ATTOPHYSICS | • attophysics n. (Physics) The branch of physics concerned with dynamic processes that take place with a time resolution… • ATTOPHYSICS n. the branch of physics concerned with dynamic processes that take place with a time resolution of the order of quintillionths of a second. |
CHRYSOPHANS | • CHRYSOPHAN n. an old name for chrysarobin. |
CHRYSOPRASE | • chrysoprase n. (Mineralogy) A variety of light-green translucent quartz. • CHRYSOPRASE n. a green variety of chalcedony used as a gem. |
HYDROSPACES | • hydrospaces n. Plural of hydrospace. • HYDROSPACE n. the regions beneath the oceans' surface. |
ISOPACHYTES | • isopachytes n. Plural of isopachyte. • ISOPACHYTE n. a line connecting points of equal thickness of geological strata. |
NANOPHYSICS | • nanophysics n. Nanoscale physics. • NANOPHYSICS n. physics on an atomic and molecular scale. |
PHYSIOCRATS | • physiocrats n. Plural of physiocrat. • PHYSIOCRAT n. one of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order. |
PLAYSCHOOLS | • playschools n. Plural of playschool. • PLAYSCHOOL n. a nursery school or playgroup. |
PSYCHOGASES | • PSYCHOGAS n. a gas which makes a person's performance deteriorate very seriously without his being aware of it. |
PSYCHOGRAMS | • psychograms n. Plural of psychogram. • PSYCHOGRAM n. writing supposedly produced under influence of spirits. |
PSYCHOPATHS | • psychopaths n. Plural of psychopath. • PSYCHOPATH n. a mentally ill or unstable person. |
SCHOOLYARDS | • schoolyards n. Plural of schoolyard. • SCHOOLYARD n. the grounds of a school, especially as a place for children to play. |
SCYPHISTOMA | • scyphistoma n. (Zoology) The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian. • SCYPHISTOMA n. the fixed polypoid stage in the life cycle of a scyphozoan, which reproduces asexually by budding or strobilation. |
SCYPHOZOANS | • scyphozoans n. Plural of scyphozoan. • SCYPHOZOAN n. any of a class of medusoid coelenterates; a jelly fish. |
SHELLYCOATS | • SHELLYCOAT n. (Scots) a water goblin dressed in shells. |
SYMPOSIARCH | • symposiarch n. (Historical, Ancient Greece) The master of a feast. • SYMPOSIARCH n. the master, director, etc. of a feast or conference. |