ANACHRONISM | • anachronism n. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. • anachronism n. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. • anachronism n. The aberrant projection of the present onto the past. |
ANCHORWOMAN | • anchorwoman n. A female anchorperson. • anchorwoman n. (Athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last. • ANCHORWOMAN n. a female anchorman. |
ANCHORWOMEN | • anchorwomen n. Plural of anchorwoman. • ANCHORWOMAN n. a female anchorman. |
ANTHOMANIAC | • anthomaniac n. Someone who has anthomania. • ANTHOMANIAC n. one suffering from anthomania, an obsession with flowers. |
CHAMPIGNONS | • champignons n. Plural of champignon. • CHAMPIGNON n. (French) an edible species of mushroom. |
CHAMPIONING | • championing v. Present participle of champion. • championing n. The act of one who champions something; fervent support. • CHAMPION v. to defend or support. |
CHROMINANCE | • chrominance n. The signal used in video systems to convey the picture’s colour information, separately from the accompanying… • CHROMINANCE n. the difference between a color and a chosen reference color of the same luminous intensity in color television. |
COENENCHYMA | • coenenchyma n. Coenenchym. • COENENCHYMA n. gelatinous material uniting the polyps of an anthozoan colony. |
ENCHONDROMA | • enchondroma n. (Medicine, pathology) A cartilage cyst found in the bone marrow. • ENCHONDROMA n. an abnormal cartilaginous growth. |
HAEMOCYANIN | • haemocyanin n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemocyanin. • HAEMOCYANIN n. an oxygen-carrying pigment in arachnids, equivalent to haemoglobin in mammals. |
HARMONICONS | • harmonicons n. Plural of harmonicon. • HARMONICON n. a harmonica, also ARMONICA, HARMONICA. |
HEMOCYANINS | • hemocyanins n. Plural of hemocyanin. • HEMOCYANIN n. a colourless copper-containing respiratory pigment in the circulatory fluid of various arthropods and mollusks, also HAEMOCYANIN. |
MACHINATION | • machination n. A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes. • machination n. The act of machinating or plotting. • MACHINATION n. an act of machinating. |
NANOMACHINE | • nanomachine n. Any mechanical device, manufactured using nanotechnology, having a scale measured in nanometres. • nanomachine v. To machine with tolerances measured in nanometres. |
NONCHEMICAL | • nonchemical adj. Not chemical. • nonchemical n. A substance that is not a chemical. • NONCHEMICAL adj. not chemical. |
NONEMPHATIC | • nonemphatic adj. Not emphatic. • NONEMPHATIC adj. not emphatic. |
NONHARMONIC | • nonharmonic adj. Not harmonic. • NONHARMONIC adj. not harmonic. |
ONYCHOMANCY | • onychomancy n. An ancient form of divination based on the reflections of sunlight on a boy’s fingernails. • ONYCHOMANCY n. divination by studying the fingernails. |
TECHNOMANIA | • technomania n. (Informal) Enthusiasm for modern technology. • TECHNOMANIA n. an obsession with technology. |