| ABIOTROPHY | • abiotrophy n. (Medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function… • ABIOTROPHY n. bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| AMBIOPHONY | • AMBIOPHONY n. the reproduction of sound to create an illusion to a listener of being in a spacious room, such as a concert hall. |
| BARYSPHERE | • barysphere n. The central core of the Earth (or similar planets). • BARYSPHERE n. the area of earth underlying the lithosphere. |
| BATHYSCAPE | • bathyscape n. Alternative form of bathyscaphe. • BATHYSCAPE n. a submersible observation chamber. |
| BATHYSCAPH | • bathyscaph n. Alternative spelling of bathyscaphe. • BATHYSCAPH n. a submersible observation chamber, also BATHYSCAPHE. |
| BODYSHAPER | • BODYSHAPER n. an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc. |
| CYNOPHOBIA | • cynophobia n. An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines. • CYNOPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of dogs. |
| GYNOPHOBIA | • gynophobia n. Fear or hatred of women. • GYNOPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of women. |
| HOSPITABLY | • hospitably adv. In a hospitable manner. • HOSPITABLE adv. kind to strangers. |
| HYPABYSSAL | • hypabyssal adj. (Geology, of rock) that solidifies, as a minor intrusion, before reaching the Earth’s surface. • HYPABYSSAL adj. in petrology, moderately deep-seated, not quite abyssal. |
| HYPERBARIC | • hyperbaric adj. Of, relating to, or utilizing greater than normal pressure (as of oxygen). • HYPERBARIC adj. having specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid. |
| HYPERBATIC | • hyperbatic adj. Of or pertaining to a hyperbaton; transposed; inverted. • HYPERBATIC adj. of or pertaining to a hyperbaton. |
| HYPERBATON | • hyperbaton n. (Grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect. • hyperbaton n. (Rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing… • HYPERBATON n. the use, esp. for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in 'Bird thou never wert'. |
| HYPERBOLAE | • hyperbolae n. Plural of hyperbola. • hyperbolæ n. Plural of hyperbola. • HYPERBOLA n. a type of mathematical curve. |
| HYPERBOLAS | • hyperbolas n. Plural of hyperbola. • HYPERBOLA n. a type of mathematical curve. |
| HYPOBLASTS | • hypoblasts n. Plural of hypoblast. • HYPOBLAST n. the inner or lower layer of the blastoderm. |
| MYSOPHOBIA | • mysophobia n. An abnormal fear of uncleanliness, dirt, or contamination. • MYSOPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of dirt. |
| PERISHABLY | • perishably adv. In a perishable manner. • PERISHABLE adv. liable to perish. |
| PYROPHOBIA | • pyrophobia n. An fear or hatred of fire or flames. • PYROPHOBIA n. fear of fire. |