| AFTERTHOUGHT | • afterthought n. A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient. • afterthought n. Something additional to the original plan or concept. • afterthought v. (Very rare except in the past tense, possibly nonstandard) To expound as an afterthought. |
| ATTENUATIONS | • attenuations n. Plural of attenuation. • ATTENUATION n. the action of attenuating. |
| AUTODESTRUCT | • autodestruct v. (Intransitive, chiefly science fiction) To destroy itself by design (as of a mechanical system). • autodestruct n. (Chiefly science fiction) A feature of a system whereby it destroys itself. • AUTODESTRUCT v. to self-destruct. |
| CONTRITURATE | • CONTRITURATE v. to pulverize. |
| COUNTERSTATE | • counterstate n. A geopolitical state that opposes another, or is set up to challenge its authority. • counterstate v. To utter a counterstatement; to deliver an opposing reply. • COUNTERSTATE v. to state in opposition. |
| MULTICOSTATE | • multicostate adj. Having multiple ribs. • MULTICOSTATE adj. having many ribs. |
| MUTTERATIONS | • mutterations n. Plural of mutteration. • MUTTERATION n. (Richardson) complaining. |
| OSTENTATIOUS | • ostentatious adj. Of ostentation. • ostentatious adj. Intended to attract notice. • ostentatious adj. Of tawdry display; kitsch. |
| QUATTROCENTO | • quattrocento n. The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period. • QUATTROCENTO n. (Italian) the fifteenth century in Italy; the Italian style of art, architecture, etc. of this period. |
| STEATOMATOUS | • steatomatous adj. (Medicine) Of the nature of steatoma. • STEATOMATOUS adj. relating to a steatoma, a tumour of the sebaceous gland. |
| STERNUTATION | • sternutation n. (Medicine, archaic) A sneeze; sneezing, especially as a symptom. • STERNUTATION n. the act of sneezing. |
| STERNUTATORS | • sternutators n. Plural of sternutator. • STERNUTATOR n. a substance which causes sneezing, also STERNUTATIVE, STERNUTATORY. |
| STERNUTATORY | • sternutatory adj. That causes or induces sneezing; sternutative. • sternutatory n. Any substance that causes sneezing; a sternutator. • STERNUTATORY n. a substance which causes sneezing, also STERNUTATIVE, STERNUTATOR. |
| STOUTHEARTED | • stouthearted adj. Brave, courageous and plucky. • stouthearted adj. Stubborn, resolute. • stout-hearted adj. Alternative form of stouthearted. |
| SUSTENTATION | • sustentation n. The act or the result of sustaining; sustainment. • sustentation n. The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. • sustentation n. (Christianity) The scheme by which the ministers of the Free Church of Scotland are supported by voluntary… |
| SUSTENTATORS | • sustentators n. Plural of sustentator. • SUSTENTATOR n. a sustaining part or structure. |
| TERATOMATOUS | • teratomatous adj. Relating to a teratoma. • TERATOMATOUS adj. of or like a teratoma. |
| TETRAPTEROUS | • tetrapterous adj. (Entomology) Having four (two pairs of) wings. • TETRAPTEROUS adj. having four wings, also TETRAPTERAN. |