| ANOESTROUS | • ANOESTROUS adj. relating to anoestrus, a period of sexual in activity between periods of oestrus. |
| BAUDRONSES | • baudronses n. Plural of baudrons. • BAUDRONS n. (Scots) a quasi-proper name for the cat; also for the hare. |
| COURTESANS | • courtesans n. Plural of courtesan. • COURTESAN n. a prostitute, esp. one whose clients are wealthy or upper-class, also COURTEZAN. |
| DEINOSAURS | • deinosaurs n. Plural of deinosaur. • DEINOSAUR n. any of a group of extinct reptiles, also DINOSAUR. |
| GRANULOSES | • granuloses n. Plural of granulosis. • GRANULOSIS n. any of numerous diseases of insect larvae marked by minute granular inclusions in infected cells and caused by viruses. |
| NEUROMASTS | • neuromasts n. Plural of neuromast. • NEUROMAST n. a sensory cell in fish. |
| NOSEGUARDS | • noseguards n. Plural of noseguard. • nose␣guards n. Plural of nose guard. • NOSEGUARD n. a protection for the nose; in American football, the innermost of five linesmen on a defensive team. |
| OUTREASONS | • outreasons v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outreason. • OUTREASON v. to surpass in reasoning. |
| PERSUASION | • persuasion n. The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention… • persuasion n. An argument or other statement intended to influence one’s opinions or beliefs; a way of persuading someone. • persuasion n. A strongly held conviction, opinion or belief. |
| SANDGROUSE | • sandgrouse n. Any of several species of birds in the family Pteroclididae. • sand-grouse n. Alternative spelling of sandgrouse. • sand␣grouse n. Alternative spelling of sandgrouse. |
| SARMENTOUS | • sarmentous adj. Alternative form of sarmentose. • SARMENTOUS adj. producing long, flexuose runners or stolons, also SARMENTOSE. |
| SLANDEROUS | • slanderous adj. (Of something said) Both untrue and harmful to a reputation. • SLANDEROUS adj. relating to slander. |
| SQUADRONES | • squadrones n. Plural of squadrone. • SQUADRONE n. (Italian) as in squadrone volante, an early eighteenth century Scottish political party opposed to the Argathelians. |
| SUPERNOVAS | • supernovas n. Plural of supernova. • SUPERNOVA n. (Latin) a very brilliant nova resulting from an explosion which blows the star's material into space, leaving an expanding cloud of gas. |
| TREASONOUS | • treasonous adj. Like or in the way of treason. • TREASONOUS adj. treasonable. |
| UROKINASES | • urokinases n. Plural of urokinase. • UROKINASE n. a drug that dissolves intravascular blood clots. |