| AUTHIGENIC | • authigenic adj. (Geology) Generated where it is found or observed. • AUTHIGENIC adj. of minerals, having crystallized in a sediment during or after deposition. |
| CHAUVINISM | • chauvinism n. (Derogatory) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism. • chauvinism n. (Derogatory) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one’s own particular group, cause, or idea. • CHAUVINISM n. excessive or blind patriotism. |
| CHAUVINIST | • chauvinist adj. Pertaining to chauvinism. • chauvinist adj. (Derogatory) Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased. • chauvinist n. (Derogatory) A chauvinistic person. |
| CHINQUAPIN | • chinquapin n. Certain trees in the chestnut genus Castanea… • chinquapin n. Any of the trees in the genus Castanopsis. • chinquapin n. Any of the trees and shrubs in the genus Chrysolepis. |
| HALIEUTICS | • halieutics n. (Literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing. • halieutics n. (Rare) The art or practice of fishing. • HALIEUTICS n. the art or practice of fishing. |
| HIERACIUMS | • HIERACIUM n. any plant of the genus Hieracium, the hawkweeds. |
| HUMANISTIC | • humanistic adj. Of or pertaining to humanism. • HUMANISTIC adj. relating to humanism. |
| HUPAITHRIC | • hupaithric adj. (Rare) Roofless; open to the sky. • HUPAITHRIC adj. roofless; open to the sky (usually intentionally, so as to see the stars), also HYPAETHRAL, HYPETHRAL, UPAITHRIC. |
| MULTICHAIN | • multichain adj. (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to more than one chain. • multichain n. A Markov chain consisting of two or more closed sets of recurrent states plus (optionally) a set of… • multichain n. An ordered subset of a poset; a generalization of a chain that allows inequalities that are not strict. |
| PICAYUNISH | • picayunish adj. Petty; paltry; mean. • PICAYUNISH adj. petty, paltry. |
| PUSCHKINIA | • puschkinia n. (Botany) Any of the genus Puschkinia of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae. • PUSCHKINIA n. (Russian) a genus of spring-flowering bulbous plants native to western Asia. |
| THIOURACIL | • thiouracil n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of heterocycles based on 2-thioxo-1H-pyrimidin-4-one; the parent… • -thiouracil suff. (Pharmacology) Used to form names of uracil derivatives used as thyroid antagonists. • THIOURACIL n. a derivative of thiourea that interferes with the production of thyroid hormones. |
| TIBOUCHINA | • tibouchina n. Any of various species of myrtalean trees of the genus Tibouchina, native to tropical America, many… • Tibouchina prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Melastomataceae – certain flowering plants. • TIBOUCHINA n. a plant of the Tibouchina genus of shrubs, with purple flowers. |
| UNCHAINING | • unchaining v. Present participle of unchain. • UNCHAIN v. to free from a chain. |
| UNCHAIRING | • UNCHAIR v. to remove from a chairmanship. |