COUNTERSHAFTS | • countershafts n. Plural of countershaft. • COUNTERSHAFT n. an intermediate shaft driven by the main shaft. |
HYSTERANTHOUS | • hysteranthous adj. (Botany) Having the leaves emerge after the flowers have opened. It typically refers to geophytes that… • HYSTERANTHOUS adj. having the leaves appearing after the flowers. |
IMPOSTHUMATES | • imposthumates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imposthumate. • IMPOSTHUMATE v. to form or inflict an abscess, also IMPOSTUMATE. |
NEUROPATHISTS | • neuropathists n. Plural of neuropathist. • NEUROPATHIST n. a specialist in nervous diseases. |
PENTASTICHOUS | • pentastichous adj. (Botany) Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks. • PENTASTICHOUS adj. arranged in five rows. |
POSTHOLOCAUST | • postholocaust adj. After the Holocaust. • POSTHOLOCAUST adj. following the Holocaust. |
POSTULANTSHIP | • POSTULANTSHIP n. the office of postulant. |
SANSCULOTTISH | • sansculottish adj. Alternative form of sans-culottish. • sans-culottish adj. Characteristic of the sans-culottes. • SANSCULOTTISH adj. like a sansculotte, an extreme radical republican in France. |
SOUTHEASTERLY | • southeasterly adj. Situated in, or pointing to, the southeast. • southeasterly adj. (Chiefly of a wind) coming from the southeast. • southeasterly n. A strong wind or storm from the southeast. |
SOUTHEASTWARD | • southeastward adj. In or toward the southeast. • southeastward adv. Toward the southeast. • SOUTHEASTWARD adv. in a southeasterly direction, also SOUTHEASTWARDS. |
SOUTHWESTWARD | • southwestward adj. In or toward the southwest. • southwestward adv. Toward the southwest. • SOUTHWESTWARD adv. in a southwesterly direction, also SOUTHWESTWARDS. |
SUBHASTATIONS | • subhastations n. Plural of subhastation. • SUBHASTATION n. (historical) sale by public auction. |
TETRASTICHOUS | • tetrastichous adj. (Botany) Arranged in four vertical rows. • TETRASTICHOUS adj. having four rows. |
THIOSULPHATES | • thiosulphates n. Plural of thiosulphate. • THIOSULPHATE n. any salt of thiosulphuric acid, also THIOSULFATE. |
WHATABOUTISMS | • whataboutisms n. Plural of whataboutism. • WHATABOUTISM n. (Of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly raising grievances from the past during negotiations. |