AKOLOUTHOSES | • AKOLOUTHOS n. (historical) the head of the Varangian guard of the Byzantine emperors, also ACOLOUTHOS, AKOLUTHOS. |
AUTORICKSHAW | • autorickshaw n. A motorized rickshaw of South Asia and East Asia, often available for hire in the manner of a taxi. • AUTORICKSHAW n. a light, three-wheeled vehicle powered by a motorcycle engine, used in India, etc. |
BACKCOURTMAN | • backcourtman n. (Basketball) A backcourt player. • BACKCOURTMAN n. a guard on a basketball team. |
BACKCOURTMEN | • backcourtmen n. Plural of backcourtman. • BACKCOURTMAN n. a guard on a basketball team. |
BREAKTHROUGH | • breakthrough adj. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle. • breakthrough adj. (Immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such… • breakthrough adj. (Medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment. |
CANTANKEROUS | • cantankerous adj. Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby. • CANTANKEROUS adj. difficult or irritating to deal with. |
COUNTERMARKS | • countermarks n. Plural of countermark. • COUNTERMARK n. an additional mark put on a bale of goods belonging to several merchants, so that it may not be opened except in the presence of all the owners. |
KATHAREVOUSA | • Katharevousa prop.n. A learned, archaising form of Modern Greek, based on Classical Greek and used for formal and official… • KATHAREVOUSA n. a formal archaizing written form of Modern Greek, based on Ancient Greek. |
KERATOGENOUS | • keratogenous adj. That produces horny tissue. • KERATOGENOUS adj. producing horn or keratin. |
KURCHATOVIUM | • kurchatovium n. (Physics) A rejected name for rutherfordium. • KURCHATOVIUM n. a former name for rutherfordium, an artificially produced radioactive transuranic element. |
MOCKUMENTARY | • mockumentary n. (Film) A film or television programme presented as if it were a documentary but that is not factual… • MOCKUMENTARY n. a spoof documentary. |
MOUNTEBANKED | • mountebanked v. Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank. • MOUNTEBANK v. to act as a mountebank. |
NOMENKLATURA | • nomenklatura n. (Now historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union… • nomenklatura n. The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite. • NOMENKLATURA n. (Russian) officeholders and managers in a communist regime. |
OUTSPARKLING | • outsparkling v. Present participle of outsparkle. • OUTSPARKLE v. to exceed in sparkling. |
SOUNDTRACKED | • soundtracked v. Simple past tense and past participle of soundtrack. • SOUNDTRACK v. to provide with a soundtrack. |
TROUBLEMAKER | • troublemaker n. One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately. • troublemaker n. A complainer. • trouble-maker n. Alternative spelling of troublemaker. |