| ANTILITERATE | • antiliterate adj. Opposed to literacy or literature. • ANTILITERATE adj. opposed to literacy. |
| ANTIPLATELET | • antiplatelet adj. (Immunology) Working against or destroying blood platelets. • antiplatelet n. A drug that destroys blood platelets. |
| BALLOTTEMENT | • ballottement n. (Medicine) A method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether… • ballottement n. (Medicine) An increased amount of fluid in the suprapatellar pouch of the knee. • BALLOTTEMENT n. a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp. confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus. |
| BATTLEMENTED | • battlemented adj. Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle. • BATTLEMENTED adj. having a battlement. |
| EMBATTLEMENT | • embattlement n. (Countable) A battlement. • embattlement n. (Uncountable) The state of being embattled. • EMBATTLEMENT n. a battlement. |
| INTERTEXTUAL | • intertextual adj. Pertaining to intertextuality; being or involving the reference to one text in another. • INTERTEXTUAL adj. of or like an intertext. |
| MALTREATMENT | • maltreatment n. Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment. • MALTREATMENT n. ill treatment. |
| MANTELLETTAS | • mantellettas n. Plural of mantelletta. • MANTELLETTA n. a sleeveless knee-length vestment, worn by cardinals, bishops, etc. |
| MULTIDENTATE | • multidentate adj. (Biology) Having many teeth. • multidentate adj. (Chemistry, of a ligand) Having multiple points at which it is attached to a central atom. • MULTIDENTATE adj. having many teeth. |
| PENTATHLETES | • pentathletes n. Plural of pentathlete. • PENTATHLETE n. an athlete participating in a pentathlon. |
| PRATTLEMENTS | • prattlements n. Plural of prattlement. • PRATTLEMENT n. prattle. |
| RETINOTECTAL | • retinotectal adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the retina and the optic tectum. • RETINOTECTAL adj. of, relating to, or being the nerve fibers connecting the retina and the tectum of the midbrain. |
| STARTLEMENTS | • startlements n. Plural of startlement. • STARTLEMENT n. the state of being startled. |
| TEETOTALLING | • teetotalling adj. Britain standard spelling of teetotaling. • TEETOTAL v. to practise or advocate teetotalism. |
| TENTACULITES | • tentaculites n. Plural of tentaculite. • Tentaculites prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Tentaculitidae – certain extinct conical fossils. • TENTACULITE n. a ringed conical Silurian fossil. |
| TETRAVALENTS | • TETRAVALENT n. a compound having a valency of four. |