| BUTTONHELD | • BUTTONHOLD v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLE. |
| BUTTONHOLD | • BUTTONHOLD v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLE. |
| BUTTONHOLE | • buttonhole n. A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one. • buttonhole n. (Chiefly Britain) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration. • buttonhole n. (Surgery) A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel. |
| ENTEROLITH | • enterolith n. A mineral concretion in the intestinal tract. • enterolith n. (Chiefly Britain) A bezoar. • ENTEROLITH n. an intestinal concretion. |
| ENTOPHYTAL | • entophytal adj. Entophytic. • ENTOPHYTAL adj. of or like an entophyte, a vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body. |
| ETHYLATION | • ethylation n. (Organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces an ethyl group into a molecule. • ETHYLATION n. a chemical reaction in which an ethyl group is introduced into a molecule. |
| GLUTTONISH | • gluttonish adj. Gluttonous. • GLUTTONISH adj. gluttonous, greedy. |
| HEPTATHLON | • heptathlon n. (Athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport. • HEPTATHLON n. an athletic competition with seven events. |
| LITHOPRINT | • lithoprint n. A print made by lithography. • LITHOPRINT n. a print made by lithography. |
| NONATHLETE | • nonathlete n. Someone who is not an athlete. • NONATHLETE n. one who is not an athlete. |
| PENTATHLON | • pentathlon n. An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus. • pentathlon n. (Athletics) Ellipsis of women’s pentathlon.; A 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women’s… • pentathlon n. (Athletics) Ellipsis of modern pentathlon.; a discipline with five events based on late-19th century… |
| TALKATHONS | • talkathons n. Plural of talkathon. • TALKATHON n. a long talking session. |
| TETRATHLON | • tetrathlon n. (Sports) A contest with four successive events, usually showjumping, swimming, running and pistol shooting. • TETRATHLON n. a four-event sporting contest. |
| THIOPENTAL | • thiopental n. (Pharmacology) A barbiturate C11H18N2O2S (trademark Pentothal) used in the form of its sodium salt especially… • THIOPENTAL n. a truth drug, aka Pentothal. |
| THORNTAILS | • thorntails n. Plural of thorntail. • THORNTAIL n. a tropical American hummingbird with bright green plumage. |
| THROTTLING | • throttling v. Present participle of throttle. • throttling n. The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications network by controlling the package flow… • throttling n. Reduction in amount of chemical or other fluid in process such as a heating or ventilation system. |
| TRIATHLONS | • triathlons n. Plural of triathlon. • TRIATHLON n. a sporting contest consisting of three events held without a break between each, usually swimming, cycling and running. |
| TRILITHONS | • trilithons n. Plural of trilithon. • TRILITHON n. (Greek) a stone monument of two upright and one transverse slab, also TRILITH. |
| TRILLIONTH | • trillionth adj. The ordinal form of the number one trillion. • trillionth n. The person or thing in the trillionth position. • trillionth n. One of a trillion equal parts of a whole. |
| TRIMONTHLY | • trimonthly adj. Occurring at intervals three months apart. • trimonthly n. A periodical publication that appears four times per year (every three months). • TRIMONTHLY adj. every three months. |