| ARISTA | • arista n. (Biology) One of the fibrils found on grains or fishes. • arista n. (Entomology) A bristle on the third segment of a fly’s antenna. • Arista prop.n. A surname. |
| AUTOPISTA | • autopista n. A controlled-access highway in various Spanish-speaking countries. • AUTOPISTA n. (Spanish) a motorway. |
| BALISTA | • balista n. Alternative form of ballista. • BALISTA n. (Latin) a Roman machine for throwing projectiles, also BALLISTA. |
| BALLISTA | • ballista n. (Weaponry, historical) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles. • BALLISTA n. (Latin) a Roman machine for throwing projectiles, also BALISTA. |
| BARISTA | • barista n. A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers. • BARISTA n. one who makes and serves coffee to the public. |
| CAMORRISTA | • Camorrista n. A member of the Camorra criminal organization. • CAMORRISTA n. a member of a camorra, also CAMORRIST. |
| CRISTA | • crista n. Any of the internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical… • crista n. A dental crest. • CRISTA n. (Latin) a ridge or fold resembling a crest. |
| FASCISTA | • FASCISTA n. (Italian) a supporter of fascism, also FASCIST. |
| FASHIONISTA | • fashionista n. A person who creates or promotes high fashion, i.e. a fashion designer or fashion editor. • fashionista n. A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends. • FASHIONISTA n. a follower or setter of fashion, also FASHIONIST. |
| FIDELISTA | • FIDELISTA n. a believer in the principles of Fidel Castro. |
| FRUGALISTA | • frugalista n. (Informal) A person (especially a woman) who is fashionable while being thrifty. • FRUGALISTA n. a person who tries to stay fashionably dressed on a budget. |
| GENISTA | • genista n. (Botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Genista. • Genista prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – broom. • GENISTA n. (Latin) a genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe. |
| RECESSIONISTA | • recessionista n. (Informal) Someone who can dress stylishly on a tight budget. • RECESSIONISTA n. a person whose clothes, whether cheap, secondhand, or suitably subdued, are considered appropriate to an economic downturn. |
| SACAHUISTA | • sacahuista n. Nolina microcarpa, a flowering plant in the asparagus family. • SACAHUISTA n. (Nahuatl) a bear grass that may cause poisoning in livestock, also SACAHUISTE. |
| SISTA | • sista n. (AAVE) Pronunciation spelling of sister. • SISTA n. an African-American woman. |
| TOURISTA | • TOURISTA n. (Spanish) intestinal sickness affecting a tourist in a foreign country, also TURISTA. |
| TURISTA | • TURISTA n. (Spanish) intestinal sickness affecting a tourist in a foreign country, also TOURISTA. |
| VEDUTISTA | • vedutista n. (Art) A landscape painter. • VEDUTISTA n. (Italian) a painter of vedute, panoramic views of towns. |
| VISTA | • vista n. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage. • vista n. A site offering such a view. • vista n. (Figuratively) A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination. |