| BUTTONHOLE | • buttonhole n. A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one. • buttonhole n. (Chiefly Britain) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration. • buttonhole n. (Surgery) A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel. |
| CONTROULED | • controuled v. Simple past tense and past participle of controul. • CONTROUL v. to exercise authority over, also CONTROL. |
| CONVOLUTED | • convoluted adj. (Chiefly anatomy, zoology) Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute. • convoluted adj. (Figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate. • convoluted v. Simple past tense and past participle of convolute. |
| CONVOLUTES | • convolutes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convolute. • CONVOLUTE v. to twist, coil. |
| DEVOLUTION | • devolution n. A rolling down. • devolution n. A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession. • devolution n. The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another. |
| DOUBLETONS | • doubletons n. Plural of doubleton. • DOUBLETON n. two cards that are the only ones of their suit dealt to a player. |
| ELOCUTIONS | • elocutions n. Plural of elocution. • ELOCUTION n. the art of effective speaking. |
| EVOLUTIONS | • evolutions n. Plural of evolution. • EVOLUTION n. the cumulative change in the genetic composition of a population of an organism over succeeding generations. |
| EXSOLUTION | • exsolution n. (Geology) The process in which a solution of molten rocks separates into its constituents upon cooling. • EXSOLUTION n. relaxation. |
| OUTSWOLLEN | • outswollen v. Past participle of outswell. • OUTSWELL v. to exceed in swelling. |
| PLEURODONT | • pleurodont adj. (Zoology) Having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones. • pleurodont n. (Zoology) Any reptile with teeth of this kind. • PLEURODONT adj. with teeth attached to the inside of the jawbone, rather than rooted in it. |
| POULTROONE | • POULTROONE n. (Shakespeare) a poltroon, also POLTROON. |
| RESOLUTION | • resolution n. A strong will, determination. • resolution n. The state of being resolute. • resolution n. A statement of intent, a vow. |
| REVOLUTION | • revolution n. A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change. • revolution n. The removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action. • revolution n. Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation. |
| SOLUTIONED | • solutioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of solution. • SOLUTION v. to provide with a solution. |
| TELEGONOUS | • telegonous adj. Relating to telegony. • TELEGONOUS adj. relating to telegony, the (imaginary) transmitted influence of a previous mate on the offspring of current one. |
| ULTRONEOUS | • ultroneous adj. (Archaic) spontaneous; voluntary. • ULTRONEOUS adj. spontaneous, voluntary. |
| UNFORETOLD | • unforetold adj. Not foretold; unforeseen. • UNFORETOLD adj. not foretold. |
| ZEUGLODONT | • zeuglodont n. (Zoology) Any extinct cetacean of the family Basilosauridae, formerly under the taxonomically invalid… • ZEUGLODONT n. any of a genus of fossil whales. |