| BUCENTAUR | • bucentaur n. A supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man. • bucentaur n. A Venetian barge modelled on the state barge (called Bucentaur) used annually on Ascension Day in the… • BUCENTAUR n. (Italian) a state barge of Venice from which the Doge dropped a ring into the sea. |
| CENTAUREA | • centaurea n. Alternative spelling of centaury. • Centaurea prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – thistle-like flowering plants, called knapweeds, starthistles… • CENTAUREA n. a large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle. |
| CENTAURIC | • CENTAURIC adj. integrating mind and body. |
| MISTAUGHT | • mistaught v. Simple past tense and past participle of misteach. • MISTEACH v. to teach wrongly or badly. |
| PETAURINE | • petaurine adj. (Zoology) Relating to the possum family Petauridae. • PETAURINE n. the flying phalanger. |
| PETAURIST | • petaurist n. (Zoology) Any flying marsupial of the order Phalangeriformes, such as those in genera Petaurista, Phalanger… • PETAURIST n. a flying phalanger. |
| SEMITAURS | • semitaurs n. Plural of semitaur. • SEMITAUR n. (obsolete) a curved oriental sword, also CEMITARE, SCIMITAR, SCIMETAR, SCIMITER, SEMITAR, SIMITAR, SYMITAR, SYMITARE. |
| STAUMRELS | • STAUMREL n. a dolt. |
| STAUNCHED | • staunched v. Simple past tense and past participle of staunch. • STAUNCH v. to stop the flowing of, as blood, also STANCH. |
| STAUNCHER | • stauncher adj. Comparative form of staunch: more staunch. • stauncher n. One who or that which staunches. • STAUNCHER n. something or someone that staunches. |
| STAUNCHES | • staunches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of staunch. • STAUNCH v. to stop the flowing of, as blood, also STANCH. |
| STAUNCHLY | • staunchly adv. In a staunch manner. • STAUNCH adv. firm, steadfast, also STANCH. |
| TAUNTINGS | • tauntings n. Plural of taunting. • TAUNTING n. the act of taunting. |
| TAURIFORM | • tauriform adj. Having the form of a bull. • TAURIFORM adj. having the form of a bull. |
| TAUTENING | • tautening v. Present participle of tauten. • tautening n. The act of making something taut. • TAUTEN v. to make taut. |
| TAUTOLOGY | • tautology n. (Uncountable) Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition. • tautology n. (Countable) An expression that features tautology. • tautology n. (Countable, logic, propositional logic) A statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables. |
| TAUTOMERS | • tautomers n. Plural of tautomer. • TAUTOMER n. a type of chemical compound. |
| TAUTONYMS | • tautonyms n. Plural of tautonym. • TAUTONYM n. a taxonomic name in which the specific name repeats the generic. |
| TAUTONYMY | • tautonymy n. The use of a binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison. • TAUTONYMY n. the practice of using a specific name the same as the generic name. |