. |
| GLUTAMATES | • glutamates n. Plural of glutamate. • GLUTAMATE n. a salt of glutamic acid. |
| GRAMMATIST | • grammatist n. (Historical) A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece. • grammatist n. A grammarian. • GRAMMATIST n. a petty grammarian. |
| MAGISTRATE | • magistrate n. (Law) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate’s court… • magistrate n. (Historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome. • magistrate n. (Historical, by extension) A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions. |
| PRAGMATIST | • pragmatist n. One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality… • pragmatist n. One who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who is willing… • pragmatist n. One who belongs to the philosophic school of pragmatism; one who holds that the meaning of beliefs are… |
| STALAGMITE | • stalagmite n. (Geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles… • STALAGMITE n. a roughly conical shaped speleothem that rises from the floor of a cave. |
| STERIGMATA | • sterigmata n. Plural of sterigmatum. • STERIGMA n. (Greek) a spore-bearing stalk of certain fungi. |
| STRATAGEMS | • stratagems n. Plural of stratagem. • STRATAGEM n. a plan for deceiving an enemy or gaining an advantage; any artifice generally. |
| SYNTAGMATA | • syntagmata n. Plural of syntagma. • SYNTAGMA n. a syntactic unit comprising one or more (esp. linguistic) signs or elements, also SYNTAGM. |
| TERMAGANTS | • termagants n. Plural of termagant. • TERMAGANT n. a shrewish, bullying woman. |
| TETRAGRAMS | • tetragrams n. Plural of tetragram. • TETRAGRAM n. a word or inscription of four letters. |