| AMORPHOUSLY | • amorphously adv. In an amorphous manner. • AMORPHOUS adv. without definite shape. |
| AUTOCEPHALY | • autocephaly n. (Christianity) The condition where a church’s leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no… • AUTOCEPHALY n. self-government. |
| CHLAMYDEOUS | • chlamydeous adj. (Botany) That has a perianth. • CHLAMYDEOUS adj. having a perianth. |
| HAZARDOUSLY | • hazardously adv. In a hazardous manner. • HAZARDOUS adv. dangerous. |
| HILARIOUSLY | • hilariously adv. In a hilarious manner; so as to amuse greatly. • hilariously adv. With great hilarity or mirth. • HILARIOUS adv. very amusing. |
| HUMILIATORY | • humiliatory adj. Humiliating. • HUMILIATORY adj. serving to humiliate, also HUMILIATIVE. |
| HYLOPHAGOUS | • hylophagous adj. That feeds on wood. • HYLOPHAGOUS adj. eating wood. |
| LAUGHWORTHY | • laughworthy adj. (Rare) Deserving to be laughed at, laughable. • LAUGHWORTHY adj. worthy of being laughed at. |
| LYTHRACEOUS | • lythraceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Lythraceae, which includes loosestrifes, pomegranate, henna, water… • LYTHRACEOUS adj. relating to the purple loosestrife genus. |
| MACROPHYLUM | • macrophylum n. (Linguistics) A group of two or more related language phylums. • MACROPHYLUM n. a large phylum, as in New Guinea macrophylum. |
| POLYCHASIUM | • POLYCHASIUM n. a cymose inflorescence in which three or more branches arise from each node. |
| POLYPHAGOUS | • polyphagous adj. Eating many types of food. • polyphagous adj. (Of an herbivorous insect) Having many host plants. • POLYPHAGOUS adj. eating many types of food. |
| POLYURETHAN | • POLYURETHAN n. any of various polymers used esp. in flexible and rigid foams, elastomers, and resins, also POLYURETHANE. |
| PYRRHULOXIA | • pyrrhuloxia n. Cardinalis sinuatus (desert cardinal), a North American bird with grey and red plumage. • Pyrrhuloxia prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Fringillidae – certain birds similar to cardinals, notably… • PYRRHULOXIA n. a grey-and-pink crested bunting of Central and SW North America, with a short parrot-like bill. |
| SCEUOPHYLAX | • sceuophylax n. A sacristan or church treasurer. • SCEUOPHYLAX n. a sacristan. |
| SOUTHWARDLY | • southwardly adv. Southwards, towards the south. • southwardly adj. Southwards, towards the south. • SOUTHWARDLY adv. in a southward direction. |
| UNSCHOLARLY | • unscholarly adj. Not scholarly. • UNSCHOLARLY adj. not scholarly. |
| XYLOPHAGOUS | • xylophagous adj. Feeding on wood. (Of insects etc.) • xylophagous adj. Destructive to wood. (Of fungi etc.) • XYLOPHAGOUS adj. wood-eating. |
| ZANTHOXYLUM | • zanthoxylum n. Any of the genus Zanthoxylum of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family. • Zanthoxylum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – trees and shrubs including prickly ash and Hercules’… • ZANTHOXYLUM n. a plant of a genus of the rue family found in Brazil, in particular the prickly-ash or Hercules club, also XANTHOXYL, ZANTHOXYL. |