| DECRETALIST | • decretalist n. (Historical) A member of a 13th-century school of interpretation of canon law that emphasized the decretals… • DECRETALIST n. one who studies decretals, also DECRETIST. |
| DISTORTEDLY | • distortedly adv. In a distorted way. • DISTORTED adv. DISTORT, to twist or bend out of shape. |
| DISTRUSTFUL | • distrustful adj. (Active sense) Experiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful. • distrustful adj. (Passive sense) Causing or giving rise to distrust. • DISTRUSTFUL adj. having or showing distrust. |
| DOTARDLIEST | • DOTARDLY adj. like a dotard, one in his dotage. |
| ILLUSTRATED | • illustrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of illustrate. • illustrated n. (Historical) A newspaper featuring illustrations. • ILLUSTRATED n. an illustrated magazine. |
| MULTISTRAND | • multistrand adj. Composed of multiple strands. • multi-strand adj. Alternative form of multistrand. |
| PROGLOTTIDS | • proglottids n. Plural of proglottid. • PROGLOTTID n. a segment of a tapeworm, also PROGLOTTIS. |
| SHIRTTAILED | • SHIRTTAIL v. to make a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article. |
| SHORTLISTED | • shortlisted v. Simple past tense and past participle of shortlist. • shortlisted adj. Placed on a short list. • short-listed v. Simple past tense and past participle of short-list. |
| STARLIGHTED | • starlighted adj. Illuminated by starlight. • STARLIGHTED adj. lighted by the stars, also STARLIT. |
| STRAITLACED | • straitlaced adj. Alternative spelling of straight-laced. • strait-laced adj. Alternative spelling of straight-laced. • strait-laced adj. Bound with stays. |
| STRIDULATED | • stridulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of stridulate. • STRIDULATE v. to make a chirping or scraping sound, like a grasshopper. |
| STRIDULATES | • stridulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stridulate. • STRIDULATE v. to make a chirping or scraping sound, like a grasshopper. |
| STRIDULATOR | • stridulator n. That which stridulates. • STRIDULATOR n. an insect that makes a sound by scraping. |
| STROBILATED | • strobilated v. Simple past tense and past participle of strobilate. • STROBILATE v. to undergo strobilation. |
| TETRAPLOIDS | • tetraploids n. Plural of tetraploid. • TETRAPLOID n. four haploid sets of chromosomes. |
| ULTRADRIEST | • ultradriest adj. Superlative form of ultradry: most ultradry. • ULTRADRY adj. very very dry. |
| WATTLEBIRDS | • wattlebirds n. Plural of wattlebird. • WATTLEBIRD n. any one of several species of the honey eater bird. |
| WILDCATTERS | • wildcatters n. Plural of wildcatter. • WILDCATTER n. one that drills wells in the hope of finding oil in territory not known to be an oil field. |