| ANTICATHODE | • anticathode n. (Electrochemistry) The opposite of a cathode, an anode. • anticathode n. (Electronics) The target at which electrons from the cathode in a CRT or x-ray tube are directed. • ANTICATHODE n. the target of an X-ray tube, on which the cathode rays are focused and from which X-rays are emitted. |
| DEHORTATION | • dehortation n. (Archaic) Advice against something; dissuasion. • DEHORTATION n. advice against something, dissuasion. |
| DETHATCHING | • dethatching v. Present participle of dethatch. • DETHATCH v. to remove thatch from. |
| DITHIONATES | • dithionates n. Plural of dithionate. • DITHIONATE n. a salt of dithionic acid. |
| DITHIONITES | • dithionites n. (Chemistry) plural of dithionite. • DITHIONITE n. any salt of dithionous acid. |
| HANDWRITTEN | • handwritten adj. Written with a pen or pencil, as opposed to typed. • handwritten v. Past participle of handwrite. • hand-written adj. Alternative spelling of handwritten. |
| RETIGHTENED | • retightened v. Simple past tense and past participle of retighten. • RETIGHTEN v. to tighten again. |
| SPENDTHRIFT | • spendthrift adj. Improvident, profligate, or wasteful. • spendthrift adj. Extravagant or lavish. • spendthrift n. Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully. |
| STUDENTSHIP | • studentship n. The position or role of a student. • studentship n. An endowment or scholarship for a student. • STUDENTSHIP n. a grant for university study. |
| SYNTHETISED | • synthetised v. Simple past tense and past participle of synthetise. • SYNTHETISE v. to put together in a synthesis, also SYNTHETIZE. |
| SYNTHETIZED | • synthetized v. Simple past tense and past participle of synthetize. • SYNTHETIZE v. to put together in a synthesis, also SYNTHETISE. |
| THENARDITES | • THENARDITE n. a whitish vitreous mineral that consists of anhydrous sodium sulphate and occurs in saline residues. |
| THISTLEDOWN | • thistledown n. The soft, feathery pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle. • THISTLEDOWN n. the typically plumose pappus from the ripe flower head of a thistle. |
| THRENODISTS | • threnodists n. Plural of threnodist. • THRENODIST n. one who composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or threnody. |
| THUNDERIEST | • thunderiest adj. Superlative form of thundery: most thundery. • THUNDERY adj. indicative of thunder. |
| UNDERTHIRST | • UNDERTHIRST n. (Wordsworth) an underlying or subconscious thirst. |
| WITHSTANDER | • withstander n. A person who withstands or resists; an opponent. • WITHSTANDER n. one who withstands. |