CERASTIUMS | • cerastiums n. Plural of cerastium. • CERASTIUM n. any low ground-covering plant of the genus Cerastium, that includes the alpine mouse-ear chickweed. |
CONTRASTED | • contrasted v. Simple past tense and past participle of contrast. • contrasted adj. Set in contrast (of two or more things). • contrasted adj. Displaying or marked by contrast; contrasty. |
HYDRASTINE | • hydrastine n. (Organic chemistry) A natural alkaloid present in goldenseal. • HYDRASTINE n. a white poisonous alkaloid extracted from the roots of the goldenseal, which has been used in medicine to contract the uterus and arrest haemorrhage. |
INTRASTATE | • intrastate adj. Within a sovereign state or country. • intrastate adj. (US) Within a state. • intrastate n. (US) A highway completely within a state (not an interstate). |
METAPHRAST | • metaphrast n. A person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose. • METAPHRAST n. one who produces a metaphrase. |
PAEDERASTS | • paederasts n. Plural of paederast. • pæderasts n. Plural of pæderast. • PAEDERAST n. one who has anal sex with a boy, also PEDERAST. |
PAEDERASTY | • paederasty n. Alternative spelling of pederasty. • pæderasty n. Obsolete spelling of pederasty. • PAEDERASTY n. anal intercourse between a man and a boy, also PEDERASTY. |
PARAPHRAST | • paraphrast n. (Rare) someone who paraphrases. • PARAPHRAST n. a paraphraser. |
PARASTATAL | • parastatal n. (Chiefly Africa) A company, agency, or intergovernmental organization that possesses political clout… • parastatal adj. Pertaining to such a company or group. • PARASTATAL adj. indirectly controlled by the state. |
PARASTICHY | • parastichy n. (Botany) A secondary spiral of leaves or florets. • PARASTICHY n. a secondary helix joining leaf-bases on an axis, visible where the leaves are crowded together, e.g. the scales of a pine cone. |
PEDERASTIC | • pederastic adj. Relating to a man’s erotic love for adolescent boys. • pederastic adj. In a manner which suggests pederasty. • PEDERASTIC adj. of or pertaining to pederasty, also PAEDERASTIC. |
RASTAFARIS | • RASTAFARI n. a member of a West Indian cult which rejects western ideas and regards the Emperor Haile Selassie as divine. |
RASTERISED | • rasterised v. Simple past tense and past participle of rasterise. • RASTERISE v. to convert an image into raster form, also RASTERIZE. |
RASTERISES | • rasterises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rasterise. • RASTERISE v. to convert an image into raster form, also RASTERIZE. |
RASTERIZED | • rasterized v. Simple past tense and past participle of rasterize. • RASTERIZE v. to convert an image into raster form, also RASTERISE. |
RASTERIZER | • rasterizer n. A computer program that performs rasterization. |
RASTERIZES | • rasterizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rasterize. • RASTERIZE v. to convert an image into raster form, also RASTERISE. |
SPIRASTERS | • spirasters n. Plural of spiraster. • SPIRASTER n. a coiled sponge spicule with radiating spines. |
TETRASTICH | • tetrastich n. (Prosody) A four-line stanza. • TETRASTICH n. a stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or lines. |
TETRASTYLE | • tetrastyle n. (Architecture) A building (especially a portico) that has four columns. • TETRASTYLE n. a building with four columns. |