ATTACKMAN | • attackman n. (Sports) A player in a position whose primary responsibility is offense. • ATTACKMAN n. a soldier or sportsman with attacking role. |
ATTACKMEN | • attackmen n. Plural of attackman. • ATTACKMAN n. a soldier or sportsman with attacking role. |
CATAMOUNT | • catamount n. (US) A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar or puma (Puma concolor). • catamount n. (Obsolete) Synonym of catamountain (“a leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus)”). • CATAMOUNT n. any of various large wild cats, applied esp. to the leopard, panther or ocelot, also CATAMOUNTAIN. |
CATCHMENT | • catchment n. (Often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water. • catchment n. A catchment area, or the people it serves. • catchment v. To divide into catchment areas. |
CATTLEMAN | • cattleman n. A man who raises or tends cattle. • CATTLEMAN n. one who raises cattle. |
CATTLEMEN | • cattlemen n. Plural of cattleman. • CATTLEMAN n. one who raises cattle. |
COMBATANT | • combatant n. A person engaged in combat, often armed. • combatant adj. Contending; disposed to contend. • combatant adj. Involving combat. |
COMPUTANT | • computant n. (Obsolete) A person employed to carry out computations. • COMPUTANT n. a person who calculates. |
EMITTANCE | • emittance n. The quantity of luminous flux emitted per unit area. • EMITTANCE n. the energy radiated by the surface of a body per unit area per second. |
ENACTMENT | • enactment n. The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted. • enactment n. (Law) A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body. • ENACTMENT n. the passing of a bill into law. |
EXACTMENT | • exactment n. The process of exacting something; exaction. • EXACTMENT n. exactness. |
HATCHMENT | • hatchment n. (Heraldry) An escutcheon of a deceased person, placed within a black lozenge and hung on a wall. • HATCHMENT n. a diamond-shaped escutcheon bearing a deceased person's arms. |
HUMECTANT | • humectant n. Any substance that promotes the retention of water, especially one used to keep a food product moist. • HUMECTANT adj. absorbing moisture. • HUMECTANT n. a substance that absorbs moisture. |
MACTATION | • mactation n. (Archaic) The act of killing a victim for sacrifice. • MACTATION n. the killing or slaughter esp. of a sacrificial victim. |
MANICOTTI | • manicotti n. Wide tubes of pasta filled with a savoury stuffing and baked in the oven. • MANICOTTI n. (Italian) tubular pasta shells stuffed with ricotta or a meat mixture. |
OMITTANCE | • omittance n. The act of omitting something; omission. • OMITTANCE n. (Shakespeare) omission. |