| BEANSPROUT | • beansprout n. Alternative form of bean sprout. • bean␣sprout n. (Chiefly in the plural) A sprout of the mung bean. • bean␣sprout n. (Chiefly in the plural) A sprout of the soybean. |
| COUNTERSPY | • counterspy n. A spy working in counterintelligence. • counterspy v. (Intransitive) To carry out counterespionage. • COUNTERSPY n. a spy whose job is to catch other spies. |
| ENTROPIUMS | • ENTROPIUM n. (Greek) the inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids, also ENTROPION. |
| EPURATIONS | • epurations n. Plural of epuration. • EPURATION n. purification, esp. removal of officials or politicians believed to be disloyal. |
| IMPORTUNES | • importunes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune. • IMPORTUNE v. to press or urge with repeated requests. |
| NEUROPATHS | • neuropaths n. Plural of neuropath. • NEUROPATH n. one who believes in nervous origin of most diseases. |
| PERTUSIONS | • pertusions n. Plural of pertusion. • PERTUSION n. the act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein. |
| PORTENTOUS | • portentous adj. Of momentous or ominous significance. • portentous adj. Ominously prophetic. • portentous adj. Puffed up with vanity. |
| POTHUNTERS | • pothunters n. Plural of pothunter. • POTHUNTER n. someone who hunts for the pot; someone who competes merely to get trophies. |
| PROSTERNUM | • prosternum n. (Zoology) The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect. • PROSTERNUM n. the sternum of the prothorax of insects. |
| PROTEINOUS | • proteinous adj. Proteinaceous. • PROTEINOUS adj. of or related to protein, also PROTEINACEOUS. |
| RESUMPTION | • resumption n. The act of resuming or starting something again. • resumption n. (Chiefly Australia) eminent domain. • RESUMPTION n. an act or instance of resuming. |
| SUBREPTION | • subreption n. The act of obtaining a favour by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent… • SUBREPTION n. a deliberate misrepresentation; an inference drawn from it. |
| SUPERATION | • superation n. The act of superating or surmounting. • superation n. The apparent passing of one planet by another in longitude. • SUPERATION n. the act of superating, overcoming or surmounting. |
| SUPERTONIC | • supertonic n. (Music) The second note in a diatonic scale. • SUPERTONIC n. the note next above the keynote; the second of the scale. |
| UNDERPLOTS | • underplots n. Plural of underplot. • UNDERPLOT n. a series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. |
| UNSTOPPERS | • unstoppers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unstopper. • UNSTOPPER v. to take the stopper from. |