| ASTROTOURIST | • astrotourist n. Space tourist. • ASTROTOURIST n. one who pays to visit space as a tourist. |
| AUTOROTATING | • autorotating v. Present participle of autorotate. • AUTOROTATE v. to self-turn. |
| AUTOROTATION | • autorotation n. (Aviation) The rotation of the blades of a helicopter driven solely by the action of ascending air. • AUTOROTATION n. the act of self-turning. |
| EXTORTIONATE | • extortionate adj. Of, related to, or typifying extortion (“the practice of obtaining money or other property by the use… • extortionate adj. Greatly exceeding what is moderate or reasonable; exorbitant. • EXTORTIONATE adj. characterized by extortion. |
| NONSTATUTORY | • nonstatutory adj. Not statutory. • NONSTATUTORY adj. not statutory. |
| POTENTIATORS | • potentiators n. Plural of potentiator. • POTENTIATOR n. one who potentiates. |
| PROTECTORATE | • protectorate n. Government by a protector; especially, the government of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Oliver Cromwell. • protectorate n. The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects… • protectorate n. An autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger… |
| PROTESTATION | • protestation n. A formal solemn objection or other declaration. • protestation n. (Law, historical) A declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation… • PROTESTATION n. an avowal or solemn declaration. |
| 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. |
| STROMATOLITE | • stromatolite n. (Geology) A laminated, columnar, rock-like structure constituting a large share of all fossils from… • STROMATOLITE n. a rounded, multilayered structure, found in rocks dating back at least 2800 million years, having present-day equivalents that result from the growth, under special conditions, of blue-green algae. |
| TERATOLOGIST | • teratologist n. (Teratology) A scientist specialising in teratology. • TERATOLOGIST n. a student of teratology. |
| TERATOMATOUS | • teratomatous adj. Relating to a teratoma. • TERATOMATOUS adj. of or like a teratoma. |
| TETRACHOTOMY | • tetrachotomy n. Division of a whole into four parts. • tetrachotomy n. (Logic) Quaternary classification. • tetrachotomy n. Tetralemma. |
| TOTALISATORS | • totalisators n. Plural of totalisator. • TOTALISATOR n. an automatic betting machine, also TOTALIZATOR. |
| TOTALIZATORS | • totalizators n. Plural of totalizator. • TOTALIZATOR n. an automatic betting machine, also TOTALISATOR. |
| TRACTORATION | • tractoration n. (Dated, medicine) Perkinism. • TRACTORATION n. (historical) the use of metal bars to give relief to diseased parts of the body. |
| TROPHOTACTIC | • TROPHOTACTIC adj. relating to trophotaxis, chemotaxis and chemotropism where the stimulating substance is food. |
| TROPOSCATTER | • troposcatter n. Tropospheric scatter. • TROPOSCATTER n. the propagation of radio waves by using irregularities in the troposphere to scatter the signals beamed up by means of high-powered UHF transmitters and parabolic antennas. |