| ARMIGEROUS | • armigerous adj. Entitled to bear a coat of arms. • ARMIGEROUS adj. entitled to bear heraldic arms. |
| AURIFEROUS | • auriferous adj. Containing or producing gold; gold-bearing. • AURIFEROUS adj. containing gold. |
| AUTHORISER | • authoriser n. Alternative form of authorizer. • AUTHORISER n. one who authorises, also AUTHORIZER. |
| COURBARILS | • courbarils n. Plural of courbaril. • COURBARIL n. the West Indian locust-tree. |
| GREGARIOUS | • gregarious adj. (Of a person) Describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing. • gregarious adj. (Zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs. • gregarious adj. (Botany) Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together. |
| MORTUARIES | • mortuaries n. Plural of mortuary. • MORTUARY n. a place where dead bodies are kept until burial. |
| PARVOVIRUS | • parvovirus n. Any single-stranded DNA virus, of the genus Parvovirus, being the smallest found in nature; they infect… • parvovirus n. Certain small viruses, not in genus Parvovirus, that infect humans. • Parvovirus prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Parvoviridae – very small viruses that cause disease in… |
| PRECARIOUS | • precarious adj. (Comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous. • precarious adj. (Law) Depending on the intention of another. • precarious adj. (Dentistry) Relating to incipient caries. |
| RAISONNEUR | • raisonneur n. (Literature) A person in a play or book embodying an author’s viewpoint. • RAISONNEUR n. (French) a person in a play or book embodying the author's viewpoint. |
| RANIVOROUS | • ranivorous adj. Frog-eating. • RANIVOROUS adj. eating frogs. |
| REAROUSING | • rearousing v. Present participle of rearouse. • REAROUSE v. to arouse again. |
| RUMINATORS | • ruminators n. Plural of ruminator. • RUMINATOR n. one who ruminates. |
| RUSTICATOR | • rusticator n. The instigator or perpetrator of rustication. • RUSTICATOR n. one who rusticates. |
| SOUTERRAIN | • souterrain n. (Archaeology) An underground chamber or passage sometimes used as a store, especially one associated… • SOUTERRAIN n. (French) an underground chamber, room or dwelling, also SUBTERRAIN, SUBTERRANE, SUBTERRENE. |
| TRAITOROUS | • traitorous adj. Characteristic of a traitor; disloyal. • traitorous adj. (Law) Constituting treason; treasonable or seditious. • TRAITOROUS adj. guilty or capable of treason. |
| TRIANDROUS | • triandrous adj. Triandrian. • TRIANDROUS adj. of or pertaining to the Triandria; having three distinct and equal stamens in the same flower, also TRIANDRIAN. |
| TRIFARIOUS | • trifarious adj. (Botany) Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, like the leaves of veratrum. • TRIFARIOUS adj. facing three ways. |
| UNSAVORIER | • UNSAVORY adj. not savory, also UNSAVOURY. |
| UPROARIOUS | • uproarious adj. Causing, or likely to cause, an uproar. • uproarious adj. Characterized by uproar, that is, loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter. • uproarious adj. (By extension) Extremely funny; hilarious. |