| BLOODLETTERS | • bloodletters n. Plural of bloodletter. • BLOODLETTER n. one who lets blood. |
| BLOODLETTING | • bloodletting n. (Historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to… • bloodletting n. (By extension) The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect. • bloodletting n. A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence. |
| BOTTOMLESSLY | • bottomlessly adv. In a bottomless manner. • BOTTOMLESS adv. having no bottom. |
| COLLECTORATE | • collectorate n. The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship. • COLLECTORATE n. the office of collector. |
| DELTIOLOGIST | • deltiologist n. A collector of picture postcards. • DELTIOLOGIST n. a collector of picture postcards. |
| ELECTRONVOLT | • electronvolt n. (Physics) Alternative spelling of electron volt. • electron␣volt n. (Physics) A unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles; the energy equal to that attained… • ELECTRONVOLT n. a unit of energy equal to the work done on an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt. |
| GLOTTOLOGIES | • GLOTTOLOGY n. the science of tongues or languages. |
| STILBOESTROL | • stilboestrol n. (Pharmacology) UK spelling of stilbestrol. • STILBOESTROL n. a synthetic oestrogen, also STILBESTROL. |
| TELECONTROLS | • telecontrols v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of telecontrol. • TELECONTROL n. control of mechanical devices remotely, either by radio (as of ships and aircraft), by sound waves, or by beams of light, also TELEARCHICS. |
| TELEOLOGISTS | • teleologists n. Plural of teleologist. • TELEOLOGIST n. an adherent of teleology. |
| THROTTLEHOLD | • throttlehold n. A stranglehold. • THROTTLEHOLD n. a vicious, strangling, or stultifying control. |
| TRIFOLIOLATE | • trifoliolate adj. (Botany) Having three leaflets, as some compound leaves do. • trifoliolate n. (Botany) A plant of this kind. • TRIFOLIOLATE adj. of a compound leaf with three radial leaflets. |
| WOLLASTONITE | • wollastonite n. (Mineralogy) A grey inosilicate mineral, mostly calcium silicate, CaSiO3, found deposited in limestone. • WOLLASTONITE n. a metasilicate of calcium, usually occurring in white to grey fibrous tabular masses and used as a source of rock wool. |
| YELLOWTHROAT | • yellowthroat n. Any of a mostly yellow-colored group of New World warblers in the genus Geothlypis. • YELLOWTHROAT n. any of several largely olive American warblers. |