| AFTERGUARDS | • afterguards n. Plural of afterguard. • after-guards n. Plural of after-guard. • AFTERGUARD n. a sailor or group of sailors with the task of attending to the aft sails. |
| ARGYRODITES | • argyrodites n. Plural of argyrodite. • ARGYRODITE n. a mineral composed of silver, germanium and sulphur. |
| DENIGRATORS | • denigrators n. Plural of denigrator. • DENIGRATOR n. one who, or that which, blackens. |
| DRAGONROOTS | • DRAGONROOT n. (US) an araceous plant (genus Arisaema) or its tuberous root, used in medicine. |
| DRAMATURGES | • dramaturges n. Plural of dramaturge. • DRAMATURGE n. a dramatist; specifically a reader and literary editor etc. to a permanent theatrical company, also DRAMATURG, DRAMATURGIST. |
| DRAWSTRINGS | • drawstrings n. Plural of drawstring. • DRAWSTRING n. a cord for drawing tight e.g. round a hood. |
| GRADATORIES | • gradatories n. Plural of gradatory. • GRADATORY n. a flight of stairs. |
| GRADIENTERS | • gradienters n. Plural of gradienter. • GRADIENTER n. a surveyor's instrument for determining gradients. |
| GRANDMASTER | • grandmaster n. Alternative spelling of Grandmaster. • grandmaster n. A master in a field, whose skills or accomplishments exceed those of other masters. • Grandmaster n. (Chess) A player of the highest rank, as determined by FIDE, with an Elo rating of at least 2500. |
| INTERGRADES | • intergrades v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intergrade. • INTERGRADE v. to merge or shade by means of intermediate steps. |
| RETROGRADES | • retrogrades n. Plural of retrograde. • RETROGRADE v. to cause to go back. |
| RINGSTRAKED | • ringstraked adj. (Archaic) striped with differently colored rings. • RINGSTRAKED adj. of an animal, insect, etc., having bands of colour round the body. |
| STRINGBOARD | • stringboard n. (Architecture) A stringpiece. • STRINGBOARD n. a board that covers the ends of the steps in a staircase. |
| STRONGARMED | • strongarmed v. Simple past tense and past participle of strongarm. • strong-armed v. Simple past tense and past participle of strong-arm. • STRONGARM v. to use forceful tactics. |
| TARDIGRADES | • tardigrades n. Plural of tardigrade. • TARDIGRADE n. an arthropod with eight legs living in water or damp moss. |
| TRANSGENDER | • transgender adj. (Strictly) Having a gender (identity) which is different from the sex one was assigned at birth: being… • transgender adj. (Very strictly, often offensive, proscribed) Having a gender (identity) which is opposite from the sex… • transgender adj. (Broadly) Not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female;… |