| AUTOCEPHALOUS | • autocephalous adj. (Christianity, of a church) Fully independent of the authority of any other church. • autocephalous adj. (Christianity, of a bishop) Presiding over an autocephalous church. • autocephalous adj. (Comparable) Independent; self-directed. |
| AUTOCHTHONOUS | • autochthonous adj. Native to the place where found; indigenous. • autochthonous adj. (Biology, medicine) Originating where found; found where it originates. • autochthonous adj. (Geology) Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance… |
| BRACHIOSAURUS | • brachiosaurus n. A large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, Brachiosaurus altithorax, which lived during the Jurassic period. • Brachiosaurus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Brachiosauridae – brachiosauruses. • BRACHIOSAURUS n. any member of a genus of huge lizard-hipped plant-eating dinosaurs. |
| COUCHSURFINGS | • COUCHSURFING n. the practice of sleeping overnight in the houses of friends or fellow members of a social network, esp. as an alternative to staying in hotels, hostels, etc. |
| COUNTERTHRUST | • counterthrust n. A thrust made against another; a counterblow. • COUNTERTHRUST n. a thrust to counter another thrust. |
| COUNTINGHOUSE | • countinghouse n. (Dated) An office used by a business to house its accounts department. • counting-house n. Alternative form of countinghouse. • counting␣house n. Alternative form of countinghouse. |
| CUSTOMSHOUSES | • customshouses n. Plural of customshouse. • customs␣houses n. Plural of customs house. • CUSTOMSHOUSE n. an office or residence for customs officials, also CUSTOMHOUSE. |
| DOLICHOSAURUS | • DOLICHOSAURUS n. any member of the Dolichosauria, a group of Cretaceous fossil reptiles. |
| EUNUCHOIDISMS | • eunuchoidisms n. Plural of eunuchoidism. • EUNUCHOIDISM n. a condition in which there is a deficiency of sexual development and in which certain female sex characteristics are often present. |
| HORTICULTURES | • horticultures n. Plural of horticulture. • HORTICULTURE n. the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. |
| HYPERCAUTIOUS | • hypercautious adj. Especially or unreasonably cautious. • HYPERCAUTIOUS adj. excessively cautious. |
| HYPOSULPHURIC | • hyposulphuric adj. Alternative spelling of hyposulfuric. • HYPOSULPHURIC adj. denoting a kind of acid. |
| ICHTHYOSAURUS | • ichthyosaurus n. (Archaic) Alternative form of ichthyosaur. • ichthyosaurus n. Any members of the genus Ichthyosaurus. • Ichthyosaurus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Ichthyosauridae – large, extinct marine reptiles. |
| KURCHATOVIUMS | • KURCHATOVIUM n. a former name for rutherfordium, an artificially produced radioactive transuranic element. |
| PYROSULPHURIC | • pyrosulphuric adj. (Britain) Alternative spelling of pyrosulfuric. • PYROSULPHURIC adj. as in pyrosulphuric acid, a type of acid. |
| QUELQUECHOSES | • QUELQUECHOSE n. (French) something. |
| TAUTOCHRONOUS | • tautochronous adj. Occupying the same time. • tautochronous adj. (Mathematics) Relating to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone. • TAUTOCHRONOUS adj. lasting the same amount of time. |
| THIOSULPHURIC | • thiosulphuric adj. (Inorganic chemistry, chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of thiosulfuric. • THIOSULPHURIC adj. as in thiosulphuric acid, sulphuric acid in which one atom of oxygen is replaced by sulphur. |
| THUNDERCLOUDS | • thunderclouds n. Plural of thundercloud. • thunder␣clouds n. Plural of thunder cloud. • THUNDERCLOUD n. a cloud charged with electricity and producing lightning and thunder. |
| UNCOUTHNESSES | • uncouthnesses n. Plural of uncouthness. • UNCOUTHNESS n. the state of being uncouth. |