| ARTHROSIS | • arthrosis n. Any articulation or joint between bones. • arthrosis n. (Pathology) Any degenerative disease of such a joint e.g. osteoarthritis. • ARTHROSIS n. a degenerative, noninflammatory, disease of the joints. |
| CHORISTER | • chorister n. A singer in a choir. • chorister n. A director or leader of a choral group. • CHORISTER n. a member of a choir, also CHORALIST, CHORIST, QUIRISTER. |
| HERBORIST | • herborist n. (Dated) A herbalist. • HERBORIST n. a herbalist. |
| HORRIDEST | • horridest adj. Superlative form of horrid: most horrid. • HORRID adj. nasty, repellent. |
| HYGRISTOR | • hygristor n. A humidity sensor that works by measuring electrical resistance. • HYGRISTOR n. an electronic component whose resistance varies with humidity. |
| OVERSHIRT | • overshirt n. A shirt intended to be worn over other clothes. • OVERSHIRT n. a shirt worn over another shirt without being tucked in. |
| RHETORICS | • rhetorics n. Plural of rhetoric. • RHETORIC n. the study of effective speech and writing. |
| RHETORISE | • rhetorise v. Alternative form of rhetorize. • RHETORISE v. (obsolete) to use rhetorical language. |
| SHORTHAIR | • shorthair n. Any of several breeds of domestic cat with relatively short hair, slender body and large head. • SHORTHAIR n. a breed of domestic cat with a short thick coat. |
| SHOTFIRER | • shotfirer n. (Mining) A person employed to prepare, position and detonate explosives to demolish buildings and structures… • SHOTFIRER n. the mining worker who fires the blasting charges. |
| THEORISER | • theoriser n. Alternative form of theorizer. • THEORISER n. one who theorises, also THEORIZER. |
| THYRISTOR | • thyristor n. (Electronics) A semiconductor diode having an extra "gate" terminal to switch it on. • THYRISTOR n. a thyratron-like solid-state semiconductor device. |
| TORCHIERS | • torchiers n. Plural of torchier. • TORCHIER n. (French) a floor lamp with bowl for reflecting light upwards, also TORCHIERE. |
| TRICHORDS | • trichords n. Plural of trichord. • TRICHORD n. an instrument, such as a lyre or harp, having three strings. |
| TRIMORPHS | • trimorphs n. Plural of trimorph. • TRIMORPH n. a substance existing in three forms. |