| AGONOTHETES | • agonothetes n. (Historical) An officer who presided over the great public games in Ancient Greece. • agonothetes n. Plural of agonothete. • AGONOTHETES n. a judge or director of public games. |
| ANORTHOSITE | • anorthosite n. (Petrology) A phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock characterized by a predominance of plagioclase feldspar. • ANORTHOSITE n. an igneous rock that consists of 90 or more percent of plagioclase feldspar, typically labradorite. |
| BUTTONHOLES | • buttonholes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhole. • button-holes n. Plural of button-hole. • button␣holes n. Plural of button hole. |
| COUNTERSHOT | • countershot n. A shot made in response to another shot (as from a gun or cannon). • countershot n. (Film) A shot taken to contrast with another. • COUNTERSHOT n. a shot in retaliation. |
| ENTOPHYTOUS | • entophytous adj. Entophytic. • ENTOPHYTOUS adj. of or pertaining to entophytes, also ENTOPHYTIC. |
| ETHNOLOGIST | • ethnologist n. One who practices ethnology. • ETHNOLOGIST n. a student of ethnology. |
| GNATHOSTOME | • gnathostome n. (Zoology) Any vertebrate with jaws, including amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and most modern fish, in… • GNATHOSTOME n. any vertebrate of the superclass Gnathostomata, having a mouth with jaws, including all vertebrates except the agnathans. |
| HETEROCONTS | • HETEROCONT n. a kind of yellow-green alga, also HETEROKONT. |
| HETEROKONTS | • heterokonts n. Plural of heterokont. • HETEROKONT n. a kind of yellow-green alga, also HETEROCONT. |
| MONOTHEISTS | • monotheists n. Plural of monotheist. • MONOTHEIST n. one who believes that there is but one God. |
| NORTHERMOST | • northermost adj. Synonym of northernmost. • NORTHERMOST adj. most northerly, also NORTHERNMOST, NORTHMOST. |
| OTTERHOUNDS | • otterhounds n. Plural of otterhound. • Otterhounds n. Plural of Otterhound. • OTTERHOUND n. a hound used to hunt otters. |
| TENTERHOOKS | • tenterhooks n. Plural of tenterhook. • tenter␣hooks n. Plural of tenter hook. • TENTERHOOK n. a sharp, hooked nail to fasten cloth to a tenter. |
| THEOGONISTS | • theogonists n. Plural of theogonist. • THEOGONIST n. a writer on theogony. |
| TOPNOTCHERS | • topnotchers n. Plural of topnotcher. • top-notchers n. Plural of top-notcher. • TOPNOTCHER n. crude oil after some of its lighter constituents have been removed by distillation. |
| TOUCHSTONES | • touchstones n. Plural of touchstone. • Touchstones prop.n. Plural of Touchstone. • TOUCHSTONE n. a highly siliceous (usually black) stone or other stone for testing gold or silver by the colour of the mark each makes on it; (figurative) a criterion, a standard. |