CHILDCROWING | • child-crowing n. (Medicine, archaic) A nervous affection with spasm of the muscles closing the glottis. • CHILDCROWING n. a nervous affection with spasm of the muscles closing the glottis. |
CHILIAHEDRON | • chiliahedron n. (Geometry) A polyhedron bounded by one thousand plane surfaces. • CHILIAHEDRON n. (Greek) a one-thousand sided solid figure. |
CHLORIDATING | • chloridating v. Present participle of chloridate. • CHLORIDATE v. to treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. |
CHLORIDISING | • chloridising v. Present participle of chloridise. • CHLORIDISE v. to convert into a chloride, also CHLORIDIZE. |
CHLORIDIZING | • chloridizing v. Present participle of chloridize. • CHLORIDIZE v. to convert into a chloride, also CHLORIDISE. |
DIARTHRODIAL | • diarthrodial adj. (Anatomy) Relating to diarthrosis, or movable articulations. • DIARTHRODIAL adj. of or like a diarthrosis, a joint permitting free movement. |
DOLPHINARIUM | • dolphinarium n. An aquarium that houses dolphins. • DOLPHINARIUM n. a place where dolphins are kept. |
HORRIPILATED | • horripilated adj. Bristling with fear or horror; with fur or hair standing on end. • horripilated v. Simple past tense and past participle of horripilate. • HORRIPILATE v. to produce the erection of hairs on the head or body. |
HYDROPHILIES | • HYDROPHILY n. an affinity for water. |
HYDROPHILITE | • hydrophilite n. (Mineralogy) A soft white mineral formed from anhydrous calcium chloride. • HYDROPHILITE n. native calcium chloride. |
SIDEROPHILES | • siderophiles n. Plural of siderophile. • SIDEROPHILE n. an element with an affinity for iron, whose geochemical distribution is influenced by this property. |
SIDEROPHILIC | • siderophilic adj. Being or relating to a siderophile. • SIDEROPHILIC adj. of or like a siderophile, an element with an affinity for iron. |
SIDEROPHILIN | • SIDEROPHILIN n. any of a group of blood glycoproteins that transport iron, aka transferrin. |
SOLDIERSHIPS | • soldierships n. Plural of soldiership. • SOLDIERSHIP n. the state of being a soldier. |
TRICHLORIDES | • trichlorides n. Plural of trichloride. • TRICHLORIDE n. any compound that contains three chlorine atoms per molecule. |