| ANACHORISM | • anachorism n. Something that is incongruous with the spirit of the country. • ANACHORISM n. a geographical misplacement; something located in an incongruous position. |
| ANARTHROUS | • anarthrous adj. (Linguistics) Not having an article (especially of Greek nouns). • anarthrous adj. (Linguistics) Not having a determiner. • anarthrous adj. (Biology, of a limb) Not having joints. |
| 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. |
| ANGASHORES | • angashores n. Plural of angashore. • ANGASHORE n. (Irish) a miserable person given to complaining, also ANGISHORE. |
| ANGOPHORAS | • angophoras n. Plural of angophora. • ANGOPHORA n. (Greek) an East Australian tree, related to the eucalyptus. |
| ANTHOCARPS | • anthocarps n. Plural of anthocarp. • ANTHOCARP n. a fruit resulting from many flowers, such as a pineapple. |
| ARACHNOIDS | • arachnoids n. Plural of arachnoid. • ARACHNOID n. the arachnoid membrane, a fine delicate membrane which is the middle of the three meninges enveloping the brain and spinal cord. |
| CANEPHORAS | • canephoras n. Plural of canephora. • CANEPHORA n. (Greek) a sculpted figure carrying a basket on the head, also CANEPHOR, CANEPHORE, CANEPHORUS. |
| HANGASHORE | • hangashore n. (Canada, Newfoundland) A lazy person. |
| HARMONICAS | • harmonicas n. Plural of harmonica. • HARMONICA n. a mouth-organ; also, an instrument composed of a soundbox and hanging strips of glass or metal, struck by a hammer, also ARMONICA, HARMONICON. |
| HATINATORS | • hatinators n. Plural of hatinator. • HATINATOR n. a small decorative hat, worn on social occasions. |
| INHALATORS | • inhalators n. Plural of inhalator. • INHALATOR n. an apparatus for enabling one to inhale a gas, vapour etc. |
| MARASCHINO | • maraschino n. A sweet liqueur made from marasca cherries. • MARASCHINO n. a sweet liqueur distilled from maraschino cherries. |
| ORPHANAGES | • orphanages n. Plural of orphanage. • ORPHANAGE n. a place where orphans are housed. |
| PARATHIONS | • parathions n. Plural of parathion. • PARATHION n. an extremely toxic insecticide. |
| RHODANATES | • rhodanates n. Plural of rhodanate. • RHODANATE n. in dyeing, a thiocyanate. |