| AEROPLANKTON | • aeroplankton n. The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind. • AEROPLANKTON n. minute organisms carried in the air. |
| CANTANKEROUS | • cantankerous adj. Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby. • CANTANKEROUS adj. difficult or irritating to deal with. |
| COUNTERSINKS | • countersinks n. Plural of countersink. • countersinks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink. • COUNTERSINK v. to make a countersink on (a hole). |
| CRYOPLANKTON | • CRYOPLANKTON n. minute organisms, esp. algae, living in ice, snow, or icy water. |
| ENTEROKINASE | • enterokinase n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of… • ENTEROKINASE n. an enzyme esp. of the duodenal mucosa that activates trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin. |
| FORETHINKING | • forethinking v. Present participle of forethink. • FORETHINK v. to think beforehand. |
| FORETOKENING | • foretokening n. Indication in advance. • foretokening v. Present participle of foretoken. • FORETOKENING n. the act of foretokening. |
| HETEROKONTAN | • heterokontan adj. Belonging to the heterokonts. • HETEROKONTAN adj. of or like a heterokont, a kind of yellow-green alga. |
| INTERKNOTTED | • interknotted v. Simple past tense and past participle of interknot. • INTERKNOT v. to knot together. |
| INTERLOCKING | • interlocking v. Present participle of interlock. • interlocking n. (Rail transport) An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set… • INTERLOCK v. to lock or clasp together. |
| INTERWORKING | • interworking n. Interoperability. • INTERWORKING n. the act of working together. |
| MEROPLANKTON | • meroplankton n. (Biology) Any organism that spends part of its life-cycle (especially the larval stage) as plankton. • MEROPLANKTON n. plankton consisting of certain larvae that do not spend all their life as plankton. |
| MOONSTRICKEN | • moonstricken adj. Moonstruck. • MOONSTRICKEN adj. simpleminded, as if affected by the moon, also MOONSTRUCK. |
| NOMENKLATURA | • nomenklatura n. (Now historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union… • nomenklatura n. The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite. • NOMENKLATURA n. (Russian) officeholders and managers in a communist regime. |
| OUTRECKONING | • outreckoning v. Present participle of outreckon. • OUTRECKON v. to surpass in reckoning. |
| OVERSTINKING | • OVERSTINK v. (Shakespeare) to stink more than. |
| OVERTHINKING | • overthinking v. Present participle of overthink. • OVERTHINK v. to think to excess. |