| APOSTOLATE | • apostolate n. The office, or responsibilities of an apostle. • apostolate n. A group of people that exists for the spreading of religious doctrine. • APOSTOLATE n. the office of an apostle. |
| COOPTATIVE | • cooptative adj. Relating to the process of co-opting, or electing as a fellow member of a group. • co-optative adj. Alternative form of cooptative. • COOPTATIVE adj. relating to cooptation. |
| FOOTPLATES | • footplates n. Plural of footplate. • FOOTPLATE n. a platform for a footplateman, an assistant to a train driver. |
| ORTHOPTERA | • orthoptera n. Any of very many four-winged insects, of the order Orthoptera, such as grasshoppers, crickets and locusts. • Orthoptera prop.n. A taxonomic order within the superorder Polyneoptera – various insects including crickets, grasshoppers… • ORTHOPTERON n. any member of the Orthoptera, an order of mandibulate insects, also ORTHOPTERAN. |
| OSTEOPATHS | • osteopaths n. Plural of osteopath. • OSTEOPATH n. a practitioner of osteopathy, also OSTEOPATHIST. |
| OSTEOPATHY | • osteopathy n. (Alternative medicine) The branch of therapy based on manipulation of bones and muscles. • osteopathy n. (Rare) Any disease of the bones. • OSTEOPATHY n. a system of healing or treatment consisting largely of manipulation of the bones, and massage. |
| PANZEROTTO | • panzerotto n. A type of large ravioli made from pizza dough, filled with various ingredients such as ricotta (or mozzarella)… • PANZEROTTO n. (Canadian) a baked turnover with a folded, sealed pocket containing tomato, cheese, and sometimes other fillings. |
| PHOTOTAXES | • phototaxes n. Plural of phototaxis. • PHOTOTAXIS n. growth or movement determined by light. |
| PORTAMENTO | • portamento n. (Music) A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments… • PORTAMENTO n. (Italian) in singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another. |
| PROTONATED | • protonated v. Simple past tense and past participle of protonate. • PROTONATE v. to acquire an additional proton. |
| PROTONATES | • protonates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of protonate. • PROTONATE v. to acquire an additional proton. |
| SMOOTHPATE | • SMOOTHPATE n. (archaic) a bald person. |
| SOMATOTYPE | • somatotype n. A particular type of physique; originally, one of the types defined by William Herbert Sheldon: ectomorphic… • somatotype v. (Transitive) To classify (a person) by physical build. • SOMATOTYPE n. a type consisting of a physical build paired with a particular temperament. |
| STATOSCOPE | • statoscope n. An instrument used for indicating or recording small changes in barometric pressure or in the altitude of an aircraft. • STATOSCOPE n. an instrument for measuring small changes in atmospheric pressure. |
| TOOTHPASTE | • toothpaste n. A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth. • TOOTHPASTE n. a paste for cleaning the teeth. |
| TOPAZOLITE | • topazolite n. (Mineralogy) A yellowish form of andradite. • TOPAZOLITE n. a topaz-yellow variety of garnet. |
| TROPOTAXES | • tropotaxes n. Plural of tropotaxis. • TROPOTAXIS n. a taxis in which an organism orients itself by the simultaneous comparison of stimuli of different intensity operating on different end organs. |
| VAPORETTOS | • vaporettos n. Plural of vaporetto. • VAPORETTO n. (Italian) a motorboat serving as a canal bus in Venice. |