ARTHROPODAL | • arthropodal adj. (Zoology) Relating to the Arthropoda. • ARTHROPODAL adj. of or like an arthropod, also ARTHROPODAN, ARTHROPODOUS. |
HETEROPOLAR | • heteropolar adj. Of an electric generator that produces alternating current. • heteropolar adj. (Chemistry) Formed by ions of opposite charge. • HETEROPOLAR adj. polar, in the chemical sense. |
HOLOGRAPHER | • holographer n. One who creates holograms. • HOLOGRAPHER n. one who makes holographs. |
HORRIPILANT | • HORRIPILANT adj. causing horripilation, the erection of the hair of the head or body from fear or cold. |
HORRIPILATE | • horripilate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples. • HORRIPILATE v. to produce the erection of hairs on the head or body. |
HORSEPLAYER | • horseplayer n. (Gambling) A person who bets on horse races. • HORSEPLAYER n. one who habitually bets on horse races. |
LAMPROPHYRE | • lamprophyre n. (Geology) An uncommon, small-volume ultrapotassic igneous rock primarily occurring as dikes, lopoliths… • LAMPROPHYRE n. a compact intrusive rock with phenocrysts of black mica, hornblende, etc. |
LOGOGRAPHER | • logographer n. A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences. • logographer n. One skilled in logography. • LOGOGRAPHER n. a person who writes speeches or chronicles historical events. |
PERCHLORATE | • perchlorate n. (Chemistry) any salt of perchloric acid; used in pyrotechnics and as powerful oxidizing agents. • PERCHLORATE n. a salt or ester of perchloric acid. |
PLEROPHORIA | • plerophoria n. Alternative form of plerophory. • PLEROPHORIA n. full conviction, also PLEROPHORY. |
POLAROGRAPH | • polarograph n. (Chemistry) Any of several instruments used in polarography. • POLAROGRAPH n. an apparatus for automatic chemical analysis in which a sample solution is electrolysed at successively higher voltages and the resulting current plotted against voltage. |
POLYGRAPHER | • polygrapher n. A person skilled in the operation of a polygraph. • POLYGRAPHER n. one who operates a polygraph. |
PYRRHULOXIA | • pyrrhuloxia n. Cardinalis sinuatus (desert cardinal), a North American bird with grey and red plumage. • Pyrrhuloxia prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Fringillidae – certain birds similar to cardinals, notably… • PYRRHULOXIA n. a grey-and-pink crested bunting of Central and SW North America, with a short parrot-like bill. |
REPROACHFUL | • reproachful adj. Expressing or containing reproach. • reproachful adj. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base. • REPROACHFUL adj. reproving. |
RETROPHILIA | • retrophilia n. The attraction to and preference for that which is from or characteristic of the past. • RETROPHILIA n. love of things of the past. |
SULPHURATOR | • sulphurator n. An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur, especially for purposes of… • SULPHURATOR n. a device for sulphurating. |
XYLOGRAPHER | • xylographer n. A person who makes xylographs. • XYLOGRAPHER n. one who practises xylography, the art of making engravings on wood. |