| CAPITAN | • capitan n. (Historical) Captain (in Spanish-speaking contexts). • CAPITAN n. (historical) the chief admiral of the Turkish fleet. |
| CAPSTAN | • capstan n. (Nautical) A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, used to apply force to ropes… • capstan n. (Electronics) A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder. • CAPSTAN n. an upright device for winding in heavy ropes or cables. |
| FRUCTAN | • fructan n. (Biochemistry) Any homopolysaccharide composed of fructose residues. • FRUCTAN n. a type of polymer of fructose, present in certain fruits. |
| HABITAN | • habitan n. Obsolete form of habitant. • HABITAN n. (French) a French native of Louisiana or Carolina, also HABITANT. |
| PURITAN | • puritan n. (Often disapproving) A puritanical person. • puritan adj. (Often disapproving) Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty)… • Puritan n. A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety. |
| QUARTAN | • quartan n. (Medicine, historical) A fever whose symptoms recur every four days. • quartan adj. (Medicine) Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms. • QUARTAN n. (Latin) a malarial fever recurring every third day. |
| QUINTAN | • quintan adj. (Of a fever) Recurring every fifth day. • quintan n. A fever that recurs every fifth day. • QUINTAN n. a malarial fever recurring every fifth day. |
| SHAITAN | • shaitan n. (Islam) A demon; a devil. • shaitan n. (India, archaic) A dust storm. • Shaitan prop.n. (Islam) Iblis, Satan. |
| SHEITAN | • SHEITAN n. (Arabic) an evil spirit, also SHAITAN. |
| SPARTAN | • spartan adj. Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial. • spartan adj. Resolute in the face of danger or adversity. • spartan adj. Lacking in decoration and luxury. |
| TRIPTAN | • triptan n. Any of a family of tryptamine-based drugs used as abortive medication in the treatment of migraine and… • TRIPTAN n. a drug for treating migraine attacks. |