| COLONISER | • coloniser n. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of colonizer. • COLONISER n. one who colonises, also COLONIZER. |
| COLONIZER | • colonizer n. One who colonizes… • colonizer n. (Ecology) A species that establishes itself in a new area. • colonizer n. (US, derogatory) (US, ethnic slur) A white person. |
| COROLLINE | • corolline adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to a corolla. • COROLLINE adj. of or pertaining to a corolla. |
| CROKINOLE | • crokinole n. A game, popular in Canada, in which wooden discs are flicked towards the centre of a circular board. • CROKINOLE n. (Canadian) a board game popular in Canada in which players flick wooden discs. |
| EROSIONAL | • erosional adj. Pertaining to erosion. • EROSIONAL adj. relating or causing erosion. |
| FOILBORNE | • FOILBORNE adj. of a craft, travelling along the water on hydrofoils. |
| GONDOLIER | • gondolier n. A boatperson who propels a gondola, especially in Venice. • GONDOLIER n. one who operates a gondola. |
| HOLOCRINE | • holocrine adj. (Anatomy, biology, histology) Of or relating to a mode of secretion in some exocrine glands in which… • HOLOCRINE adj. applied to a gland whose secretion is composed of its own disintegrated cells. |
| INTERCOOL | • intercool v. (Transitive) To cool by means of an intercooler. • INTERCOOL v. to cool by means of an intercooler, a heat exchanger in a turbocharger. |
| INTERLOOP | • interloop adj. Between loops. • INTERLOOP v. to loop together. |
| IRENOLOGY | • irenology n. (Rare) The study of peace. • IRENOLOGY n. the study of peace. |
| NECROPOLI | • necropoli n. Plural of necropolis. • NECROPOLIS n. (Greek) a cemetery or burial place. |
| OERLIKONS | • Oerlikons n. Plural of Oerlikon. • OERLIKON n. (Swiss) a type of antiaircraft cannon. |
| OLEORESIN | • oleoresin n. A homogeneous mix of oil and resin. • OLEORESIN n. a solution of a resin in an oil. |
| RELOOKING | • relooking v. Present participle of relook. • RELOOK v. to look again. |
| RETOOLING | • retooling v. Present participle of retool. • retooling n. The fact or process of re-equipping or modifying something. • RETOOL v. to reequip with tools. |
| ROOFLINES | • rooflines n. Plural of roofline. • ROOFLINE n. the profile of a roof. |
| SOILBORNE | • soilborne adj. Transported by means of soil. • SOILBORNE adj. carried by the soil. |
| SOLFERINO | • solferino n. A brilliant purple-red dye derived from aniline. • solferino n. The purple-red colour of this dye. • SOLFERINO n. (Italian) a moderate purplish-red. |
| TROPEOLIN | • tropeolin n. Alternative form of tropaeolin. • TROPEOLIN n. any of a group of dyes of complex structure, also TROPAEOLIN. |