| AUSTENITE | • austenite n. A solid solution or carbon or ferric carbide in iron that exists in steel at high temperatures. • Austenite n. (Metallurgy) Alternative letter-case form of austenite. • Austenite n. A fan or admirer of Jane Austen; someone who studies the works of Jane Austen. |
| AUSTERELY | • austerely adv. In an austere manner. • AUSTERE adv. severe. |
| AUSTEREST | • austerest adj. Superlative form of austere: most austere. • AUSTERE adj. severe. |
| AUSTERITY | • austerity n. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. • austerity n. Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity. • austerity n. (Economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both. |
| AUSTRALES | • AUSTRAL n. (Latin) a unit of currency in Argentina. |
| AUSTRALIS | • AUSTRALIS adj. as in aurora australis, lights seen round the South Pole. |
| CAUSTICAL | • caustical adj. Archaic form of caustic. • CAUSTICAL adj. burning, also CAUSTIC. |
| CLAUSTRAL | • claustral adj. Of or pertaining to a cloister. • claustral adj. Having cloisters; cloistered. • claustral adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the claustrum of the brain. |
| CLAUSTRUM | • claustrum n. (Neuroanatomy) A thin, irregular sheet of grey matter underneath the inner part of the neocortex on… • CLAUSTRUM n. (Latin) a thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere of the brain of man. |
| ENCAUSTIC | • encaustic adj. (Art) Prepared by means of heat; burned in. • encaustic n. A wax-based paint that is fixed in place by heating. • encaustic n. A painting produced using this paint. |
| EXHAUSTED | • exhausted adj. Very tired; in a state of exhaustion. • exhausted adj. Depleted of resources. • exhausted adj. (Sciences, now historical) Emptied of contents, especially of air; that has been made into a vacuum. |
| EXHAUSTER | • exhauster n. One who exhausts or depletes. • exhauster n. (Automotive) Exhaust system. • EXHAUSTER n. one who, or that which, exhausts. |
| HAUSTELLA | • haustella n. Plural of haustellum. • HAUSTELLUM n. the sucking organ or proboscis of an insect or crustacean. |
| HAUSTORIA | • haustoria n. Plural of haustorium. • HAUSTORIUM n. (Latin) one of the sucker-like rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. |
| HOLOCAUST | • holocaust n. (Religion) An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes. • holocaust n. (By extension). • holocaust v. (Religion, also figuratively) To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned. |
| HYPOCAUST | • hypocaust n. An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath. • hypocaust n. An underfloor heating system, even without such an underfloor space or flue, as adapted for modern housing. • HYPOCAUST n. an ancient air chamber or series of chambers for heating rooms. |
| INHAUSTED | • inhausted v. Simple past tense and past participle of inhaust. • INHAUST v. to drink in. |
| PLAUSTRAL | • plaustral adj. (Obsolete) Of or relating to a wagon. • PLAUSTRAL adj. of or pertaining to a cart or wagon. |