AGELASTIC | • agelastic adj. Not jovial; never laughing. • AGELASTIC adj. never laughing. |
ANGLICIST | • Anglicist n. Expert on English studies. • ANGLICIST n. a person with a scholarly knowledge of the English language, also ANGLIST. |
ANTALGICS | • antalgics n. Plural of antalgic. • ANTALGIC n. a medicine which relieves pain. |
CASTLINGS | • castlings n. Plural of castling. • CASTLING n. a type of move in chess. |
CLAGGIEST | • claggiest adj. Superlative form of claggy: most claggy. • CLAGGY adj. sticky. |
COLLAGIST | • collagist adj. In the manner of a collage, or of the making of a collage. • collagist n. One who makes collages, or who has made a specific collage. • COLLAGIST n. one who makes collages. |
COSTALGIA | • costalgia n. Pain in the ribs, or the costal muscles. • COSTALGIA n. pain around the chest due to damage to a rib or nerve running below a rib. |
FLAGSTICK | • flagstick n. (Golf) The pole which marks the location of a hole. • FLAGSTICK n. a pole for displaying a flag, also FLAGPOLE, FLAGSTAFF. |
GALACTOSE | • galactose n. (Biochemistry) A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by… • GALACTOSE n. a sugar obtained by hydrolysis from lactose. |
GLACIATES | • glaciates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glaciate. • GLACIATE v. to cover with glaciers. |
GNOSTICAL | • gnostical adj. Synonym of gnostic. • GNOSTICAL adj. having knowledge, also GNOSTIC. |
LICHGATES | • lichgates n. Plural of lichgate. • LICHGATE n. a roofed churchyard gate, also LYCHGATE. |
LYCHGATES | • lychgates n. Plural of lychgate (alternative form of lych-gates). • lych-gates n. Plural of lych-gate. • LYCHGATE n. the roofed gate of a churchyard, also LICHGATE. |
NOSTALGIC | • nostalgic adj. Of, having, or relating to nostalgia. • nostalgic n. A person who displays nostalgia for something. • NOSTALGIC adj. missing the past. |
OCTANGLES | • octangles n. Plural of octangle. • OCTANGLE n. an octagon. |
SCANTLING | • scantling n. (Chiefly in the plural) The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used… • scantling n. (Archaic) A small portion, a scant amount. • scantling n. A small, upright beam of timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square. |
SCATOLOGY | • scatology n. The scientific study or chemical analysis of faeces. • scatology n. A filthy epithet. • scatology n. (Psychology, medicine) Interest in or obsession with faeces or other excrement. |
TACKLINGS | • tacklings n. Plural of tackling. • TACKLING n. equipment for a particular purpose. |