| ACRITARCHS | • acritarchs n. Plural of acritarch. • ACRITARCH n. any of a group of fossil one-celled marine organisms. |
| ANARTHRIAS | • ANARTHRIA n. loss of the ability to speak coherently. |
| 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. |
| BARATHRUMS | • barathrums n. Plural of barathrum. • BARATHRUM n. (Latin) an insatiable extortioner or glutton; (historical) a pit in Athens into which condemned criminals were thrown. |
| CATARRHOUS | • catarrhous adj. Catarrhal. • CATARRHOUS adj. of or like catarrh, also CATARRHAL. |
| CHARACTERS | • characters n. Plural of character. • CHARACTER v. (archaic) to engrave, inscribe. |
| DYSARTHRIA | • dysarthria n. (Neurology, neuropsychology) Difficulty in articulating words due to a disturbance in the form or function… • DYSARTHRIA n. the impaired ability to articulate speech due to damage to the nervous system. |
| EARTHSTARS | • earthstars n. Plural of earthstar. • EARTHSTAR n. a fungus related to the puffballs that opens out into a starlike form. |
| EARTHWARDS | • earthwards adj. Towards the earth; earthward. • earthwards adv. Towards the earth; earthward. • EARTHWARDS adv. in the direction of the earth, also EARTHWARD. |
| HAIRSTREAK | • hairstreak n. Any of many butterflies, of the subfamily Theclinae, that have hairlike projections on the back wings. • HAIRSTREAK n. a butterfly of the genus Thecla. |
| MATRIARCHS | • matriarchs n. Plural of matriarch. • MATRIARCH n. a woman who is the head of a family. |
| PARAPHRAST | • paraphrast n. (Rare) someone who paraphrases. • PARAPHRAST n. a paraphraser. |
| PATRIARCHS | • patriarchs n. Plural of patriarch. • PATRIARCH n. a man who is the head of a family. |
| SHEARWATER | • shearwater n. Any of the long-winged pelagic seabirds of the family Procellariidae in genera Puffinus, Ardenna, and… • shearwater n. (By extension) Any of the entire family Procellariidae, including certain of the petrels. • SHEARWATER n. a gull-like oceanic bird of the petrel family. |
| ULTRASHARP | • ultrasharp adj. Extremely or excessively sharp; rapier. • ULTRASHARP adj. very very sharp. |