| AUTOCEPHALOUS | • autocephalous adj. (Christianity, of a church) Fully independent of the authority of any other church. • autocephalous adj. (Christianity, of a bishop) Presiding over an autocephalous church. • autocephalous adj. (Comparable) Independent; self-directed. |
| AUTOCHTHONOUS | • autochthonous adj. Native to the place where found; indigenous. • autochthonous adj. (Biology, medicine) Originating where found; found where it originates. • autochthonous adj. (Geology) Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance… |
| COUNTERTHRUST | • counterthrust n. A thrust made against another; a counterblow. • COUNTERTHRUST n. a thrust to counter another thrust. |
| COUNTINGHOUSE | • countinghouse n. (Dated) An office used by a business to house its accounts department. • counting-house n. Alternative form of countinghouse. • counting␣house n. Alternative form of countinghouse. |
| CUSTOMSHOUSES | • customshouses n. Plural of customshouse. • customs␣houses n. Plural of customs house. • CUSTOMSHOUSE n. an office or residence for customs officials, also CUSTOMHOUSE. |
| DOUGHNUTTINGS | • DOUGHNUTTING n. the act of surrounding a speaker to give the impression of a packed house. |
| HORTICULTURES | • horticultures n. Plural of horticulture. • HORTICULTURE n. the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. |
| HYPERCAUTIOUS | • hypercautious adj. Especially or unreasonably cautious. • HYPERCAUTIOUS adj. excessively cautious. |
| ICHTHYOSAURUS | • ichthyosaurus n. (Archaic) Alternative form of ichthyosaur. • ichthyosaurus n. Any members of the genus Ichthyosaurus. • Ichthyosaurus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Ichthyosauridae – large, extinct marine reptiles. |
| KURCHATOVIUMS | • KURCHATOVIUM n. a former name for rutherfordium, an artificially produced radioactive transuranic element. |
| SAUROGNATHOUS | • saurognathous adj. (Zoology) having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral… • SAUROGNATHOUS adj. having a lizard-like arrangement of the palate-bones (as e.g. woodpeckers). |
| SULPHURATIONS | • sulphurations n. Plural of sulphuration. • SULPHURATION n. the act of sulphurating, also SULFURATION. |
| TAUROMORPHOUS | • tauromorphous adj. Bull-shaped. • TAUROMORPHOUS adj. bull-shaped. |
| TAUTOCHRONOUS | • tautochronous adj. Occupying the same time. • tautochronous adj. (Mathematics) Relating to, or having the properties of, a tautochrone. • TAUTOCHRONOUS adj. lasting the same amount of time. |
| THIOSULPHURIC | • thiosulphuric adj. (Inorganic chemistry, chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of thiosulfuric. • THIOSULPHURIC adj. as in thiosulphuric acid, sulphuric acid in which one atom of oxygen is replaced by sulphur. |
| THUNDERCLOUDS | • thunderclouds n. Plural of thundercloud. • thunder␣clouds n. Plural of thunder cloud. • THUNDERCLOUD n. a cloud charged with electricity and producing lightning and thunder. |
| UNCOUTHNESSES | • uncouthnesses n. Plural of uncouthness. • UNCOUTHNESS n. the state of being uncouth. |
| UNRIGHTEOUSLY | • unrighteously adv. In an unrighteous manner. • UNRIGHTEOUS adv. not righteous. |
| UNTRUSTWORTHY | • untrustworthy adj. Not deserving of trust; unreliable. • UNTRUSTWORTHY adj. not trustworthy. |
| UPRIGHTEOUSLY | • uprighteously adv. In an uprighteous or just manner. • UPRIGHTEOUSLY adv. (Shakespeare) with moral right. |