ANTIWORLD | • antiworld n. (Astrophysics) A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter. • ANTIWORLD n. a hypothetical world composed of antimatter. |
DECONTROL | • decontrol v. To remove controls. • decontrol n. The removal of controls. • DECONTROL v. to remove (esp. official) control from. |
DOCTRINAL | • doctrinal adj. Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine. • doctrinal adj. (Obsolete) Didactic. • doctrinal n. A matter of doctrine, or system of doctrines. |
INTERFOLD | • interfold v. (Transitive, intransitive) To fold one into another; fold together. • INTERFOLD v. to fold together or within each other. |
LANDDROST | • landdrost n. (Now historical) A type of magistrate in South Africa, abolished under the British in 1827. • LANDDROST n. (South African) in South Africa, a district magistrate or sheriff, also LANDDROS. |
MORDANTLY | • mordantly adv. In a mordant manner; incisively, sharply. • MORDANT adv. biting. |
NORTHLAND | • northland n. A land that lies to the north. • Northland prop.n. A region in the far north of the North Island, New Zealand. • NORTHLAND n. the northern part of a country. |
OROTUNDLY | • orotundly adv. In an orotund manner. • OROTUND adv. marked by fullness and clarity of sound; pompous. |
OUTLANDER | • outlander n. A foreigner or alien. • outlander n. A stranger or outsider. • OUTLANDER n. a foreigner, also UITLANDER. |
PORTLANDS | • portlands n. Plural of portland. • PORTLAND n. a kind of cement, having the color of the Portland stone. |
RODENTIAL | • rodential adj. Characteristic of a rodent. • RODENTIAL adj. relating to Rodentia, the order containing rodents. |
RONDELETS | • rondelets n. Plural of rondelet. • RONDELET n. (French) a short 5 or 7-line rondeau with one refrain per stanza. |
ROUNDLETS | • roundlets n. Plural of roundlet. • ROUNDLET n. a small circle. |
STRODLING | • STRODLE v. (dialect) to stand astride something, also STRADDLE, STRIDDLE, STRODDLE. |
TRAINLOAD | • trainload n. (Rail transport) The amount that can be transported by a train. • trainload n. (By extension) A large amount. • TRAINLOAD n. what a train can carry. |
UNDERPLOT | • underplot n. A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story. • underplot n. A secret scheme or trick. • UNDERPLOT n. a series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. |
UNDULATOR | • undulator n. (Physics) A periodic structure of dipole magnets that generates a low-energy collimated beam of radiation. • UNDULATOR n. one that undulates. |