| ASSYTHMENT | • assythment n. (Scotland, law, historical) Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence. • ASSYTHMENT n. in Scots law, indemnification for injury; satisfaction. |
| CHATOYANTS | • chatoyants n. Plural of chatoyant. • CHATOYANT n. a chatoyant gemstone, such as a cat's eye. |
| ENTOPHYTAL | • entophytal adj. Entophytic. • ENTOPHYTAL adj. of or like an entophyte, a vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body. |
| ETHYLATING | • ethylating v. Present participle of ethylate. • ethylating adj. That serves to ethylate. • ETHYLATE v. to introduce the ethyl group into. |
| ETHYLATION | • ethylation n. (Organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces an ethyl group into a molecule. • ETHYLATION n. a chemical reaction in which an ethyl group is introduced into a molecule. |
| HESITANTLY | • hesitantly adv. With hesitation. • hesitantly adv. With reluctance. • HESITANT adv. tending to hold back. |
| NOSTOPATHY | • nostopathy n. A fear of returning home, for example after prison or military service. • NOSTOPATHY n. the morbid fear of returning to familiar places. |
| PHANTASTRY | • PHANTASTRY n. dandyism, also FANTASTRY. |
| PHOTONASTY | • photonasty n. A nastic response to a change in light levels. • PHOTONASTY n. the adoption of a certain position due to the effect of light on growth. |
| SHANTYTOWN | • shantytown n. An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings. • shanty␣town n. An area, such as a suburb, consisting of mean, roughly-constructed dwellings inhabited by poor people. • SHANTYTOWN n. a usually poor town or section of a town consisting mostly of shanties. |
| SYNTHETASE | • synthetase n. Any enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of a biological compound. • synthetase n. (Dated) Such an enzyme that, more specifically, uses ATP as a source of energy. • SYNTHETASE n. a kind of enzyme. |
| TAUTOPHONY | • tautophony n. Repetition of the same sound. • TAUTOPHONY n. repetition of the same sound. |
| THYRATRONS | • thyratrons n. Plural of thyratron. • THYRATRON n. a gas-filled valve with a heated cathode, able to carry very high currents. |
| TRYPTOPHAN | • tryptophan n. (Biochemistry) An essential amino acid having an indole side chain; it is present in many foods, especially… • TRYPTOPHAN n. an essential amino acid, also TRYPTOPHANE. |
| UNCHASTITY | • unchastity n. The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; sexual impropriety. • UNCHASTITY n. the state of being unchaste. |