| SPRIGHTLIEST | • sprightliest adj. Superlative form of sprightly: most sprightly. • SPRIGHTLY adj. lively, also SPRITELY. |
| TELEGRAPHIST | • telegraphist n. A telegrapher. • TELEGRAPHIST n. a person who works a telegraph. |
| TROTHPLIGHTS | • trothplights n. Plural of trothplight. • TROTHPLIGHT v. to betroth. |
| HAIRSPLITTING | • hairsplitting n. The act of considering or arguing about fine details, or worrying about minutiae. • hairsplitting v. Present participle of hairsplit. • hair-splitting n. (Idiomatic) the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor… |
| HERPETOLOGIST | • herpetologist n. One who studies reptiles and amphibians; a reptile and amphibian specialist. • HERPETOLOGIST n. one who studies snakes. |
| SULPHURETTING | • sulphuretting v. Present participle of sulphuret. • SULPHURET v. to treat with sulfur, also SULFURET. |
| TELEGRAPHISTS | • telegraphists n. Plural of telegraphist. • TELEGRAPHIST n. a person who works a telegraph. |
| ANTHROPOLOGIST | • anthropologist n. An expert in anthropology. • ANTHROPOLOGIST n. one who studies anthropology. |
| HAIRSPLITTINGS | • hairsplittings n. Plural of hairsplitting. • hair-splittings n. Plural of hair-splitting. • HAIRSPLITTING n. the making of trifling distinctions. |
| HERPETOLOGISTS | • herpetologists n. Plural of herpetologist. • HERPETOLOGIST n. one who studies snakes. |
| PHOTOTELEGRAMS | • PHOTOTELEGRAM n. a telegram that is sent by means of phototelegraphy. |
| ANTHROPOLOGISTS | • anthropologists n. Plural of anthropologist. • ANTHROPOLOGIST n. one who studies anthropology. |
| METALLOGRAPHIST | • metallographist n. (Dated) One who writes on the subject of metals. • METALLOGRAPHIST n. one who practises metallography. |
| PHOTOTELEGRAPHS | • phototelegraphs n. Plural of phototelegraph. • PHOTOTELEGRAPH n. an instrument for transmitting drawings telegraphically. |
| STRATIGRAPHICAL | • stratigraphical adj. Stratigraphic. • STRATIGRAPHICAL adj. relating to stratigraphy, the study of geological layers or strata, also STRATIGRAPHIC. |
| TELAUTOGRAPHIES | • TELAUTOGRAPHY n. transmission by use of a Telautograph, a telegraph for reproducing the movement of a pen or pencil and so transmitting writings or drawings. |
| TELEPHOTOGRAPHS | • telephotographs n. Plural of telephotograph. • TELEPHOTOGRAPH n. a photograph of a distant object taken by a suitable lens. |