BEAUTYBERRY | • beautyberry n. A genus of shrubs, Callicarpa, which produce berries. • beautyberry n. The lustrous purple edible berry produced by this shrub. |
BUTYRALDEHYDE | • butyraldehyde n. (Organic chemistry) The aliphatic aldehyde CH3-CH2-CH2-CHO derived from butane. • BUTYRALDEHYDE n. either of two aldehydes used esp. in making synthetic resins. |
BUTYRALDEHYDES | • butyraldehydes n. Plural of butyraldehyde. • BUTYRALDEHYDE n. either of two aldehydes used esp. in making synthetic resins. |
CYBERSECURITY | • cybersecurity n. Security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare or cyberterrorism. • CYBERSECURITY n. the state of being safe from electronic crime and the measures taken to achieve this. |
DAGUERREOTYPY | • daguerreotypy n. The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes. • DAGUERREOTYPY n. the art of daguerreotyping. |
GYROFREQUENCY | • gyrofrequency n. (Physics) The frequency of the circular motion of a charged particle in the presence of a uniform magnetic field. • GYROFREQUENCY n. the frequency with which a charged particle (as an electron) executes spiral gyrations in moving obliquely across a magnetic field. |
HETERONYMOUSLY | • heteronymously adv. In a heteronymous manner. • HETERONYMOUS adv. like a heteronym, a word having same spelling but different sound and meaning. |
HYPERSEXUALITY | • hypersexuality n. The desire for sexual activity at levels high enough to be considered clinically significant. • HYPERSEXUALITY n. the state of being hypersexual. |
METHYLMERCURY | • methylmercury n. (Chemical compound) The organometallic cation CH3Hg+; it is a toxicant that accumulates in the environment… • methyl␣mercury n. Alternative spelling of methylmercury. • METHYLMERCURY n. any of several extremely toxic organometallic compounds formed from metallic mercury by the action of microorganisms. |
NEUROHYPOPHYSES | • neurohypophyses n. Plural of neurohypophysis. • NEUROHYPOPHYSIS n. the portion of the pituitary gland that is composed of the infundibulum and posterior lobe and is concerned with the secretion of various hormones. |
PSEUDOSYMMETRY | • pseudosymmetry n. Apparent symmetry of a crystal due to twinning. • PSEUDOSYMMETRY n. a deceptively close approach by a crystal to a higher degree of symmetry. |
PYRENOMYCETOUS | • PYRENOMYCETOUS adj. belonging to the Pyrenomycetes, a group of Ascomycetes whose characteristic fructification is the perithecium. |
SUPERSYMMETRY | • supersymmetry n. (Physics) A theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical… • SUPERSYMMETRY n. the correspondence between fermions and bosons of identical mass that is postulated to have existed during the opening moments of the big bang and that relates gravity to the other forces of nature. |