| BATTLEGROUND | • battleground n. A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought. • battleground n. (Figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention. • battleground n. (Figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention. |
| DEXTROGYRATE | • dextrogyrate adj. Dextrorotatory. • DEXTROGYRATE adj. causing to turn to the right hand, also DEXTROGYRE. |
| DITTOGRAPHIC | • dittographic adj. Relating to or exhibiting dittography. • DITTOGRAPHIC adj. relating to dittography, the unintentional repetition of letters in print. |
| GLOBETROTTED | • globetrotted v. Simple past tense and past participle of globetrot. • GLOBETROT v. to travel the world. |
| GUTTERBLOODS | • gutterbloods n. Plural of gutterblood. • GUTTERBLOOD n. (Scots) a lowborn person. |
| INTERROGATED | • interrogated v. Simple past tense and past participle of interrogate. • INTERROGATE v. to question formally and systematically. |
| OUTGLITTERED | • outglittered v. Simple past tense and past participle of outglitter. • OUTGLITTER v. to surpass in glittering. |
| OUTINTRIGUED | • outintrigued v. Simple past tense and past participle of outintrigue. • OUTINTRIGUE v. to surpass in intrigue. |
| POSTGRADUATE | • postgraduate n. A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course. • postgraduate adj. Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course. • post-graduate adj. Alternative form of postgraduate. |
| PROGLOTTIDES | • proglottides n. Plural of proglottis. • PROGLOTTID n. a segment of a tapeworm, also PROGLOTTIS. |
| RENEGOTIATED | • renegotiated v. Simple past tense and past participle of renegotiate. • RENEGOTIATE v. to negotiate again (as to adjust interest rates or repayments or to get more money). |
| RETRODICTING | • retrodicting v. Present participle of retrodict. • RETRODICT v. to utilize present information or ideas to infer or explain (a past event or state of affairs). |
| SCATTERGOODS | • scattergoods n. Plural of scattergood. • SCATTERGOOD n. a spendthrift. |
| SHORTSIGHTED | • shortsighted adj. Alternative spelling of short-sighted. • short-sighted adj. Near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects. • short-sighted adj. (Figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking foresight. |
| TROGLODYTISM | • troglodytism n. The practice of living in caves or cavelike environments. • troglodytism n. (Derogatory) The state or quality of being considered coarse, ignorant, uncultured, or unprogressive. • TROGLODYTISM n. the practice of living in caves. |