ANDROGYNOPHORE | • androgynophore n. (Botany) A stalk bearing both the androecium and the gynoecium of a flower above the level of insertion… • ANDROGYNOPHORE n. another name for the androphore, a support or column on which stamens are raised. |
ANDROGYNOPHORES | • androgynophores n. Plural of androgynophore. • ANDROGYNOPHORE n. another name for the androphore, a support or column on which stamens are raised. |
BRAINCHILDREN | • brainchildren n. Plural of brainchild. • BRAINCHILD n. a product of one's creative imagination. |
GRANDCHILDREN | • grandchildren n. Plural of grandchild. • GRANDCHILD n. the child of one's son or daughter. |
GRANDFATHERING | • grandfathering v. Present participle of grandfather. • grandfathering n. Exemption from new legislation or regulations. • GRANDFATHER v. to exempt (an activity, person, etc.) from a new piece of legislation, restriction or the like. |
GRANDPARENTHOOD | • grandparenthood n. The state of being a grandparent. • GRANDPARENTHOOD n. the state of being a grandparent. |
HANDWRINGER | • handwringer n. A person who clasps and squeezes the hands in an excessive expression of distress. • HANDWRINGER n. one who wrings his hands. |
HANDWRINGERS | • handwringers n. Plural of handwringer. • HANDWRINGER n. one who wrings his hands. |
HEARTRENDING | • heartrending adj. That causes great grief, anguish or distress. • heartrending adj. That elicits deep sympathy. • heart-rending adj. Alternative form of heartrending. |
HEARTRENDINGLY | • heartrendingly adv. In a heartrending manner. • heart-rendingly adv. In a heart-rending manner. • HEARTRENDING adv. causing great grief. |
NEANDERTHALER | • NEANDERTHALER n. a primitive or reactionary person, also NEANDERTAL, NEANDERTALER, NEANDERTHAL. |
NEANDERTHALERS | • NEANDERTHALER n. a primitive or reactionary person, also NEANDERTAL, NEANDERTALER, NEANDERTHAL. |
NONCARBOHYDRATE | • noncarbohydrate n. (Often attributive) Any material that is not a carbohydrate. • NONCARBOHYDRATE adj. relating to something that is not a carbohydrate. |
NONHEREDITARY | • nonhereditary adj. Not hereditary; not passed down by inheritance. • non-hereditary adj. Alternative form of nonhereditary. • NONHEREDITARY adj. not hereditary. |
PREHARDENING | • prehardening v. Present participle of preharden. • PREHARDEN v. to harden in advance. |
REHARDENING | • rehardening v. Present participle of reharden. • REHARDEN v. to harden again. |
SCRIMSHANDERING | • scrimshandering v. Present participle of scrimshander. • SCRIMSHANDER v. to ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines, also SCRIMSHANDY, SCRIMSHAW. |
SUPERHARDENING | • superhardening v. Present participle of superharden. • SUPERHARDEN v. to harden to extremes. |
UNDERCHARGING | • undercharging v. Present participle of undercharge. • UNDERCHARGE v. to charge too little. |