CARBOFURAN | • carbofuran n. (Chemistry) A highly toxic carbamate pesticide used on field crops. |
CONFABULAR | • confabular adj. Of or pertaining to confabulation. • CONFABULAR adj. relating to confabulation, the fabrication of past experiences, either consciously or unconsciously to make up for loss of memory. |
FEARNAUGHT | • fearnaught n. A fearless person. • fearnaught n. A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnought. • fearnaught n. (By extension) A warm garment, especially one made of this cloth. |
FRICANDEAU | • fricandeau n. Thinly sliced meat, especially veal, fried or stewed with a sauce; a fricassee. • FRICANDEAU n. (French) a thick slice of veal or similar meat, also FRICANDO. |
FRUITARIAN | • fruitarian n. A variant of vegetarian who intends to be limited to eating only such parts of plants whose consumption… • FRUITARIAN n. a person who lives on fruit. |
HAUSFRAUEN | • hausfrauen n. Plural of hausfrau. • Hausfrauen n. Plural of Hausfrau. • HAUSFRAU n. (German) housewife. |
INFRAHUMAN | • infrahuman adj. Below the level of the human. • infrahuman n. (Psychology) A creature that is not (yet) at the level of understanding of a human being, such as a… • INFRAHUMAN adj. less or lower than human. |
LANGLAUFER | • langlaufer n. One who takes part in langlauf, or cross-country skiing. • LANGLAUFER n. a cross-country skier. |
MACROFAUNA | • macrofauna n. Any large animal that is not quite large enough to be considered megafauna, but larger than microfauna… • MACROFAUNA n. animals visible to the naked eye. |
MICROFAUNA | • microfauna n. The smallest of the faunal size divisions, including mainly microorganisms but also sometimes applied… • MICROFAUNA n. very small animals. |
RAGAMUFFIN | • ragamuffin n. A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin. • ragamuffin n. A breed of domestic cat which is an offshoot from the Ragdoll. • Ragamuffin n. A domestic cat of a particular heavy, muscular, short-necked breed. |
SUFFRAGANS | • suffragans n. Plural of suffragan. • SUFFRAGAN n. an assistant bishop; any bishop in relation to his metropolitan. |
SURFACEMAN | • surfaceman n. (Mining) A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground. • surfaceman n. (Scotland) A platelayer; one who maintains a railway track. • SURFACEMAN n. a workman who keeps a railway bed in repair. |
SURFACTANT | • surfactant n. (Chemistry) A surface-active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid;… • surfactant n. (Biochemistry) A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more… • SURFACTANT n. a substance which reduces surface tension. |
UNFAMILIAR | • unfamiliar adj. Strange, not familiar. • unfamiliar n. An unfamiliar person; a stranger. • UNFAMILIAR adj. not familiar. |