| ABERRATION | • aberration n. The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight… • aberration n. (Optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one… • aberration n. (Astronomy) A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies… |
| AEROTRAINS | • aerotrains n. Plural of aerotrain. • AEROTRAIN n. a train driven by an aircraft engine, riding on a cushion of air. |
| ANTIARMOUR | • antiarmour adj. (Britain) Alternative spelling of antiarmor. • ANTIARMOUR adj. designed or equipped to combat armoured vehicles, also ANTIARMOR. |
| ARRAGONITE | • arragonite n. Alternative form of aragonite. • ARRAGONITE n. an orthorhombic mineral composed of calcium carbonate, also ARAGONITE. |
| ARROGATING | • arrogating v. Present participle of arrogate. • ARROGATE v. to claim unduly as one's own. |
| ARROGATION | • arrogation n. (Law) The unjust assumption of rights or privilege. • ARROGATION n. the act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to. |
| CARABINERO | • carabinero n. A frontier guard (or similar) in Spain or South America. • CARABINERO n. a member of the Spanish national police force serving as frontier guards. |
| CARNAROLIS | • CARNAROLI n. (Italian) a variety of short-grained rice used for risotto. |
| CARNIVORAN | • carnivoran adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the order Carnivora. • carnivoran n. (Zoology) Any member of the order Carnivora. |
| CONTRARIAN | • contrarian n. A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority… • contrarian n. (Finance) A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others. • contrarian adj. Pertaining to or characteristic of a contrarian. |
| DRAINBOARD | • drainboard n. A slightly elevated and inclined surface, designed so that wet objects can be placed on that surface… • DRAINBOARD n. a sloping grooved board or surface, on which washed dishes are left to drain, typically into a sink. |
| ENARRATION | • enarration n. (Obsolete) A detailed exposition; relation. • ENARRATION n. (archaic) a detailed exposition. |
| IRRATIONAL | • irrational adj. Not rational; unfounded or nonsensical. • irrational adj. (Mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as… • irrational n. A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number. |
| NARRATIONS | • narrations n. Plural of narration. • NARRATION n. the act of narrating. |
| NONARRIVAL | • nonarrival n. Failure to arrive. • non-arrival n. Alternative form of nonarrival. • NONARRIVAL n. a failure to arrival. |
| ORATORIANS | • oratorians n. Plural of oratorian. • ORATORIAN n. a father or priest of an oratory, a Roman Catholic school. |
| OUVIRANDRA | • OUVIRANDRA n. (Malagasy) a water-plant of Madagascar, aka lattice-leaf. |
| PRAETORIAN | • praetorian adj. (Ancient Rome) Of or relating to a praetor. • praetorian adj. (Ancient Rome) Of or relating to the pretorium in an ancient Roman camp. • praetorian adj. (By extension) Corruptly mercenary and venal. |
| REPARATION | • reparation n. (Usually in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s). • reparation n. (Archaic) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired. • REPARATION n. a repairing or keeping in repair. |
| RITARDANDO | • ritardando adv. (Music) Gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music, especially at the end of the piece. • ritardando adj. (Music) Having a gradually decelerating tempo. • ritardando n. (Music) An instance of gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music. |