HYDROPHOBIA | • hydrophobia n. (Pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself. • hydrophobia n. (Psychology, colloquial) A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia. • HYDROPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of water, as in rabies victims. |
HYDROPHOBIC | • hydrophobic adj. Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies). • hydrophobic adj. (Physics, chemistry) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb or to be wetted by water. • HYDROPHOBIC adj. having a morbid fear of water. |
BATHYGRAPHIC | • bathygraphic adj. Relating to bathygraphy. • BATHYGRAPHIC adj. of or relating to the depths of the ocean, also BATHYGRAPHICAL. |
HYDROPHOBIAS | • hydrophobias n. Plural of hydrophobia. • HYDROPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of water, as in rabies victims. |
ERYTHROPHOBIA | • erythrophobia n. Abnormal and persistent fear of blushing. • erythrophobia n. Abnormal and persistent fear of the colour red. • ERYTHROPHOBIA n. an aversion to the color red; an extreme fear of blushing. |
HYPNOBIRTHING | • hypnobirthing n. The use of hypnotherapy to ease the process of childbirth. • HYPNOBIRTHING n. the use of hypnotic technique during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery. |
BATHYGRAPHICAL | • bathygraphical adj. Relating to bathygraphy. • BATHYGRAPHICAL adj. of maps, representing the contours of the seabed, also BATHYGRAPHIC. |
BRACHYCEPHALIC | • brachycephalic adj. (Of a person or animal) Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). • brachycephalic n. A brachycephalic person or creature. • BRACHYCEPHALIC adj. short-headed, esp. having a skull whose breadth is 80 per cent or more of its length. |
BRACHYGRAPHIES | • brachygraphies n. Plural of brachygraphy. • BRACHYGRAPHY n. certain old systems of shorthand. |
ERYTHROPHOBIAS | • ERYTHROPHOBIA n. an aversion to the color red; an extreme fear of blushing. |
HYDROPHOBICITY | • hydrophobicity n. (Chemistry, uncountable) The condition of being hydrophobic. • hydrophobicity n. (Chemistry, countable) The degree to which a substance is hydrophobic. • HYDROPHOBICITY n. the state of being hydrophobic. |
HYPNOBIRTHINGS | • HYPNOBIRTHING n. the use of hypnotic technique during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery. |
BRACHYCEPHALICS | • brachycephalics n. Plural of brachycephalic. • BRACHYCEPHALIC n. a short-headed person. |
BRACHYCEPHALIES | • brachycephalies n. Plural of brachycephaly. • BRACHYCEPHALY n. the state of being brachycephalic, short-headed. |
BRACHYCEPHALISM | • brachycephalism n. Dated form of brachycephaly. • BRACHYCEPHALISM n. the state of being brachycephalic, short-headed. |
BRACHYTHERAPIES | • brachytherapies n. Plural of brachytherapy. • BRACHYTHERAPY n. a medical procedure used in the treatment of prostate cancer. |
DYSMORPHOPHOBIA | • dysmorphophobia n. (Dated, psychiatry) body dysmorphic disorder, dysmorphia. • DYSMORPHOPHOBIA n. fear of physical deformities. |
DYSMORPHOPHOBIC | • dysmorphophobic adj. (Psychiatry) Of or relating to dysmorphophobia. • DYSMORPHOPHOBIC adj. relating to or affected with dysmorphophobia, the fear that one's body is repulsive. |
PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY | • psychobiography n. A biography that emphasises the psychological aspects of its subject. • PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY n. a biography written from a psychodynamic or psychoanalytic point of view. |
RHOMBPORPHYRIES | • RHOMBPORPHYRY n. an intermediate, moderately fine-grained igneous rock with feldspar inclusions, also RHOMBENPORPHYR, RHOMBENPORPHYRY. |