| 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. |
| BATHOMETRY | • BATHOMETRY n. measurement of the depth of water. |
| BATHYMETER | • bathymeter n. Alternative form of bathometer. • BATHYMETER n. an instrument for recording the contours of deep oceans. |
| BATHYMETRY | • bathymetry n. The measurement of the depths of the seas and oceans. • BATHYMETRY n. the art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea. |
| CHARITABLY | • charitably adv. In a charitable manner. • CHARITABLE adv. inclined to charity. |
| DITHYRAMBS | • dithyrambs n. Plural of dithyramb. • DITHYRAMB n. a hymn or poem to honor Bacchus. |
| EURYBATHIC | • eurybathic adj. (Zoology) Able to live at different depths (of water). • EURYBATHIC adj. capable of living at a wide range of depths in water. |
| HABILATORY | • habilatory adj. Of or pertaining to clothing. • HABILATORY adj. of or relating to clothes or dressing. |
| HEATHBERRY | • HEATHBERRY n. any of various plants that have berrylike fruits and grow on heaths, such as the bilberry and crowberry. |
| 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'. |
| LABYRINTHS | • labyrinths n. Plural of labyrinth. • labyrinths v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of labyrinth. • LABYRINTH n. a building with intricate passages; a maze. |
| RUBYTHROAT | • rubythroat n. Any of several species of birds, the males having a brilliant patch of metallic red on the throat. • RUBYTHROAT n. any of numerous species of humming birds, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections. |
| SYBARITISH | • SYBARITISH adj. like a sybarite, devoted to luxury, also SYBARITIC, SYBARITICAL. |
| UNBIRTHDAY | • unbirthday n. A day that is not one’s birthday but is celebrated as though it were. • UNBIRTHDAY n. a day other than one's birthday. |