| AMELIORATION | • amelioration n. The act of making better. • amelioration n. An improvement. • amelioration n. (Linguistics) The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time. |
| AMONTILLADOS | • amontillados n. Plural of amontillado. • AMONTILLADO n. a kind of sherry. |
| ASTRONOMICAL | • astronomical adj. (Not comparable) Of or relating to astronomy. • astronomical adj. (Comparable) Very large; of vast measure. • ASTRONOMICAL adj. related to astronomy, also ASTRONOMIC. |
| COMPLANATION | • COMPLANATION n. the state of being flattened. |
| CONCLAMATION | • conclamation n. (Rare) An outcry or shout of many together. • CONCLAMATION n. a shout of many voices together. |
| FOOTPLATEMAN | • footplateman n. (UK, rail transport) A railway worker who is either a locomotive engineer or a fireman. • footplate␣man n. The engineer, or driver of a locomotive. • FOOTPLATEMAN n. a train driver or assistant. |
| HAEMATOXYLON | • HAEMATOXYLON n. any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp. the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa, the heartwood of which yields the dye haematoxylin. |
| MALAKATOONES | • MALAKATOONE n. (obsolete) a kind of large peach, also MELICOTTON, MELOCOTON, MELOCOTOON. |
| MALFORMATION | • malformation n. An abnormal formation. • malformation n. (Teratology) An abnormal developmental feature of offspring. • MALFORMATION n. faulty structure, deformity. |
| MONOTHALAMIC | • monothalamic adj. (Botany) monothalamous. • MONOTHALAMIC adj. of fruit, formed from a single flower. |
| MORALISATION | • moralisation n. Britain standard spelling of moralization. • MORALISATION n. the act of moralising, also MORALIZATION. |
| MORALIZATION | • moralization n. The act of moralizing. • moralization n. Moral reform. • MORALIZATION n. the act of moralizing, also MORALISATION. |
| MOTIVATIONAL | • motivational adj. Tending or intended to motivate. • MOTIVATIONAL adj. relating to motivation. |
| PROCLAMATION | • proclamation n. A statement which is proclaimed; formal public announcement. • PROCLAMATION n. the action of proclaiming. |
| PROTHALAMION | • prothalamion n. (Literary) A song or poem in honour of a bride and bridegroom about to be married. • PROTHALAMION n. (Spenser) a song in honour of a marriage, also PROTHALAMIUM. |
| PROTONEMATAL | • protonematal adj. Relating to protonemata. • PROTONEMATAL adj. of or like a protonema, the primary growth from the spore of a moss, also PROTONEMAL. |
| SYNAPTOSOMAL | • synaptosomal adj. Of or pertaining to a synaptosome. • SYNAPTOSOMAL adj. of or like a synaptosome, a nerve ending that is isolated from homogenized nerve tissue. |
| TAPHONOMICAL | • taphonomical adj. Alternative form of taphonomic. • TAPHONOMICAL adj. relating to taphonomy, also TAPHONOMIC. |
| TRYPANOSOMAL | • trypanosomal adj. Of or pertaining to a trypanosome. • TRYPANOSOMAL adj. of or like a trypanosome, also TRYPANOSOMIC. |
| ZALAMBDODONT | • zalambdodont adj. (Zoology) Having teeth with two ridges that meet at an angle, forming the letter lambda. • zalambdodont n. A creature with teeth of this kind. • ZALAMBDODONT adj. having molar teeth with V-shaped ridges, as some Insectivora do. |