| ACROAMATIC | • acroamatic adj. Esoteric, abstruse; (in particular) taught orally to select students and not disseminated. • acroamatic adj. (Education) Based on lectures or exposition by monologue. • ACROAMATIC adj. abstruse, esoteric, also ACROAMATICAL. |
| ALPRAZOLAM | • alprazolam n. (Pharmacology) A drug (trademark Xanax) of the benzodiazepine group (8-chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-… |
| AMBASSADOR | • ambassador n. A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country… • ambassador n. An official messenger and representative. • ambassador n. A corporate representative, often the public face of the company. |
| AROMATASES | • aromatases n. Plural of aromatase. • AROMATASE n. an enzyme involved in the production of oestrogen. |
| ATHEROMATA | • atheromata n. Plural of atheroma. • ATHEROMA n. a fatty deposit in the lining of the arteries. |
| BAROTRAUMA | • barotrauma n. (Pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near… • BAROTRAUMA n. injury sustained from failure to equalize the pressure of an air-containing space with that of the surrounding environment. |
| CARAMBOLAS | • carambolas n. Plural of carambola. • CARAMBOLA n. (Portuguese) a small East Indian tree of the wood-sorrel family; its acrid yellow pulpy fruit used for making tarts, preserves, etc., aka starfruit. |
| INAMORATAS | • inamoratas n. Plural of inamorata. • INAMORATA n. (Italian) a (female) lover; beloved person. |
| KERATOMATA | • keratomata n. Plural of keratoma. • KERATOMA n. a skin disease. |
| MACROCARPA | • macrocarpa n. (New Zealand) The Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa. • MACROCARPA n. an evergreen conifer of New Zealand. |
| MACROFAUNA | • macrofauna n. Any large animal that is not quite large enough to be considered megafauna, but larger than microfauna… • MACROFAUNA n. animals visible to the naked eye. |
| MACROZAMIA | • Macrozamia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Zamiaceae – zamia palm, zamia fern; around forty species of cycads… • MACROZAMIA n. a plant of genus Macrozamia, Australian cycads. |
| MALAXATORS | • malaxators n. Plural of malaxator. • MALAXATOR n. one who, or that which, malaxates; esp. a machine for grinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy mass. |
| MANDRAGORA | • mandragora n. Mandrake (genus Mandragora); often specifically mandrake root, traditionally used as a narcotic. • mandragora n. A kind of tiny dragon immune to fire. • Mandragora prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – the mandrakes. |
| PARAMOECIA | • paramoecia n. Plural of paramoecium. • PARAMOECIUM n. any freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body covered with cilia, also PARAMAECIUM, PARAMECIUM. |
| PARANORMAL | • paranormal adj. That (ostensibly) cannot be explained by what scientists know; supernatural; especially of or pertaining… • paranormal n. A person to whom paranormal powers are attributed. • PARANORMAL adj. not scientifically explainable. |
| PARASOMNIA | • parasomnia n. (Psychiatry, medicine) Any of several sleep disorders. • PARASOMNIA n. any of several sleep disorders characterized by abnormal or unusual behaviour of the nervous system during any of the stages of sleep. |
| TERATOMATA | • teratomata n. Plural of teratoma. • TERATOMA n. (Greek) a tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle. |
| TRAMONTANA | • tramontana n. (Weather) A dry, cold north wind in Italy and adjacent Mediterranean areas. • Tramontana prop.n. A surname from Italian. • TRAMONTANA n. (Italian) a cold north wind in Italy, also TRAMONTANE, TRANSMONTANE. |