ALLOPATHIST | • allopathist n. A practitioner of allopathy. • ALLOPATHIST n. one who practises allopathy, orthodox medical treatment, also ALLOPATH. |
ANTHOTAXIES | • anthotaxies n. Plural of anthotaxy. • ANTHOTAXY n. the arrangement of flowers on a stem or parts on a flower. |
ANTICATHODE | • anticathode n. (Electrochemistry) The opposite of a cathode, an anode. • anticathode n. (Electronics) The target at which electrons from the cathode in a CRT or x-ray tube are directed. • ANTICATHODE n. the target of an X-ray tube, on which the cathode rays are focused and from which X-rays are emitted. |
BODHISATTVA | • bodhisattva n. (Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge;… • bodhisattva n. (Buddhism) An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical… • BODHISATTVA n. one who gives up Nirvana out of compassion for others, also BODDHISATTVA. |
CATHOLICATE | • catholicate n. (Rare) The jurisdiction of an Armenian catholicos. • CATHOLICATE n. the jurisdiction of a catholicos. |
COHABITANTS | • cohabitants n. Plural of cohabitant. • COHABITANT n. one who dwells with another, or in the same place or country. |
HABILITATOR | • habilitator n. (US, obsolete) One who supplies money to work a mine. • HABILITATOR n. one who habilitates. |
HABITATIONS | • habitations n. Plural of habitation. • HABITATION n. the act of inhabiting. |
HABITUATION | • habituation n. The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated. • habituation n. (Psychology) The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious… • HABITUATION n. the process of habituating. |
HAEMATOCRIT | • haematocrit n. (British spelling, physiology) Alternative spelling of hematocrit. • HAEMATOCRIT n. a graduated capillary tube in which the blood is centrifuged, to determine the ratio, by volume, of blood cells to plasma, also HEMATOCRIT. |
HAEMOSTATIC | • haemostatic adj. (British spelling) That promotes haemostasis. • haemostatic n. Alternative form of hemostatic. • hæmostatic adj. That suspends hemorrhages. |
HETEROTAXIA | • heterotaxia n. Heterotaxis. • HETEROTAXIA n. the abnormal disposition of organs or parts, also HETEROTAXY. |
KOTAHITANGA | • KOTAHITANGA n. (Maori) unity or solidarity. |
METHANATION | • methanation n. (Organic chemistry) The reaction of hydrogen and carbon monoxide to form methane. • METHANATION n. the production of methane esp. from carbon monoxide and hydrogen. |
PHANTOMATIC | • phantomatic adj. (Obsolete) phantasmal. • PHANTOMATIC adj. (archaic) relating to a phantom. |
THANATOPSIS | • thanatopsis n. Contemplation of death. • THANATOPSIS n. a meditation upon death. |
THIOCYANATE | • thiocyanate n. (Chemistry) any salt or ester of thiocyanic acid; or the -SCN radical or the SCN-1 anion. • THIOCYANATE n. a salt of thiocyanic acid. |
XANTHATIONS | • xanthations n. Plural of xanthation. • XANTHATION n. the formation of a xanthate, a salt of xanthic acid. |