| ANTHOCARPOUS | • anthocarpous adj. (Botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit. • ANTHOCARPOUS adj. of or like an anthocarp, a fruit resulting from many flowers, such as a pineapple. |
| AUTOCHANGERS | • autochangers n. Plural of autochanger. • AUTOCHANGER n. a device by means of which records are dropped from a stack one at a time onto the turntable. |
| COUNTERMYTHS | • countermyths n. Plural of countermyth. • COUNTERMYTH n. an opposing myth. |
| COUNTERSHAFT | • countershaft n. Synonym of jackshaft (“mechanical component for rotational force”). • countershaft v. Synonym of jackshaft. • COUNTERSHAFT n. an intermediate shaft driven by the main shaft. |
| COUNTERSHOTS | • countershots n. Plural of countershot. • COUNTERSHOT n. a shot in retaliation. |
| EUCHROMATINS | • euchromatins n. Plural of euchromatin. • EUCHROMATIN n. the part of chromatin that is genetically active and is largely composed of genes. |
| FURTHCOMINGS | • FURTHCOMING n. in Scots law, an action brought by an arrester against the arrestee and the common debtor after an arrestment in order that the arrested money or property be delivered to the arrester. |
| MONOTRICHOUS | • monotrichous adj. Having a single flagellum. • MONOTRICHOUS adj. of bacteria, having a single flagellum, also MONOTRICHIC. |
| NEUROCHEMIST | • neurochemist n. A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry. • NEUROCHEMIST n. a student of neurochemistry. |
| ORTHOCOUSINS | • orthocousins n. Plural of orthocousin. • ORTHOCOUSINS n. the children of two brothers or two sisters. |
| ROUGHCASTING | • roughcasting v. Present participle of roughcast. • ROUGHCAST v. to cover with roughcast. |
| SCOUTHERINGS | • SCOUTHERING n. a scorching. |
| SHORTCUTTING | • shortcutting v. Present participle of shortcut. • SHORTCUT v. to take a shorter or quicker way. |
| TAUTOCHRONES | • tautochrones n. Plural of tautochrone. • TAUTOCHRONE n. a curve such that a particle travelling along it under gravity reaches a fixed point in the same time, no matter where it starts. |
| TOUCHSCREENS | • touchscreens n. Plural of touchscreen. • touch-screens n. Plural of touch-screen. • touch␣screens n. Plural of touch screen. |
| TRUNCHEONERS | • truncheoners n. Plural of truncheoner. • TRUNCHEONER n. (Shakespeare) a person armed with a truncheon. |
| TURNBROACHES | • turnbroaches n. Plural of turnbroach. • TURNBROACH n. a turnspit. |
| UNDERCLOTHES | • underclothes n. (Plural only) clothes worn next to the skin and underneath outer clothing. • under␣clothes n. Alternative spelling of underclothes. • UNDERCLOTHES n. clothes worn under one's outer clothing. |
| UNHISTORICAL | • unhistorical adj. Not historical; not based on history. • UNHISTORICAL adj. not historical. |