| AERENCHYMA | • aerenchyma n. (Botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants. • AERENCHYMA n. respiratory tissue. |
| ATHERMANCY | • athermancy n. Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat. • ATHERMANCY n. imperviousness to radiant heat. |
| CHLAMYDATE | • chlamydate adj. (Zoology, of some molluscs) Having a mantle or fringe. • CHLAMYDATE adj. of molluscs, having a mantle. |
| CHLAMYDIAE | • chlamydiae n. Plural of chlamydia. • Chlamydiae prop.n. Bacteria which are all intracellular parasites of eukaryotic cells. • CHLAMYDIA n. any microorganisms of the genus Chlamydia, resembling bacteria and viruses. |
| HACKNEYMAN | • hackneyman n. (Dated) A man who hires out horses and carriages. • HACKNEYMAN n. a man who lets horses and carriages for hire. |
| HYALOMELAN | • HYALOMELAN n. a vitreous form of basalt, aka tachylite, also HYALOMELANE. |
| HYALONEMAS | • HYALONEMA n. a genus of sponges, aka glass-rope sponge. |
| HYDRAEMIAS | • hydraemias n. Plural of hydraemia. • HYDRAEMIA n. an abnormally watery state of the blood, also HYDREMIA. |
| HYMENAEANS | • hymenaeans n. Plural of hymenaean. • HYMENAEAN n. a wedding song. |
| HYPERAEMIA | • hyperaemia n. Alternative spelling of hyperemia. • hyperæmia n. Alternative spelling of hyperemia. • HYPERAEMIA n. an excess or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body, also HYPEREMIA. |
| HYPERMANIA | • hypermania n. An extreme form of mania. • HYPERMANIA n. an extreme form of mania. |
| HYPOXAEMIA | • hypoxaemia n. Alternative spelling of hypoxemia. • HYPOXAEMIA n. a deficiency of oxygenation of the blood, also HYPOXEMIA, HYPOXIA. |
| MYASTHENIA | • myasthenia n. (Medicine) Abnormal weakness of the muscles; but especially myasthenia gravis. • MYASTHENIA n. muscular weakness or debility. |
| PARARHYMES | • pararhymes n. Plural of pararhyme. • PARARHYME n. a form of rhyme in which the consonants but not the vowels of the last stressed syllable are identical. |
| PARENCHYMA | • parenchyma n. (Anatomy) The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue. • parenchyma n. (Botany) The cellular tissue, typically soft and succulent, found chiefly in the softer parts of leaves… • parenchyma n. (Zoology) Cellular tissue lying between the body wall and the organs of invertebrate animals lacking… |
| SHAGGYMANE | • shaggymane n. Alternative form of shaggy mane (“edible mushroom”). • shaggy␣mane n. Synonym of lawyer’s wig (“edible mushroom”). • SHAGGYMANE n. an edible fungus. |