DEINOTHERIUM | • deinotherium n. Alternative form of dinotherium. • DEINOTHERIUM n. an extinct elephantine mammal with downward-curving tusks, also DEINOTHERE, DINOTHERE, DINOTHERIUM. |
EUHEMERISING | • euhemerising v. Present participle of euhemerise. • EUHEMERISE v. to give a historical explanation for a myth, also EUHEMERIZE. |
EUHEMERIZING | • euhemerizing v. Present participle of euhemerize. • EUHEMERIZE v. to give a historical explanation for a myth, also EUHEMERISE. |
HERMENEUTICS | • hermeneutics n. The study or theory of the methodical interpretation of text, especially holy texts. • HERMENEUTICS n. the study of the methodological principles of interpretation. |
HERMENEUTIST | • hermeneutist n. One versed in hermeneutics. • HERMENEUTIST n. an exponent of hermeneutics, an interpreter. |
HETERONOMOUS | • heteronomous adj. Arising from an external influence, force, or agency; not autonomous. • heteronomous adj. (Biology, of parts of an organism) Differing in development or in specialization. • heteronomous adj. (Linguistics, of a language) Being a dialect of an autonomous language. |
HETERONYMOUS | • heteronymous adj. Of, or relating to a heteronym. • heteronymous adj. Being different words, but having a common relationship, as in the case of brother and sister, which denote siblings. • heteronymous adj. (Ophthalmology) Heteronymous hemianopsia (blindness in the left side of one eye and the right side of the other eye). |
MESHUGGENERS | • meshuggeners n. Plural of meshuggener. • MESHUGGENER n. (Yiddish) a fool, a crazy person, also MESHUGGENAH, MESHUGGENEH. |
NEUROCHEMIST | • neurochemist n. A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry. • NEUROCHEMIST n. a student of neurochemistry. |
NEUROHORMONE | • neurohormone n. Any hormone that stimulates the nervous system. • NEUROHORMONE n. a hormone (as acetylcholine or norepinephrine) produced by or acting on nervous tissue. |
PERINEPHRIUM | • PERINEPHRIUM n. the fatty tissue surrounding the kidney. |
SLAUGHTERMEN | • slaughtermen n. Plural of slaughterman. • SLAUGHTERMAN n. one whose occupation it is to kill for food. |
THERMOGENOUS | • thermogenous adj. Producing heat. • THERMOGENOUS adj. relating to thermogenesis, the production of heat. |
UNDERWHELMED | • underwhelmed v. Simple past tense and past participle of underwhelm. • UNDERWHELM v. to fail to impress. |
UNMOTHERLIER | • UNMOTHERLY adj. not motherly. |
WAREHOUSEMAN | • warehouseman n. A person who manages, or works in, a warehouse. • warehouseman n. (UK, obsolete) One who keeps a wholesale shop for woollen goods. • WAREHOUSEMAN n. a person who manages or works in a warehouse. |
WAREHOUSEMEN | • warehousemen n. Plural of warehouseman. • WAREHOUSEMAN n. a person who manages or works in a warehouse. |
XERANTHEMUMS | • xeranthemums n. Plural of xeranthemum. • XERANTHEMUM n. any plant of the Xeranthemum genus of plants of southern Europe, belonging to the thistle family. |