| ANTHOLOGISTS | • anthologists n. Plural of anthologist. • ANTHOLOGIST n. a compiler of an anthology. |
| AUTOTOMISING | • autotomising v. Present participle of autotomise. • AUTOTOMISE v. to effect an autotomy, the reflex loss of part of the body to save the whole (in lizards, etc.), also AUTOTOMIZE. |
| CONTAGIONIST | • contagionist n. One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, such as yellow fever. • CONTAGIONIST n. (obsolete) a person who believes in the contagiousness of diseases. |
| GASTRONOMIST | • gastronomist n. A gastronome. • GASTRONOMIST n. one versed in gastronomy, the art of good eating. |
| GEOBOTANISTS | • geobotanists n. Plural of geobotanist. • GEOBOTANIST n. a student of geobotany. |
| GERONTOCRATS | • gerontocrats n. Plural of gerontocrat. • GERONTOCRAT n. a member of a gerontocracy, government by the aged. |
| GNATHOSTOMES | • gnathostomes n. Plural of gnathostome. • GNATHOSTOME n. any vertebrate of the superclass Gnathostomata, having a mouth with jaws, including all vertebrates except the agnathans. |
| GONIATITOIDS | • GONIATITOID n. a fossil like a goniatite. |
| NEGOTIATIONS | • negotiations n. Plural of negotiation. • NEGOTIATION n. the act of negotiating. |
| NEMATOLOGIST | • nematologist n. One who studies nematology. • NEMATOLOGIST n. a student of nematodes. |
| PHOTOSTATING | • photostating v. Present participle of photostat. • PHOTOSTAT v. to make facsimiles by this means. |
| POTAMOGETONS | • potamogetons n. Plural of potamogeton. • POTAMOGETON n. a plant of the pondweed genus of water plants, with floating and submerged leaves. |
| PROTAGONISTS | • protagonists n. Plural of protagonist. • PROTAGONIST n. the principal character in a literary work. |
| SNAGGLETOOTH | • snaggletooth n. (Plural: snaggleteeth) A tooth inside the mouth that is unaligned or broken. • snaggletooth n. (Plural: snaggletooths) A predatory fish of the genus Astronesthes, so-called because of its teeth. • snaggle-tooth n. Alternative form of snaggletooth. |
| SOMATOTYPING | • somatotyping v. Present participle of somatotype. • SOMATOTYPE v. to place with regard to somatotype. |
| TOBOGGANISTS | • tobogganists n. Plural of tobogganist. • TOBOGGANIST n. one who uses a toboggan, also TOBOGGANER. |
| TRAPSHOOTING | • trapshooting n. The sport, similar to skeet, of shooting at thrown targets with a shotgun. • trap␣shooting n. The sport of shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons launched into the air, from a trap. • TRAPSHOOTING n. the sport of shooting from traps. |