HOLOCAUST | • holocaust n. (Religion) An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes. • holocaust n. (By extension). • holocaust v. (Religion, also figuratively) To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned. |
HYPOCAUST | • hypocaust n. An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath. • hypocaust n. An underfloor heating system, even without such an underfloor space or flue, as adapted for modern housing. • HYPOCAUST n. an ancient air chamber or series of chambers for heating rooms. |
RHIZOCAUL | • rhizocaul n. (Botany) The rootstock of a polyp. • RHIZOCAUL n. the rootlike stalk of a hydrozoan colony. |
HOLOCAUSTS | • holocausts n. Plural of holocaust. • Holocausts n. Plural of Holocaust. • HOLOCAUST n. a complete or wholesale destruction, esp. by fire. |
HYPOCAUSTS | • hypocausts n. Plural of hypocaust. • HYPOCAUST n. an ancient air chamber or series of chambers for heating rooms. |
MONOCAUSAL | • monocausal adj. Having a single cause. |
RHIZOCAULS | • rhizocauls n. Plural of rhizocaul. • RHIZOCAUL n. the rootlike stalk of a hydrozoan colony. |
HOLOCAUSTAL | • holocaustal adj. Of or relating to a holocaust. • HOLOCAUSTAL adj. relating to a holocaust, also HOLOCAUSTIC. |
HOLOCAUSTIC | • holocaustic adj. Of or relating to a holocaust. • HOLOCAUSTIC adj. relating to a holocaust, also HOLOCAUSTAL. |
SCLEROCAULY | • SCLEROCAULY n. possession of a hard, dry stem. |
POSTHOLOCAUST | • postholocaust adj. After the Holocaust. • POSTHOLOCAUST adj. following the Holocaust. |
SCLEROCAULIES | • SCLEROCAULY n. possession of a hard, dry stem. |
SCLEROCAULOUS | • SCLEROCAULOUS adj. having a hard dry stem. |
ELECTROCAUTERY | • electrocautery n. Cauterization by the use of an instrument heated by electricity; electrocauterization. • electrocautery n. Such an instrument. • ELECTROCAUTERY n. a handheld, needlelike cautery heated by an electric current. |