| AGAPANTHUSES | • agapanthuses n. Plural of agapanthus. • AGAPANTHUS n. a genus of lily native to South Africa. |
| AUTOCHANGERS | • autochangers n. Plural of autochanger. • AUTOCHANGER n. a device by means of which records are dropped from a stack one at a time onto the turntable. |
| AUTOGRAPHING | • autographing v. Present participle of autograph. • autographing n. The signing of an autograph. • AUTOGRAPH v. to sign with an autograph. |
| DREADNAUGHTS | • dreadnaughts n. Plural of dreadnaught. • DREADNAUGHT n. a large battleship; a garment of heavy woollen cloth, also DREADNOUGHT. |
| EARTHQUAKING | • earthquaking v. Present participle of earthquake. • EARTHQUAKING adj. having the nature of an earthquake. |
| MANSLAUGHTER | • manslaughter n. (Obsolete) The slaying of a human being. • manslaughter n. (Law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some… • MANSLAUGHTER n. the unlawful killing of a human being without express or implied malice. |
| METAGNATHOUS | • metagnathous adj. (Zoology) having the mandibles crossing at the tip of the bill, as in the crossbill. • METAGNATHOUS adj. having a beak in which the tips of the mandibles cross. |
| PANTOPHAGOUS | • pantophagous adj. Eating all kinds of food. • PANTOPHAGOUS adj. eating or requiring a variety of foods. |
| PARACHUTINGS | • PARACHUTING n. the act of descending by parachute. |
| PARAGNATHOUS | • paragnathous adj. (Zoology) having both mandibles of equal length, with the tips meeting, as in certain birds. • PARAGNATHOUS adj. having equal mandibles. |
| SLAUGHTERMAN | • slaughterman n. A man employed to slaughter animals in a slaughterhouse. • SLAUGHTERMAN n. one whose occupation it is to kill for food. |
| THAUMATOGENY | • thaumatogeny n. (Rare) The origination of life by a miracle rather than by natural law. • THAUMATOGENY n. the doctrine of the miraculous origin of life. |
| ULTRAHEATING | • ultraheating v. Present participle of ultraheat. • ULTRAHEAT v. to heat to very high temperatures, as used for sterilisation. |