| ANNIVERSARY | • anniversary n. A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often… • anniversary n. (Loosely) A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially… • ANNIVERSARY n. the annual recurrence of a date marking a notable event. |
| CONCURRENCY | • concurrency n. The property or an instance of being concurrent; something that happens at the same time as something else. • concurrency n. (Computer science, by extension) A property of systems where several processes execute at the same time. • concurrency n. (Transport, civil engineering) A stretch of road that is shared between two or more numbered or named routes. |
| CONTRARYING | • contrarying v. Present participle of contrary. • CONTRARY v. to oppose, contradict. |
| INTERLUNARY | • interlunary adj. Alternative form of interlunar. • INTERLUNARY adj. pertaining to the period between the old and new moon, also INTERLUNAR. |
| IRONMONGERY | • ironmongery n. (Dated, Britain, uncountable) Tools and other hardware that can be bought in an ironmonger’s shop. • ironmongery n. (Britain, uncountable) The trade of an ironmonger. • ironmongery n. (Britain, countable) An ironmonger’s shop. |
| LINGONBERRY | • lingonberry n. A berry-bearing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere. • lingonberry n. The berry of this shrub. • LINGONBERRY n. the cowberry or red whortleberry, esp. as used in Scandinavian cookery, also LINGBERRY. |
| NONLITERARY | • nonliterary adj. Not literary. • NONLITERARY adj. not literary. |
| REFRINGENCY | • refringency n. The power of a substance to refract a ray. • REFRINGENCY n. refractivity, also REFRINGENCE. |
| SYNCHROTRON | • synchrotron n. (Physics) A form of cyclotron in which charged particles are accelerated by an electric field that is… • SYNCHROTRON n. a type of very high-energy particle accelerator. |
| TRANSLUNARY | • translunary adj. Situated beyond or above the moon; superlunary. • translunary adj. Celestial, rather than earthly. • translunary adj. Ideal; visionary. |
| TYRANNISERS | • tyrannisers n. Plural of tyranniser. • TYRANNISER n. one who tyrannises, also TYRANNIZER. |
| TYRANNIZERS | • tyrannizers n. Plural of tyrannizer. • TYRANNIZER n. one who tyrannizes, also TYRANNISER. |
| TYRANNOSAUR | • tyrannosaur n. Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during… • TYRANNOSAUR n. a large carnivorous lizard-hipped dinosaur, common during the Cretaceous period, also TYRANNOSAURUS. |
| UNMERCENARY | • unmercenary adj. Not mercenary. • unmercenary n. A saint who performed good deeds without accepting payment. • UNMERCENARY adj. not mercenary. |
| WARRANTYING | • warrantying v. Present participle of warranty. • WARRANTY v. to guarantee. |