| ACOLOUTHITES | • ACOLOUTHITE n. (obsolete) an acolyte. |
| AFTERTOUCHES | • aftertouches n. Plural of aftertouch. |
| AUTHORCRAFTS | • AUTHORCRAFT n. the craft of the author. |
| AUTOCHTHONES | • autochthones n. Plural of autochthon. • AUTOCHTHON n. one sprung from the ground he inhabits, aborigine, native. |
| COUNTERSHAFT | • countershaft n. Synonym of jackshaft (“mechanical component for rotational force”). • countershaft v. Synonym of jackshaft. • COUNTERSHAFT n. an intermediate shaft driven by the main shaft. |
| ENTHUSIASTIC | • enthusiastic adj. With zealous fervor; excited, motivated. • enthusiastic adj. Relating to enthusiasm, or divine possession. • ENTHUSIASTIC adj. filled with or marked by enthusiasm, also ENTHUSIASTICAL. |
| HAIRCUTTINGS | • haircuttings n. Plural of haircutting. • HAIRCUTTING n. the act of cutting hair. |
| HUMECTATIONS | • humectations n. Plural of humectation. • HUMECTATION n. the act of moistening. |
| OCTASTICHOUS | • octastichous adj. (Botany) Having a phyllotaxis of eight leaves in each spiral around a stem. • OCTASTICHOUS adj. in eight rows, also OCTOSTICHOUS. |
| PARACHUTISTS | • parachutists n. Plural of parachutist. • PARACHUTIST n. one that parachutes. |
| SCATTERMOUCH | • scattermouch n. (Archaic, Pacific slang) Any Latin or Levantine person. • SCATTERMOUCH n. (slang) old nautical slang for any Latin or Levantine person. |
| SCRATCHBUILT | • scratch-built adj. Of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level. • scratch-built adj. Of a structure, e.g. a car, model or toy: built with minimal cost and at short notice, with rudimentary materials. • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| TAUTOCHRONES | • tautochrones n. Plural of tautochrone. • TAUTOCHRONE n. a curve such that a particle travelling along it under gravity reaches a fixed point in the same time, no matter where it starts. |
| THERAPEUTICS | • therapeutics n. (Medicine) The treatment of disease; the science of healing; any therapeutic material or treatment. • THERAPEUTICS n. that part of medicine concerned with the treatment and cure of diseases. |
| THOUGHTCASTS | • THOUGHTCAST n. a mode of thought. |
| TRACHOMATOUS | • trachomatous adj. Relating to a trachoma. • TRACHOMATOUS adj. relating to trachoma. |
| TRACHYPTERUS | • TRACHYPTERUS n. any member of the dealfish genus Trachypterus. |
| TREACHETOURS | • TREACHETOUR n. (Spenser) a traitor, a deceiver. |
| UNCHASTITIES | • unchastities n. Plural of unchastity. • UNCHASTITY n. the state of being unchaste. |