ASSONANT | • assonant adj. (Prosody) Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds. • ASSONANT adj. corresponding in vowel sound, also ASSONANTAL. • ASSONANT n. a word or syllable that resembles another in sound. |
INSANEST | • insanest adj. Superlative form of insane: most insane. • INSANE adj. mentally unsound. |
INSTANTS | • instants n. Plural of instant. • INSTANT n. a very short period of time. |
NAISSANT | • naissant adj. (Heraldry) Having only its forepart shown, especially if because it is issuing from an ordinary or division… • NAISSANT adj. (French) of a heraldic charge, esp. an animal, issuing from the middle of a fess or other ordinary. |
NEATNESS | • neatness n. The state of being neat. • NEATNESS n. the state of being neat. |
NONPASTS | • NONPAST n. a verb form that lacks a past tense inflection. |
ONANISTS | • onanists n. Plural of onanist. • ONANIST n. one who practises onanism. |
PANNISTS | • pannists n. Plural of pannist. • PANNIST n. a person who plays a steel drum. |
SNAPTINS | • snap-tins n. Plural of snap-tin. • SNAPTIN n. (dialect) a container for food. |
STANINES | • stanines n. Plural of stanine. • STANINE n. a nine-point scale on which test scores can be grouped in descending order of achievement, first developed by the US Air Force. |
STANNELS | • stannels n. Plural of stannel. • STANNEL n. the kestrel, also STANDGALE, STANIEL, STANYEL. |
STANNOUS | • stannous adj. (Chemistry) Containing bivalent tin. • STANNOUS adj. of bivalent tin. |
STANNUMS | • STANNUM n. (Latin) the technical name of tin. |
UNSAINTS | • unsaints v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unsaint. • UNSAINT v. to divest of saintliness. |