ASTHENOSPHERE | • asthenosphere n. (Geology) The zone of the Earth’s upper mantle, below the lithosphere. • ASTHENOSPHERE n. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, characterized by a relatively low resistance to plastic flow. |
CHRYSANTHEMUM | • chrysanthemum n. Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads. • Chrysanthemum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the chrysanthemums. • CHRYSANTHEMUM n. any of several cultivated plants of the Chrysanthemum genus, with colourful double flower-heads. |
ETHNOGRAPHERS | • ethnographers n. Plural of ethnographer. • ETHNOGRAPHER n. a student of ethnography. |
ETHNOGRAPHIES | • ethnographies n. Plural of ethnography. • ETHNOGRAPHY n. the study and systematic recording of human cultures. |
HANDSBREADTHS | • handsbreadths n. Plural of handsbreadth. • HANDSBREADTH n. the breadth of a hand, also HANDBREADTH. |
HYPERSTHENIAS | • hypersthenias n. Plural of hypersthenia. • HYPERSTHENIA n. a morbid condition marked by excessive excitement of all the vital phenomena. |
HYSTERANTHOUS | • hysteranthous adj. (Botany) Having the leaves emerge after the flowers have opened. It typically refers to geophytes that… • HYSTERANTHOUS adj. having the leaves appearing after the flowers. |
NEPHROPATHIES | • nephropathies n. Plural of nephropathy. • NEPHROPATHY n. kidney disease. |
ORTHOGNATHIES | • ORTHOGNATHY n. the state of having normally aligned jaws. |
PHANEROPHYTES | • phanerophytes n. Plural of phanerophyte. • PHANEROPHYTE n. a perennial plant that bears its perennating buds well above the surface of the ground. |
PHENANTHRENES | • phenanthrenes n. Plural of phenanthrene. • PHENANTHRENE n. an aromatic hydrocarbon of coal tar. |
PHILANTHROPES | • philanthropes n. Plural of philanthrope. • PHILANTHROPE n. someone who tries to benefit mankind. |
SHORTCHANGERS | • shortchangers n. Plural of shortchanger. • SHORTCHANGER n. one who gives short change. |
TENORRHAPHIES | • tenorrhaphies n. Plural of tenorrhaphy. • TENORRHAPHY n. the repairing of a split or torn tendon by sutures. |
THEANTHROPIES | • THEANTHROPY n. a belief in the union of divine and human. |
THEANTHROPISM | • theanthropism n. A state of being God and man. • theanthropism n. The ascription of human attributes to a deity. • THEANTHROPISM n. the belief in the union of the divine and human. |
THEANTHROPIST | • theanthropist n. A proponent of theanthropism. • THEANTHROPIST n. one who believes that gods can take human forms. |
THEATROPHONES | • THEATROPHONE n. (historical) a telephone connecting callers to a theatre so they can listen to a live performance there. |
WHATSHERNAMES | • WHATSHERNAME n. a designation for a female whose name one cannot remember, also WHATSERNAME. |