ANTHROPOPHAGOUS | • anthropophagous adj. Who practices anthropophagy; cannibal. • ANTHROPOPHAGOUS adj. eating humans. |
AUTOBIOGRAPHERS | • autobiographers n. Plural of autobiographer. • AUTOBIOGRAPHER n. one who writes autobiographies. |
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES | • autobiographies n. Plural of autobiography. • AUTOBIOGRAPHY n. the biography of a person narrated by himself or herself. |
AUTORADIOGRAPHS | • autoradiographs n. Plural of autoradiograph. • AUTORADIOGRAPH n. an autoradiographic record, also RADIOAUTOGRAPH. |
BACTERIOPHAGOUS | • bacteriophagous adj. Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium. • BACTERIOPHAGOUS adj. of or like a bacteriophage, a bacterium that eats other bacteria, also BACTERIOPHAGIC. |
BREMSSTRAHLUNGS | • bremsstrahlungs n. Plural of bremsstrahlung. • BREMSSTRAHLUNG n. (German) electromagnetic radiation given off when an electron collides with a positive nucleus. |
COUNTERSHADINGS | • countershadings n. Plural of countershading. • COUNTERSHADING n. cryptic coloration of an animal with parts normally in shadow being light and parts normally illuminated being dark thereby reducing shadows and contours. |
DRAUGHTSMANSHIP | • draughtsmanship n. UK standard spelling of draftsmanship. • DRAUGHTSMANSHIP n. the craft of draughtsman. |
DRAUGHTSPERSONS | • draughtspersons n. Plural of draughtsperson. • DRAUGHTSPERSON n. a gender-neutral term for draughtsman or draughtswoman. |
GLUTARALDEHYDES | • glutaraldehydes n. Plural of glutaraldehyde. • GLUTARALDEHYDE n. a compound that contains two aldehyde groups and is used esp. in tanning leather and in the fixation of biological tissues. |
MULTITHREADINGS | • MULTITHREADING n. a programming system that enables actions to be carried out simultaneously. |
RADIOAUTOGRAPHS | • radioautographs n. Plural of radioautograph. • RADIOAUTOGRAPH n. an autoradiographic record, also AUTORADIOGRAPH. |
RHEUMATOLOGISTS | • rheumatologists n. Plural of rheumatologist. • RHEUMATOLOGIST n. one who studies rheumatology. |
SCRATCHBUILDING | • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
SLAUGHTERHOUSES | • slaughterhouses n. Plural of slaughterhouse. • SLAUGHTERHOUSE n. an establishment where animals are butchered. |
TELAUTOGRAPHIES | • TELAUTOGRAPHY n. transmission by use of a Telautograph, a telegraph for reproducing the movement of a pen or pencil and so transmitting writings or drawings. |
THERMOREGULATES | • thermoregulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thermoregulate. • THERMOREGULATE v. to regulate by means of heat. |
ULTRASONOGRAPHY | • ultrasonography n. (Medicine) The use of ultrasound to produce diagnostic images of the internal organs of the body, or of a foetus. • ultrasonography n. The use of ultrasound to form images of underwater structures. • ULTRASONOGRAPHY n. the use of ultrasound. |