| BUTTONHOLERS | • buttonholers n. Plural of buttonholer. • BUTTONHOLER n. a person or sewing-machine attachment that makes buttonholes. |
| CONSULTATORY | • consultatory adj. Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory. • CONSULTATORY adj. of the nature of consultation. |
| COUNTERPLOTS | • counterplots n. Plural of counterplot. • COUNTERPLOT v. to intrigue against. |
| ELECTROTONUS | • electrotonus n. (Biology) The variation of the excitability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle as an electric current… • ELECTROTONUS n. excitability and conductivity in a nerve. |
| EXPOSTULATOR | • expostulator n. One who expostulates. • EXPOSTULATOR n. one who expostulates. |
| FORTUITOUSLY | • fortuitously adv. In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally. • fortuitously adv. (Sometimes proscribed) In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by a lucky chance; luckily; fortunately. • FORTUITOUS adv. occurring by chance. |
| FUTUROLOGIST | • futurologist n. A person who practices futurology. • FUTUROLOGIST n. a student of futurology. |
| GUTTERBLOODS | • gutterbloods n. Plural of gutterblood. • GUTTERBLOOD n. (Scots) a lowborn person. |
| LITHOLATROUS | • litholatrous adj. Stone-worshipping. • LITHOLATROUS adj. engaging in litholatry, the worship of stones. |
| LUTEOTROPINS | • luteotropins n. Plural of luteotropin. • LUTEOTROPIN n. another name for the hormone prolactin, also LUTEOTROPHIN. |
| PORTENTOUSLY | • portentously adv. In an ominous manner. • portentously adv. In a pompous manner. • PORTENTOUS adv. of, relating to, or constituting a portent. |
| SALTATORIOUS | • saltatorious adj. (Archaic) saltatory. • SALTATORIOUS adj. of or for saltation, also SALTATORY. |
| STERTOROUSLY | • stertorously adv. With heavy breathing, as if snoring; in a stertorous manner. • STERTOROUS adv. with a snoring sound. |
| TELEUTOSPORE | • teleutospore n. (Botany) The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order Uredinales), produced in late summer. • TELEUTOSPORE n. a thick-walled winter spore of the rust fungi, producing a promycelium on germination. |
| TRAITOROUSLY | • traitorously adv. In a traitorous manner; treacherously. • TRAITOROUS adv. guilty or capable of treason. |
| TROUBLESHOOT | • troubleshoot v. (Transitive, intransitive) To analyze or diagnose (a problem, or something faulty) to the point of determining… • TROUBLESHOOT v. to solve problems. |
| VOLUNTOURIST | • voluntourist n. A tourist who takes part in voluntourism. |