| AUTONOMISTS | • autonomists n. Plural of autonomist. • AUTONOMIST n. one who practises autonomy. |
| AUTOTOMISES | • autotomises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autotomise. • AUTOTOMISE v. to effect an autotomy, the reflex loss of part of the body to save the whole (in lizards, etc.), also AUTOTOMIZE. |
| ECOTOURISTS | • ecotourists n. Plural of ecotourist. • ECOTOURIST n. a tourist who visits areas of ecological interest (typically exotic and often threatened natural environments), esp. to help conservation efforts and observe wildlife. |
| METOESTROUS | • METOESTROUS adj. relating to the metoestrus, the period in the oestrous cycle following oestrus, characterized by lack of sexual activity, also METESTROUS. |
| OBSTRUCTORS | • obstructors n. Plural of obstructor. • OBSTRUCTOR n. one who obstructs, also OBSTRUCTER. |
| OUTSTATIONS | • outstations n. Plural of outstation. • OUTSTATION n. a remote or outlying station. |
| POSTULATORS | • postulators n. Plural of postulator. • POSTULATOR n. an official who presents case for canonization or beatification. |
| PROSCIUTTOS | • prosciuttos n. Plural of prosciutto. • PROSCIUTTO n. (Italian) aged, dry-cured Italian ham, ready to eat and usually sliced thin. |
| ROUSTABOUTS | • roustabouts n. Plural of roustabout. • ROUSTABOUT n. a casual or unskilled laborer, esp. on an oil rig, also ROUSEABOUT. |
| SCOTOMATOUS | • scotomatous adj. Of or relating to a scotoma. • SCOTOMATOUS adj. relating to scotoma. |
| SOLUTIONIST | • solutionist n. A solver of problems or puzzles. • SOLUTIONIST n. a solver, as of puzzles. |
| SOUTHERMOST | • southermost adj. Synonym of southernmost. • SOUTHERMOST adj. (obsolete) most southerly, also SOUTHERNMOST, SOUTHMOST. |
| STOCKROUTES | • STOCKROUTE n. in Australia and New Zealand, a right of way for travelling stock. |
| TOUCHSTONES | • touchstones n. Plural of touchstone. • Touchstones prop.n. Plural of Touchstone. • TOUCHSTONE n. a highly siliceous (usually black) stone or other stone for testing gold or silver by the colour of the mark each makes on it; (figurative) a criterion, a standard. |
| TROUTSTONES | • TROUTSTONE n. a coarse-grained basic igneous rock composed of feldspar speckled with olivine, aka troctolite. |
| ZOOTSUITERS | • zootsuiters n. Plural of zootsuiter. • zoot-suiters n. Plural of zoot-suiter. • ZOOTSUITER n. someone who wears a zoot suit. |