| ANASTIGMATISM | • ANASTIGMATISM n. being free from astigmatism. |
| ASTACOLOGISTS | • astacologists n. Plural of astacologist. • ASTACOLOGIST n. a specialist in astacology, the breeding of crayfish. |
| BACKSTARTINGS | • BACKSTARTING n. a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription. |
| BACKSTRAIGHTS | • backstraights n. Plural of backstraight. • back␣straights n. Plural of back straight. |
| DRAMATURGISTS | • dramaturgists n. Plural of dramaturgist. • DRAMATURGIST n. a dramatist; specifically a reader and literary editor etc. to a permanent theatrical company, also DRAMATURG, DRAMATURGE. |
| GASTRULATIONS | • gastrulations n. Plural of gastrulation. • GASTRULATION n. the formation of a gastrula. |
| MAGISTRATURES | • magistratures n. Plural of magistrature. • MAGISTRATURE n. the office or rank of a magistrate. |
| METAGNATHISMS | • METAGNATHISM n. the state of being metagnathous, having a beak in which the tips of the mandibles cross. |
| METASTASISING | • metastasising v. Present participle of metastasise. • METASTASISE v. to spread or grow by or as if by metastasis, also METASTASIZE. |
| METASTASIZING | • metastasizing v. Present participle of metastasize. • METASTASIZE v. to spread or grow by or as if by metastasis, also METASTASISE. |
| PANTOPHAGISTS | • pantophagists n. Plural of pantophagist. • PANTOPHAGIST n. an omnivore. |
| POSTGRADUATES | • postgraduates n. Plural of postgraduate. • POSTGRADUATE n. a student continuing formal education after graduation from high school or college. |
| PRAGMATICISTS | • pragmaticists n. Plural of pragmaticist. • PRAGMATICIST n. an adherent of pragmaticism. |
| STRAIGHTAWAYS | • straightaways n. Plural of straightaway. • STRAIGHTAWAY n. five cards in sequence irrespective of suit. |
| SYNTAGMATITES | • syntagmatites n. Plural of syntagmatite. • SYNTAGMATITE n. a kind of hornblende. |
| TRANSMIGRANTS | • transmigrants n. Plural of transmigrant. • TRANSMIGRANT n. a migrant passing through a country on the way to another in which he or she means to settle. |
| TRANSMIGRATES | • transmigrates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of transmigrate. • TRANSMIGRATE v. to pass from one body or place into another. |
| WAISTCOATINGS | • waistcoatings n. Plural of waistcoating. • WAISTCOATING n. material for men's waistcoats, esp. of a fancy pattern. |