| ANTISPASTS | • antispasts n. Plural of antispast. • ANTISPAST n. (Greek) a metrical foot comprising an iambus followed by a trochee. |
| ASSAILANTS | • assailants n. Plural of assailant. • ASSAILANT n. one who assails. |
| ASSISTANCE | • assistance n. Aid; help; the act or result of assisting. • ASSISTANCE n. the act of assisting or the help supplied. |
| ASSISTANTS | • assistants n. Plural of assistant. • ASSISTANT n. one who assists. |
| ASSUAGINGS | • assuagings n. Plural of assuaging. • ASSUAGING n. the act of making less severe. |
| CASSATIONS | • cassations n. Plural of cassation. • CASSATION n. annulment; in French law, the quashing of a decision of a court. |
| FANTASISES | • fantasises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fantasise. • FANTASISE v. to visualize in fantasy, also FANTASIZE. |
| FANTASISTS | • fantasists n. Plural of fantasist. • FANTASIST n. one who fantasises. |
| HARASSINGS | • harassings n. Plural of harassing. • HARASSING n. the act of harassing. |
| NAISSANCES | • NAISSANCE n. (French) birth. |
| PASSIONALS | • passionals n. Plural of passional. • PASSIONAL n. a book containing accounts of the sufferings of saints and martyrs, for reading on their feast days. |
| SACRISTANS | • sacristans n. Plural of sacristan. • SACRISTAN n. a Church official in charge of vessels and the sacristy, also SACRIST. |
| SANNYASINS | • sannyasins n. Plural of sannyasin. • SANNYASIN n. (Hindi) a Hindu ascetic or hermit who lives by begging, also SANNYASI, SANYASI. |
| SHAMANISMS | • shamanisms n. Plural of shamanism. • SHAMANISM n. the religion of certain peoples of North Asia, based essentially on magic and sorcery as practised by shamans. |
| SHAMANISTS | • shamanists n. Plural of shamanist. • SHAMANIST n. an adherent of shamanism. |
| SPADASSINS | • spadassins n. Plural of spadassin. • SPADASSIN n. (Italian) a swordsman; a fighter. |
| VIPASSANAS | • VIPASSANA n. (Sanskrit) meditative practice in Buddhism, aimed at obtaining a true metaphysical picture of reality, which means dissolving the stable categories of substance and self in favour of the evanescent. |
| WASHBASINS | • washbasins n. Plural of washbasin. • wash␣basins n. Plural of wash basin. • WASHBASIN n. a basin to wash one's hands and face in. |