ADENOPATHY | • adenopathy n. (Pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease. • ADENOPATHY n. enlargement of the lymph nodes. |
BOUNTYHEDS | • BOUNTYHED n. (Spenser) bounteousness. |
DIPHYODONT | • diphyodont adj. (Anatomy) Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other. • diphyodont n. Any creature with two successive sets of teeth. • DIPHYODONT n. a mammal having a second set of teeth that replaces the first. |
DISHONESTY | • dishonesty n. (Uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest. • dishonesty n. (Countable) An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest. • dishonesty n. (Uncountable, obsolete) Shamefulness, disgrace. |
DYSTROPHIN | • dystrophin n. (Biochemistry) A cytoplasmic structural protein that is deficient in some forms of muscular dystrophy. • DYSTROPHIN n. a protein essential to normal muscle function, found to be lacking in muscular dystrophy sufferers. |
ENDOPHYTES | • endophytes n. Plural of endophyte. • ENDOPHYTE n. an endoparasitic plant. |
ENDOPHYTIC | • endophytic adj. Of or relating to an endophyte. • endophytic adj. Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors. • ENDOPHYTIC adj. of or like an endophyte, an endoparasitic plant, also ENDOPHITIC. |
ENDOTHERMY | • endothermy n. (Biology) A form of thermoregulation in which heat is generated by the organism’s metabolism. • ENDOTHERMY n. surgical introduction of electric needle or knife into tissues. |
HETERODYNE | • heterodyne adj. Of two oscillations: having two slightly different frequencies such that, when combined, they produce a beat. • heterodyne n. The beat so produced. • heterodyne n. Either the sum or difference of the two oscillations. |
HOLYSTONED | • holystoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of holystone. • HOLYSTONE v. to scrape a deck with holystone. |
HYDANTOINS | • hydantoins n. Plural of hydantoin. • HYDANTOIN n. a colourless odourless crystalline compound found in beet molasses and used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. |
HYDRATIONS | • hydrations n. Plural of hydration. • HYDRATION n. the act of combining with water. |
HYDRONAUTS | • hydronauts n. Plural of hydronaut. • HYDRONAUT n. a person trained to work in an underwater vessel. |
HYMNODISTS | • hymnodists n. Plural of hymnodist. • HYMNODIST n. a person who composes hymns, also HYMNIST. |
HYPNOTISED | • hypnotised v. Simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise. • HYPNOTISE v. to put in a state of hypnosis, also HYPNOTIZE. |
HYPNOTIZED | • hypnotized adj. Under hypnosis. • hypnotized v. Simple past tense and past participle of hypnotize. • HYPNOTIZE v. to put in a state of hypnosis, also HYPNOTISE. |
PHENOTYPED | • phenotyped v. Simple past tense and past participle of phenotype. • PHENOTYPE v. to categorise by phenotype, also PHAENOTYPE. |
PHONOTYPED | • PHONOTYPE v. to print in phonotype. |
TYPHOIDINS | • typhoidins n. Plural of typhoidin. • TYPHOIDIN n. a culture of dead typhoid bacillus for injection into the skin as a test for typhoid fever. |
WHODUNITRY | • whodunitry n. Alternative form of whodunnitry. • WHODUNITRY n. the genre of whodunit writing, also WHODUNNITRY. |