| ABSTRUSELY | • abstrusely adv. In an abstruse manner. • ABSTRUSE adv. difficult to understand. |
| ALABASTERS | • alabasters n. Plural of alabaster. • ALABASTER n. a soft, semitransparent gypsum. |
| ARBLASTERS | • arblasters n. Plural of arblaster. • ARBLASTER n. a crossbowman, also ARBALESTER, ARBALISTER. |
| ASSERTABLE | • assertable adj. That may be asserted. • assertable n. (Philosophy) Something that can be asserted. • ASSERTABLE adj. that can be asserted, also ASSERTIBLE. |
| ASSERTIBLE | • assertible adj. Alternative form of assertable. • assertible n. Alternative form of assertable. • ASSERTIBLE adj. that can be asserted, also ASSERTABLE. |
| ASTROLABES | • astrolabes n. Plural of astrolabe. • ASTROLABE n. a compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant. |
| BALLASTERS | • BALLASTER n. one who ballasts. |
| BARBASTELS | • barbastels n. Plural of barbastel. • BARBASTEL n. (French) a long-eared species of bat with hairy lips, also BARBASTELLE. |
| BEPLASTERS | • beplasters v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beplaster. • BEPLASTER v. (archaic) to plaster thickly. |
| BREASTLESS | • breastless adj. Without a breast or breasts; flat-chested. |
| BREATHLESS | • breathless adj. Having difficulty breathing; gasping. • breathless adj. That makes one hold one’s breath (With excitement etc.). • breathless adj. Not breathing; dead or apparently so. |
| BRUTALISES | • brutalises v. (Britain) third-person singular simple present indicative form of brutalise. • BRUTALISE v. to make brutal, also BRUTALIZE. |
| HERBALISTS | • herbalists n. Plural of herbalist. • HERBALIST n. a person who practises herbalism, also HERBIST. |
| PERIBLASTS | • periblasts n. Plural of periblast. • PERIBLAST n. in meroblastic eggs, the margin of the blastoderm merging with the surrounding yolk. |
| STABILISER | • stabiliser n. (Non-Oxford British spelling) Alternative spelling of stabilizer. • STABILISER n. one that stabilises something, also STABILIZER. |
| SUBALTERNS | • subalterns n. Plural of subaltern. • SUBALTERN n. a person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a junior officer (as in the British army). |
| SUBSTELLAR | • substellar adj. (Astronomy, of an object) Having a mass less than the minimum necessary mass for hydrogen fusion. • SUBSTELLAR adj. directly under a star. |
| SUBSTERNAL | • substernal adj. (Anatomy) under the sternum. • SUBSTERNAL adj. positioned below the breastbone. |
| VERBALISTS | • verbalists n. Plural of verbalist. • VERBALIST n. a person dealing in or concentrating on mere words rather than reality or meaning. |