| 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. |
| AUTOCHTHONY | • autochthony n. An aboriginal condition or state. • AUTOCHTHONY n. the state of being aboriginal. |
| HEPTAGYNOUS | • heptagynous adj. (Botany) Having seven pistils. • HEPTAGYNOUS adj. belonging to the Heptagynia, having seven styles. |
| HUMILIATORY | • humiliatory adj. Humiliating. • HUMILIATORY adj. serving to humiliate, also HUMILIATIVE. |
| ICHTHYOSAUR | • ichthyosaur n. Any of several fishlike marine reptiles of the extinct order Ichthyosauria of the early Triassic to… • ICHTHYOSAUR n. a large fossil marine reptile, also ICHTHYOSAURIAN, ICHTHYOSAURUS. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| NYCTANTHOUS | • NYCTANTHOUS adj. flowering at night. |
| POLYURETHAN | • POLYURETHAN n. any of various polymers used esp. in flexible and rigid foams, elastomers, and resins, also POLYURETHANE. |
| RUBYTHROATS | • rubythroats n. Plural of rubythroat. • RUBYTHROAT n. any of numerous species of humming birds, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections. |
| SOUTHSAYING | • southsaying n. Obsolete form of soothsaying. • SOUTHSAY v. to foretell, to divine, also SOOTHSAY. |
| SOUTHWARDLY | • southwardly adv. Southwards, towards the south. • southwardly adj. Southwards, towards the south. • SOUTHWARDLY adv. in a southward direction. |
| SYNGNATHOUS | • syngnathous adj. (Zoology) Relating to the Syngnathi. • SYNGNATHOUS adj. of certain fish, having the jaws fused to form a tubular structure. |
| THOUGHTWAYS | • thoughtways n. Plural of thoughtway. • THOUGHTWAY n. a way of thinking that is characteristic of a particular group or culture. |
| THROUGHWAYS | • throughways n. Plural of throughway. • THROUGHWAY n. (US) a motorway, also THRUWAY. |
| THYSANUROUS | • thysanurous adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Thysanura (now Zygentoma), an order of insects with three long caudal filaments. • THYSANUROUS adj. relating to a thysanuran, a bristletail. |
| UNSEAWORTHY | • unseaworthy adj. Unfit for a sea voyage. • UNSEAWORTHY adj. not good enough to be used on the sea. |
| YOUTHQUAKES | • youthquakes n. Plural of youthquake. • YOUTHQUAKE n. a shift in cultural norms influenced by the values, tastes, and mores of young people. |
| 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. |