| ANTITERRORIST | • antiterrorist adj. Preventing or counteracting terrorism, or reducing the threat from terrorism. • antiterrorist n. One who opposes terrorism. • ANTITERRORIST n. one opposed to terrorism. |
| ASTROTOURISTS | • astrotourists n. Plural of astrotourist. • ASTROTOURIST n. one who pays to visit space as a tourist. |
| CONTRITURATES | • CONTRITURATE v. to pulverize. |
| FRACTOSTRATUS | • FRACTOSTRATUS n. a type of cloud. |
| PROTECTORATES | • protectorates n. Plural of protectorate. • PROTECTORATE n. an area governed by a protector. |
| PYROTARTRATES | • pyrotartrates n. Plural of pyrotartrate. • PYROTARTRATE n. a salt of tartaric acid. |
| RETRACTATIONS | • retractations n. Plural of retractation. • RETRACTATION n. revoking, recantation. |
| SCATTEROMETER | • scatterometer n. A form of radar used to measure surface winds from satellites, by detecting scattered microwave radiation. • SCATTEROMETER n. an instrument carried in a meteorological satellite for measuring the backscatter of light from the surface of the sea. |
| STRAIGHTFORTH | • straightforth adv. Directly. • STRAIGHTFORTH adv. directly forward; straight away, immediately. |
| STRATOTANKERS | • STRATOTANKER n. a type of aeroplane which refuels other planes at high altitudes. |
| STRUCTURATION | • structuration n. (Sociology) A theory proposed by Anthony Giddens in an attempt to reconcile theoretical dichotomies… • STRUCTURATION n. the interrelation of parts in an organized whole. |
| TARTARISATION | • TARTARISATION n. the process of tartarising, also TARTARIZATION. |
| TRACTORATIONS | • TRACTORATION n. (historical) the use of metal bars to give relief to diseased parts of the body. |
| TRAINSPOTTERS | • trainspotters n. Plural of trainspotter. • train␣spotters n. Plural of train spotter. • TRAINSPOTTER n. a train-watching enthusiast. |
| TRIPARTITIONS | • tripartitions n. Plural of tripartition. • TRIPARTITION n. division into three parts. |
| TROPOSCATTERS | • TROPOSCATTER n. the propagation of radio waves by using irregularities in the troposphere to scatter the signals beamed up by means of high-powered UHF transmitters and parabolic antennas. |