HYPERALERT | • hyperalert adj. Excessively alert, especially as a result of traumatic stress. • HYPERALERT adj. excessively alert. |
HYPERMARTS | • hypermarts n. Plural of hypermart. • HYPERMART n. a very large self-service store, also HYPERMARKET. |
HYPERMETER | • hypermeter n. A hypercatalectic line, i.e. with two syllables beyond the metrum. • hypermeter n. A period with a redundant syllable. • HYPERMETER n. a verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse. |
ORTHOPHYRE | • orthophyre n. (Geology) a porphyritic rock that contains phenocrysts of orthoclase embedded in feldspar. • ORTHOPHYRE n. a fine-grained syenitic rock with orthoclase crystals. |
ORTHOPRAXY | • orthopraxy n. Correct practice or action. • orthopraxy n. Right belief combined with right practice, with the emphasis being on the latter, a term specially used… • ORTHOPRAXY n. the treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanical appliances. |
ORTHOTROPY | • orthotropy n. The condition of being orthotropic. • ORTHOTROPY n. the state of being orthotropic, growing along a vertical axis. |
PATRIARCHY | • patriarchy n. (Anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority… • patriarchy n. A power structure in which men are dominant. • patriarchy n. (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate. |
PORPHYRITE | • porphyrite n. A rock with a porphyritic structure. • PORPHYRITE n. a rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite. |
PREHISTORY | • prehistory n. The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times. • prehistory n. The study of those times. • prehistory n. (Humorous, hyperbolic) Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era. |
PYRETHRINS | • pyrethrins n. Plural of pyrethrin. • PYRETHRIN n. either of two insecticidal oily esters prepared from pyrethrum flowers. |
PYRETHROID | • pyrethroid n. (Organic chemistry) Any of several synthetic insecticides having a structure based on pyrethrin. • PYRETHROID n. any of various synthetic compounds related to the pyrethrins, and sharing their insecticidal properties. |
PYRETHRUMS | • pyrethrums n. Plural of pyrethrum. • PYRETHRUM n. a name still applied to various garden flowers, esp. varieties of Chrysanthemum. |
PYRRHICIST | • pyrrhicist n. (In Ancient Greece) One who danced the pyrrhiche. • PYRRHICIST n. (historical) one who danced the pyrrhic. |
PYRRHOTINE | • pyrrhotine n. (Mineralogy) pyrrhotite. • PYRRHOTINE n. magnetic pyrites, an iron sulphide, often containing nickel, also PYRRHOTITE. |
PYRRHOTITE | • pyrrhotite n. (Mineralogy) A weakly magnetic ferrous sulfide mineral, FeS. • PYRRHOTITE n. magnetic pyrites, an iron sulphide, often containing nickel, also PYRRHOTINE. |
TRIUMPHERY | • TRIUMPHERY n. (Shakespeare) a triumvir. |