| BERBERIDACEOUS | • berberidaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the family Berberidaceae of barberries. • BERBERIDACEOUS adj. belonging to the Berberidaceae, that includes barberry. |
| DAGUERREOTYPES | • daguerreotypes n. Plural of daguerreotype. • DAGUERREOTYPE v. to develop by daguerreotype, a method of photography by mercury vapour development of silver iodide. |
| DISTEMPERATURE | • distemperature n. (Now rare) A state of adverse or unhealthy atmospheric conditions. • distemperature n. (Now rare) Unhealthy imbalance of bodily humours; a disorder. • DISTEMPERATURE n. (archaic) lack of proper temperature; intemperateness. |
| GROUNDSKEEPERS | • groundskeepers n. Plural of groundskeeper. • GROUNDSKEEPER n. a person who cares for the grounds of a usually large property (as a sports field). |
| KETTLEDRUMMERS | • kettledrummers n. Plural of kettledrummer. • KETTLEDRUMMER n. one who plays the kettledrums. |
| OVERBURDENSOME | • overburdensome adj. Too burdensome. • OVERBURDENSOME adj. excessively burdensome. |
| QUARTERDECKERS | • QUARTERDECKER n. a stickler for naval etiquette. |
| RECRUDESCENCES | • recrudescences n. Plural of recrudescence. • RECRUDESCENCE n. a new outbreak after a dormant period, also RECRUDESCENCY. |
| SUPERCALENDERS | • supercalenders v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of supercalender. • SUPERCALENDER v. to give a high polish to. |
| UNDERACHIEVERS | • underachievers n. Plural of underachiever. • UNDERACHIEVER n. one that fails to attain a predicted level of achievement or does not do as well as expected. |
| UNDERBREEDINGS | • UNDERBREEDING n. lack of breeding. |
| UNDEREXPOSURES | • underexposures n. Plural of underexposure. • UNDEREXPOSURE n. insufficient exposure. |
| UNDERSECRETARY | • undersecretary n. An administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet. • undersecretary n. An assistant or deputy secretary of a government department in the Philippines and some other countries. • Under␣Secretary n. Alternative spelling of undersecretary. |
| UNPREPAREDNESS | • unpreparedness n. The state or quality of being unprepared. • UNPREPAREDNESS n. a lack of preparedness. |
| UNRESERVEDNESS | • unreservedness n. The state or quality of being unreserved. • UNRESERVEDNESS n. the state of being unreserved. |