CARROTIEST | • carrotiest adj. Superlative form of carroty: most carroty. • CARROTY adj. like or tasting of carrot. |
CHATTERIER | • CHATTERY adj. full of chatter. |
CLATTERIER | • CLATTERY adj. making a clatter. |
DISTRACTER | • distracter n. That which distracts, or serves as a distraction. • distracter n. Any of the incorrect answers in a multiple-choice question, serving to distract from the correct answer. • DISTRACTER n. one who distracts. |
HAIRCUTTER | • haircutter n. One who cuts hair; a barber or hairdresser. • haircutter n. Any of various mechanical or electrical devices used to cut hair. • HAIRCUTTER n. one who cuts hair. |
INTERTRACK | • intertrack adj. Between tracks (Of a railway, album of music, etc.). • intertrack adj. (Gambling, of a race) Having contenders entered by different racecourses. |
MERITOCRAT | • meritocrat n. An advocate of meritocracy. • meritocrat n. A person who has authority allegedly based on ability. • MERITOCRAT n. one who earns his position through merit. |
RETRACTILE | • retractile adj. That can be retracted (as a cat’s claws). • RETRACTILE adj. capable of retraction, like the claws of a cat. |
RETRACTING | • retracting v. Present participle of retract. • RETRACT v. to take back. |
RETRACTION | • retraction n. An act or instance of retracting. • retraction n. A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion… • retraction n. (Mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace. |
RETRACTIVE | • retractive n. That which retracts or withdraws. • retractive adj. Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction. • RETRACTIVE adj. serving to retract. |
SCATTERIER | • SCATTERY adj. dispersed; sparse. |
STRAICHTER | • straichter adj. Comparative form of straicht: more straicht. • straichter adv. Comparative form of straicht: more straicht. • STRAICHT adj. (Scots) straight, also STRAUCHT, STRAUGHT. |
TETRAMERIC | • tetrameric adj. Of or pertaining to a tetramer. • TETRAMERIC adj. of or like a tetramer, a polymer consisting of four identical isomers, also TETRAMERAL. |
TETRARCHIC | • tetrarchic adj. Relating to a tetrarchy. • TETRARCHIC adj. having four xylem strands, also TETRARCHICAL. |
TRACTRICES | • tractrices n. Plural of tractrix. • TRACTRIX n. a type of mathematical curve. |
TRIACONTER | • triaconter n. (Historical, Ancient Greece) A vessel with thirty banks of oars, or thirty ranks of rowers. • TRIACONTER n. (historical) a Greek galley with thirty oars. |
TRIFURCATE | • trifurcate adj. Forked, with three tines or points. • trifurcate v. To divide or fork into three channels or branches. • TRIFURCATE adj. divided into three forks. |