| ALPHASORTS | • alphasorts n. Plural of alphasort. • ALPHASORT v. to sort into alphabetic order. |
| ALPHATESTS | • ALPHATEST v. to carry out an alpha test of an experimental product, such as computer software. |
| ASPHALTERS | • asphalters n. Plural of asphalter. • ASPHALTER n. a person who lays asphalt. |
| ASPHALTUMS | • asphaltums n. Plural of asphaltum. • ASPHALTUM n. (Greek) a mixture of bituminous pitch with sand etc. used for surfacing paths, roads, etc., also ASPHALT. |
| BACKSPLASH | • backsplash n. A vertical covering on a wall rising above a countertop or other work surface to protect the wall from… • backsplash n. (Rowing) The small splash of water that occurs when an oar enters the water to begin a stroke, just… • backsplash v. (Transitive, intransitive) To splash backward. |
| CALIPASHES | • calipashes n. Plural of calipash. • CALIPASH n. a part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell, the carapace, also CALLIPASH. |
| FLASHLAMPS | • flashlamps n. Plural of flashlamp. • FLASHLAMP n. an electric torch. |
| HANDCLASPS | • handclasps n. Plural of handclasp. • HANDCLASP n. a handshake. |
| HYPABYSSAL | • hypabyssal adj. (Geology, of rock) that solidifies, as a minor intrusion, before reaching the Earth’s surface. • HYPABYSSAL adj. in petrology, moderately deep-seated, not quite abyssal. |
| ISPAGHULAS | • ISPAGHULA n. a dietary fibre derived from seed husks and used as a thickener or stabilizer in the food industry, aka psyllium. |
| LAMPSHADES | • lampshades n. Plural of lampshade. • lampshades v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lampshade. • lamp-shades n. Plural of lamp-shade. |
| PEARLASHES | • pearlashes n. Plural of pearlash. • PEARLASH n. an alkaline compound obtained from wood ash. |
| SHARPTAILS | • sharptails n. Plural of sharptail. • SHARPTAIL n. a kind of grouse. |
| SLAPDASHED | • slapdashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of slapdash. • slapdashed adj. Slapdash. • SLAPDASH v. to do in a hasty, imperfect manner. |
| SLAPDASHES | • slapdashes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slapdash. • SLAPDASH v. to do in a hasty, imperfect manner. |
| SPLASHBACK | • splashback n. (Uncountable, countable) Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface. • splashback n. (Countable) A shield of an easily-cleaned material, such as those placed behind an oven top or kitchen… • SPLASHBACK n. a sheet of glass, plastic, etc. attached to a wall above a basin to protect the wall against splashing. |
| SULPHATASE | • sulphatase n. (Biochemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfatase. • SULPHATASE n. any of various esterases that accelerate the hydrolysis of sulfuric esters, also SULFATASE. |
| SYNALEPHAS | • synalephas n. Plural of synalepha. • SYNALEPHA n. the melting of a final vowel or diphthong into the initial vowel or diphthong of the next word, also SYNALOEPHA. |