| ACIDOPHILUS | • acidophilus n. Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt. • ACIDOPHILUS n. a bacterium used to counter intestinal imbalance and in making yoghurt. |
| AUDIOPHILES | • audiophiles n. Plural of audiophile. • AUDIOPHILE n. a person who is enthusiastic about hi-fidelity sound reproduction, also AUDIOPHIL. |
| AUDIOTAPING | • audiotaping v. Present participle of audiotape. • AUDIOTAPE v. to record on audiotape. |
| AUDIOTYPING | • audiotyping n. Alternative form of audio typing. • audio␣typing n. The work of an audio typist, listening to a sound recording and transcribing it into text by typing. • AUDIOTYPING n. typing directly from a dictating machine. |
| AUDIOTYPIST | • audiotypist n. Alternative form of audio typist. • audio-typist n. A stenographer who uses a tape recorder or similar device as the source of the text to be typed. • audio␣typist n. A person who listens to a sound recording and transcribes it into text by typing. |
| AUDITORSHIP | • auditorship n. The office or function of auditor. • AUDITORSHIP n. the office of auditor. |
| AVOIRDUPOIS | • avoirdupois n. (Historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary… • avoirdupois n. (Historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959. • avoirdupois n. (Chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness. |
| CUSPIDATION | • CUSPIDATION n. decoration with cusps. |
| DISPUTATION | • disputation n. The act of disputing; a dispute or argument. • disputation n. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed. • DISPUTATION n. the action of disputing. |
| DUPLICATION | • duplication n. The act of duplicating. • duplication n. A folding over; a fold. • duplication n. (Biology) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action. |
| OPHIDIARIUM | • ophidiarium n. A place for keeping snakes. • OPHIDIARIUM n. a snake-house. |
| REPUDIATION | • repudiation n. The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating. • REPUDIATION n. the act of repudiating. |
| UTOPIANISED | • utopianised v. Simple past tense and past participle of utopianise. • UTOPIANISE v. to make Utopian, also UTOPIANIZE. |
| UTOPIANIZED | • utopianized v. Simple past tense and past participle of utopianize. • UTOPIANIZE v. to make Utopian, also UTOPIANISE. |