| ANACHRONOUS | • anachronous adj. Anachronistic. • ANACHRONOUS adj. relating to anachronism. |
| ANACOLUTHIA | • anacoluthia n. (Grammar) A syntactic construction in which an element is followed by another that does not agree properly. • ANACOLUTHIA n. a nonsequential syntactic construction in which the latter part of a sentence does not grammatically fit the earlier. |
| ANACOLUTHIC | • anacoluthic adj. Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon. • ANACOLUTHIC adj. relating to anacoluthia. |
| ANACOLUTHON | • anacoluthon n. (Grammar) A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type… • anacoluthon n. (Rhetoric) Intentional use of such a structure. • ANACOLUTHON n. a sentence or construction lacking grammatical sequence. |
| ANAMORPHOUS | • anamorphous adj. Distorted, deformed. • ANAMORPHOUS adj. relating to anamorphosis, also ANAMORPHIC. |
| ATHERMANOUS | • athermanous adj. Not transmitting heat. • ATHERMANOUS adj. impervious to radiant heat. |
| AUTOCHANGER | • autochanger n. A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (Gramophone records, compact discs, etc… • autochanger n. (Computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes. • AUTOCHANGER n. a device by means of which records are dropped from a stack one at a time onto the turntable. |
| AUTOPHANOUS | • autophanous adj. (Rare) Producing its own light. • AUTOPHANOUS adj. self-luminous. |
| HABITUATION | • habituation n. The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated. • habituation n. (Psychology) The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious… • HABITUATION n. the process of habituating. |
| NATUROPATHS | • naturopaths n. Plural of naturopath. • NATUROPATH n. a person who practises naturopathy. |
| NATUROPATHY | • naturopathy n. (Alternative medicine) A system of therapy that avoids synthetic drugs and surgery, while emphasizing… • NATUROPATHY n. medical treatment by methods believed to aid nature. |
| OUANANICHES | • OUANANICHE n. a landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon, found in lakes in SE Canada. |
| QUADRAPHONY | • quadraphony n. (Of a sound system) Sound originating from four speakers. • QUADRAPHONY n. a system of sound transmission using four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONICS, QUADROPHONY. |
| RHAMNACEOUS | • rhamnaceous adj. Of or pertaining to plants in the family Rhamnaceae, the buckthorns. • RHAMNACEOUS adj. relating to the buckthorn family. |
| UNHAZARDOUS | • unhazardous adj. Not hazardous. • UNHAZARDOUS adj. not hazardous. |
| URANOGRAPHY | • uranography n. (Astronomy, cartography) Celestial cartography; the mapping of celestial bodies. • URANOGRAPHY n. descriptive astronomy and mapping. |