| CONDUCTOR | • conductor n. One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director. • conductor n. (Music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation… • conductor n. (Rail transport) A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers. |
| CONTOURED | • contoured v. Simple past tense and past participle of contour. • contoured adj. Smoothly shaped. • CONTOUR v. to make the outline of. |
| DOWNCOURT | • downcourt adv. (Basketball) Toward one’s team’s offensive basket. • DOWNCOURT adj. in or into the opposing end of the court, as in basketball. |
| GROUNDOUT | • groundout n. Alternative form of ground out. • ground␣out v. (Electronics) To provide proper grounding for a circuit. • ground␣out v. (Baseball) To become out by hitting a ground ball which is fielded and leads to a force or tag of a runner. |
| OROTUNDLY | • orotundly adv. In an orotund manner. • OROTUND adv. marked by fullness and clarity of sound; pompous. |
| OUTSNORED | • outsnored v. Simple past tense and past participle of outsnore. • OUTSNORE v. to surpass in snoring. |
| ROOTBOUND | • rootbound adj. (Of a potted plant) Having outgrown its pot, so that the roots are cramped and tangled. • root-bound adj. Alternative form of rootbound. • ROOTBOUND adj. rooted to the ground; potbound. |
| TOURNEDOS | • tournedos n. Filet mignon. • TOURNEDOS n. (French) a thick round beef fillet. |
| UNDERFOOT | • underfoot adj. Situated under one’s foot or feet. • underfoot adj. In the way; placed so as to obstruct or hinder. • underfoot adj. Downtrodden; abject. |
| UNDERTOOK | • undertook v. Simple past tense of undertake. • UNDERTAKE v. to attempt. |
| UNROOSTED | • unroosted v. Simple past tense and past participle of unroost. • UNROOST v. (Shakespeare) to drive from a roost. |
| WORDCOUNT | • wordcount n. Alternative form of word count. • word␣count n. The number of words in a passage, a text, a speech, a corpus, etc. • WORDCOUNT n. a count of words in a document. |
| WOUNDWORT | • woundwort n. Any of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds. • WOUNDWORT n. any of several plants popularly held to have wound-healing properties. |