| ANESTROUS | • anestrous adj. Of, or pertaining to, anestrus. • anestrous adj. Not estrous. • ANESTROUS adj. relating to anestrus, a period of sexual inactivity between periods of estrus. |
| ANOESTRUS | • anoestrus n. Alternative spelling of anestrus. • anœstrus n. Obsolete form of anestrus. • ANOESTRUS n. (Greek) a period of sexual dormancy, also ANESTRUS. |
| BURSTONES | • burstones n. Plural of burstone. • BURSTONE n. a cellular, flinty rock, used for millstones, also BUHR, BUHRSTONE, BURRSTONE. |
| CONSTRUES | • construes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of construe. • CONSTRUE v. to analyse the grammatical construction of (a sentence). |
| MONSTROUS | • monstrous adj. Hideous or frightful. • monstrous adj. Enormously large. • monstrous adj. Freakish or grotesque. |
| OUTSCORNS | • outscorns v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outscorn. • OUTSCORN v. (Shakespeare) to surpass in scorning. |
| OUTSNORES | • outsnores v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsnore. • OUTSNORE v. to surpass in snoring. |
| RUBSTONES | • rubstones n. Plural of rubstone. • RUBSTONE n. a whetstone. |
| SOUTHERNS | • southerns n. Plural of southern. • SOUTHERN n. a southerner, also SOUTHRON. |
| SOUTHRONS | • southrons n. Plural of southron. • Southrons n. Plural of Southron. • SOUTHRON n. someone from the south, also SOUTHERN. |
| STENTOURS | • STENTOUR n. one who determines tax to be paid. |
| STRENUOUS | • strenuous adj. Having great vigour or energy; forceful. • strenuous adj. (Of a task) Requiring great exertion; very laborious. • STRENUOUS adj. requiring great exertion. |
| STROUPANS | • STROUPAN n. (Scots) a drink of tea, also STROUPACH. |
| STUBBORNS | • stubborns n. (Colloquial) stubbornness. • STUBBORN v. to be stubborn, persist. |
| STURGEONS | • sturgeons n. Plural of sturgeon. • Sturgeons prop.n. Plural of Sturgeon. • STURGEON n. a large fish of northern temperate waters. |
| SUNSTROKE | • sunstroke n. (Pathology) Heat stroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun’s rays. • SUNSTROKE n. a medical condition of general collapse caused by prolonged exposure to intense sunlight. |
| SURMOUNTS | • surmounts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of surmount. • SURMOUNT v. to get over or across. |
| TURNSOLES | • turnsoles n. Plural of turnsole. • TURNSOLE n. heliotrope; so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun. |