| CHARIVARI | • charivari n. The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion. • charivari n. (By extension) Any loud, cacophonous noise or hubbub. • CHARIVARI n. (French) a cacophonous mock-serenade performed for a wedding. |
| DECEMVIRI | • decemviri n. Plural of decemvir. • DECEMVIR n. (Latin) one of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome. |
| DOLICHURI | • DOLICHURUS n. (Greek) a dactylic hexameter with a redundant syllable at the end. |
| ELEUTHERI | • ELEUTHERI n. (Greek) an invented secret society. |
| IMPRESARI | • impresari n. Plural of impresario. • IMPRESARIO n. an organizer, promoter, or manager of public entertainments, such as a ballet, opera, concert, or theater company. |
| KALAMKARI | • kalamkari n. A type of hand-printed cotton cloth from India. • KALAMKARI n. (Persian) a method of colouring and decorating by several dyeings or printings; a chintz fabric treated in this way. |
| MATAGOURI | • matagouri n. A thorny shrub endemic to New Zealand, taxonomic name Discaria toumatou. • MATAGOURI n. (Maori) a thorny bush of New Zealand, forming thickets in open country. |
| MOSASAURI | • MOSASAURUS n. a gigantic Cretaceous fossil pythonomorph reptile, also MOSASAUR. |
| PHOSPHORI | • phosphori n. Plural of phosphorus. • PHOSPHORUS n. a chemical element. |
| PIFFERARI | • pifferari n. Plural of pifferaro. • PIFFERARO n. (Italian) a piffero player. |
| POTPOURRI | • potpourri n. A collection of various things; an assortment, mixed bag or motley. • potpourri n. An anthology of miscellaneous prose. • potpourri n. (Music) A medley of songs or music. |
| RASTAFARI | • Rastafari prop.n. Rastafarianism. • RASTAFARI n. a member of a West Indian cult which rejects western ideas and regards the Emperor Haile Selassie as divine. |
| RHINOCERI | • rhinoceri n. (Nonstandard or humorous) plural of rhinoceros. • RHINOCEROS n. a large heavy ungulate mammal of the perissodactyl family Rhinocerotidae, also RHINOCEROT, RHINOCEROTE. |
| RICERCARI | • ricercari n. Plural of ricercare. • RICERCARE n. any of various contrapuntal instrumental forms esp. of the 16th and 17th centuries, also RICERCAR, RICERCATA. |
| TRIUMVIRI | • triumviri n. Plural of triumvir. • TRIUMVIR n. (Latin) one of a ruling body of three in ancient Rome. |
| UREDOSORI | • uredosori n. Plural of uredosorus. • UREDOSORUS n. a pustule producing and containing uredospores. |
| ZAMINDARI | • zamindari n. (Historical) In British India, a system used to collect revenues from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural… • zamindari n. (Historical) The office or jurisdiction of a zamindar. • zamindari n. (Historical) The land possessed by a zamindar. |
| ZEMINDARI | • zemindari n. Alternative form of zamindari. • ZEMINDARI n. (Hindi) the jurisdiction of a zemindar, also ZAMINDARI, ZAMINDARY, ZEMINDARY. |