| ALIGHTMENT | • alightment n. The act of alighting, or descending and settling. • ALIGHTMENT n. act of alighting. |
| ENTOPHYTAL | • entophytal adj. Entophytic. • ENTOPHYTAL adj. of or like an entophyte, a vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body. |
| ETHYLATING | • ethylating v. Present participle of ethylate. • ethylating adj. That serves to ethylate. • ETHYLATE v. to introduce the ethyl group into. |
| ETHYLATION | • ethylation n. (Organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces an ethyl group into a molecule. • ETHYLATION n. a chemical reaction in which an ethyl group is introduced into a molecule. |
| HEPTATHLON | • heptathlon n. (Athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport. • HEPTATHLON n. an athletic competition with seven events. |
| HESITANTLY | • hesitantly adv. With hesitation. • hesitantly adv. With reluctance. • HESITANT adv. tending to hold back. |
| NONATHLETE | • nonathlete n. Someone who is not an athlete. • NONATHLETE n. one who is not an athlete. |
| PENTATHLON | • pentathlon n. An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus. • pentathlon n. (Athletics) Ellipsis of women’s pentathlon.; A 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women’s… • pentathlon n. (Athletics) Ellipsis of modern pentathlon.; a discipline with five events based on late-19th century… |
| PENTATHLUM | • pentathlum n. Pentathlon. • PENTATHLUM n. a pentathlon. |
| PLANCHETTE | • planchette n. A small plank. • planchette n. (Spiritualism) A type of Ouija board. (A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil… • planchette n. A plane table. |
| STEALTHING | • stealthing v. Present participle of stealth. • stealthing n. (Sexuality) The practice of removing a condom during sex, without a partner’s knowledge or consent. • STEALTHING n. the act of making e.g. a plane proof against radar. |
| TETRATHLON | • tetrathlon n. (Sports) A contest with four successive events, usually showjumping, swimming, running and pistol shooting. • TETRATHLON n. a four-event sporting contest. |
| THIOPENTAL | • thiopental n. (Pharmacology) A barbiturate C11H18N2O2S (trademark Pentothal) used in the form of its sodium salt especially… • THIOPENTAL n. a truth drug, aka Pentothal. |
| UNATHLETIC | • unathletic adj. Not athletic; lacking in athleticism. • UNATHLETIC adj. not athletic. |
| UNHITTABLE | • unhittable adj. Impossible to hit. |