| CHURRIGUERESQUE | • churrigueresque adj. Alternative form of Churrigueresque. • Churrigueresque adj. (Architecture) Relating to a Spanish baroque architectural style that started in the late 17th century… • CHURRIGUERESQUE adj. of or relating to a Spanish baroque architectural style characterized by elaborate surface decoration, also CHURRIGUERESCO. |
| CIRCUMFERENTORS | • circumferentors n. Plural of circumferentor. • CIRCUMFERENTOR n. a surveyor's angle-measuring compass instrument. |
| COUNTERORDERING | • counterordering v. Present participle of counterorder. • COUNTERORDER v. to issue an order contradicting a previous order. |
| ENTREPRENEURIAL | • entrepreneurial adj. Having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising. • ENTREPRENEURIAL adj. of or like an entrepreneur. |
| FERROPRUSSIATES | • ferroprussiates n. Plural of ferroprussiate. • FERROPRUSSIATE n. ferrocyanide. |
| GEWURZTRAMINERS | • Gewürztraminers n. Plural of Gewürztraminer. • GEWURZTRAMINER n. (German) a variety of Traminer grape grown esp. in the Rhine valley, Alsace, and Austria; the mildly spicy white wine made from this grape. |
| INTRAPRENEURIAL | • intrapreneurial adj. Entrepreneurial within an existing business; describing entrepreneurship within an existing business. • INTRAPRENEURIAL adj. of or like an intrapreneur, a company employee who is not bound by rules or policies and who is free to refine products. |
| PETROCURRENCIES | • petrocurrencies n. Plural of petrocurrency. • PETROCURRENCY n. currency, etc., acquired by the oil-producing countries as profit from the sale of their oil to the consumer countries. |
| QUARTERMISTRESS | • quartermistress n. A female quartermaster. • QUARTERMISTRESS n. a female quartermaster. |
| RESURRECTIONARY | • resurrectionary adj. Relating to, or constituting, a resurrection. • RESURRECTIONARY adj. relating to resurrection, also RESURRECTIONAL. |
| RESURRECTIONISE | • resurrectionise v. Alternative form of resurrectionize. • RESURRECTIONISE v. to bring about resurrection, also RESURRECTIONIZE. |
| RESURRECTIONISM | • resurrectionism n. Belief in, or the event of, a person being resurrected from the dead. • resurrectionism n. (Historical) Graverobbing. • RESURRECTIONISM n. belief in the Resurrection. |
| RESURRECTIONIST | • resurrectionist n. (Euphemistic, historical) One who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc., especially by exhuming… • resurrectionist n. (Religion) A believer in a future bodily resurrection. • resurrectionist n. One who resurrects an abandoned idea, practice, etc.; a revivalist. |
| RESURRECTIONIZE | • resurrectionize v. (Transitive) To resurrect, or raise from the dead. • resurrectionize v. To remove a body from its grave (illegally, for dissection); to engage in bodysnatching. • RESURRECTIONIZE v. to bring about resurrection, also RESURRECTIONISE. |
| SUBTERRESTRIALS | • subterrestrials n. Plural of subterrestrial. • SUBTERRESTRIAL n. a subterrestrial person or thing. |
| SUPERNUMERARIES | • supernumeraries n. Plural of supernumerary. • SUPERNUMERARY n. an actor without a speaking part. |
| ULTRAMICROMETER | • ultramicrometer n. A very precise micrometer. • ULTRAMICROMETER n. a micrometer for measuring extremely small distances. |
| UNDERPERFORMING | • underperforming v. Present participle of underperform. • underperforming adj. That performs less well than required. • UNDERPERFORM v. to perform insufficiently. |