| ANTITERRORIST | • antiterrorist adj. Preventing or counteracting terrorism, or reducing the threat from terrorism. • antiterrorist n. One who opposes terrorism. • ANTITERRORIST n. one opposed to terrorism. |
| CONTRITURATES | • CONTRITURATE v. to pulverize. |
| CONTROVERTIST | • controvertist n. One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist. • CONTROVERTIST n. one who engages in controversy. |
| COUNTERTHRUST | • counterthrust n. A thrust made against another; a counterblow. • COUNTERTHRUST n. a thrust to counter another thrust. |
| GLOBETROTTERS | • globetrotters n. Plural of globetrotter. • globe-trotters n. Plural of globe-trotter. • globe␣trotters n. Plural of globe trotter. |
| LITHOTRIPTERS | • lithotripters n. Plural of lithotripter. • LITHOTRIPTER n. a device that crushes stones in the bladder by ultrasound, also LITHONTRIPTOR, LITHOTRIPTOR, LITHOTRITE, LITHOTRITOR. |
| ORTHOPTERISTS | • orthopterists n. Plural of orthopterist. • ORTHOPTERIST n. a student of insects. |
| PROTECTORATES | • protectorates n. Plural of protectorate. • PROTECTORATE n. an area governed by a protector. |
| PYROTARTRATES | • pyrotartrates n. Plural of pyrotartrate. • PYROTARTRATE n. a salt of tartaric acid. |
| RETRACTATIONS | • retractations n. Plural of retractation. • RETRACTATION n. revoking, recantation. |
| RETROFITTINGS | • retrofittings n. Plural of retrofitting. • RETROFITTING n. the act of retrofitting. |
| SCATTEROMETER | • scatterometer n. A form of radar used to measure surface winds from satellites, by detecting scattered microwave radiation. • SCATTEROMETER n. an instrument carried in a meteorological satellite for measuring the backscatter of light from the surface of the sea. |
| STRATOTANKERS | • STRATOTANKER n. a type of aeroplane which refuels other planes at high altitudes. |
| TRAINSPOTTERS | • trainspotters n. Plural of trainspotter. • train␣spotters n. Plural of train spotter. • TRAINSPOTTER n. a train-watching enthusiast. |
| TRICHOPTERIST | • TRICHOPTERIST n. someone who studies the caddis flies. |
| TROPOSCATTERS | • TROPOSCATTER n. the propagation of radio waves by using irregularities in the troposphere to scatter the signals beamed up by means of high-powered UHF transmitters and parabolic antennas. |
| TRUSTWORTHIER | • trustworthier adj. Comparative form of trustworthy: more trustworthy. • TRUSTWORTHY adj. worthy of confidence. |