| 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. |
| CHARMINGLY | • charmingly adv. In a charming manner. • CHARMING adv. having charm. |
| CHIROMANCY | • chiromancy n. Synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another’s hand. • CHIROMANCY n. divination by means of palmistry, also CHEIROMANCY. |
| DISHARMONY | • disharmony n. The absence of harmony or concordance. • DISHARMONY n. lack of harmony. |
| GRAMOPHONY | • gramophony n. The business or study of gramophones. • GRAMOPHONY n. (obsolete) the use of the gramophone. |
| HIEROMANCY | • hieromancy n. Divination by interpreting sacred objects, often used in sacrificial offerings. Similar to aruspicy. • HIEROMANCY n. divination by studying objects offered in sacrifice. |
| HORMONALLY | • hormonally adv. In a hormonal way. • HORMONAL adv. relating to hormones, also HORMONIC. |
| HYDROMANCY | • hydromancy n. Divination by water or other liquid. • HYDROMANCY n. divination by the appearance or motion of liquids (as water). |
| HYDROMANIA | • hydromania n. A morbid craving for water. • hydromania n. A morbid propensity to suicide by drowning. • hydromania n. An intense attraction to water. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| HYPERMANIA | • hypermania n. An extreme form of mania. • HYPERMANIA n. an extreme form of mania. |
| HYPERMANIC | • hypermanic adj. Relating to, or exhibiting, hypermania. • HYPERMANIC adj. suffering from hypermania, an extreme form of mania. |
| MERCHANTRY | • merchantry n. (Dated) The body of merchants taken collectively. • merchantry n. (Dated) The business of a merchant; merchandise. • MERCHANTRY n. the body of merchants taken collectively. |
| MONOGRAPHY | • monography n. A monograph. • monography n. Representation by lines without colour; an outline drawing. • MONOGRAPHY n. a monograph. |
| NAMEWORTHY | • nameworthy adj. Worthy of being named or having a name; nameable; worthy of mention. • NAMEWORTHY adj. worth naming, distinguished. |
| NOMOGRAPHY | • nomography n. A treatise on laws. • NOMOGRAPHY n. a treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper for laws. |
| PARANYMPHS | • paranymphs n. Plural of paranymph. • PARANYMPH n. (historical) a best man or bridesmaid. |
| PARCHMENTY | • parchmenty adj. Resembling or characteristic of parchment. • PARCHMENTY adj. like parchment. |
| 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… |
| RHINOPHYMA | • rhinophyma n. (Medicine) The condition of having a large, bulbous, ruddy nose caused by granulomatous infiltration… • RHINOPHYMA n. acne of the nose. |