ALEXIPHARMICS | • alexipharmics n. Plural of alexipharmic. • ALEXIPHARMIC n. an antidote to poison. |
ANDROSPHINXES | • androsphinxes n. Plural of androsphinx. • ANDROSPHINX n. a sphinx having the head of a man. |
EXAMINERSHIPS | • examinerships n. Plural of examinership. • EXAMINERSHIP n. the office of examiner. |
EXECUTORSHIPS | • executorships n. Plural of executorship. • EXECUTORSHIP n. the office of executor. |
EXTREMOPHILES | • extremophiles n. Plural of extremophile. • EXTREMOPHILE n. an organism that lives under extreme environmental conditions. |
FLEXOGRAPHIES | • FLEXOGRAPHY n. a method of rotary letterpress printing using a resilient printing plate and solvent-based ink, used characteristically for printing on metal foil or plastic. |
HIERACOSPHINX | • hieracosphinx n. A mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon. • HIERACOSPHINX n. in ancient Egyptian art, a hawk-headed sphinx. |
HYPERPROSEXIA | • hyperprosexia n. (Medicine, rare) Excessive attention; an abnormal state in which a person concentrates on one thing… • HYPERPROSEXIA n. abnormal powers of perception, as in Australian aboriginal trackers. |
HYPERPYREXIAS | • hyperpyrexias n. Plural of hyperpyrexia. • HYPERPYREXIA n. an extremely high fever, with a temperature of 41 degrees Centigrade or above, also HYPERTHERMY. |
HYPOPHARYNXES | • hypopharynxes n. Plural of hypopharynx. • HYPOPHARYNX n. an appendage or thickened fold on the floor of the mouth of many insects that resembles a tongue. |
NASOPHARYNXES | • nasopharynxes n. Plural of nasopharynx. • NASOPHARYNX n. the upper part of the pharynx continuous with the nasal passages. |
PROPOXYPHENES | • propoxyphenes n. Plural of propoxyphene. • PROPOXYPHENE n. a narcotic analgesic structurally related to methadone but less addicting. |
XANTHOPTERINS | • xanthopterins n. Plural of xanthopterin. • XANTHOPTERIN n. a yellow pigment obtainable from the wings of yellow butterflies and the urine of mammals, also XANTHOPTERINE. |
XIPHIPLASTRAL | • xiphiplastral adj. Relating to a xiphiplastron. • XIPHIPLASTRAL n. a type of chelonian. |
XIPHIPLASTRON | • xiphiplastron n. The posterior, or fourth lateral plate in the plastron of a turtle. • XIPHIPLASTRON n. in chelonians, one of the plates forming the plastron, lying posterior to the hypoplastron. |
XIPHISTERNUMS | • xiphisternums n. Plural of xiphisternum. • XIPHISTERNUM n. the posterior and smallest of the three divisions of the sternum. |