| BRACHYCEPHALIC | • brachycephalic adj. (Of a person or animal) Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). • brachycephalic n. A brachycephalic person or creature. • BRACHYCEPHALIC adj. short-headed, esp. having a skull whose breadth is 80 per cent or more of its length. |
| BRACHYGRAPHIES | • brachygraphies n. Plural of brachygraphy. • BRACHYGRAPHY n. certain old systems of shorthand. |
| EARTHSHAKINGLY | • earthshakingly adv. In an earthshaking manner. • EARTHSHAKING adv. of great importance or consequence. |
| ENCEPHALOPATHY | • encephalopathy n. (Pathology, neurology) Any of various conditions affecting the brain. • ENCEPHALOPATHY n. any of various brain diseases. |
| HEAVYHEARTEDLY | • heavyheartedly adv. Alternative form of heavy-heartedly. • heavy-heartedly adv. In a heavy-hearted manner; sadly, morosely. • HEAVYHEARTED adv. despondent, saddened. |
| HIERARCHICALLY | • hierarchically adv. Of, relating to, or arranged in a hierarchy. • hierarchically adv. Pertaining to a transitive relation between objects by which they may be ordered into a hierarchy. • HIERARCHICAL adv. of, relating to, or arranged in a hierarchy, also HIERARCHIC. |
| HYETOGRAPHICAL | • hyetographical adj. Of or pertaining to hyetography. • HYETOGRAPHICAL adj. relating to the measurement of rainfall, also HYETOGRAPHIC. |
| HYPERAESTHESIA | • hyperaesthesia n. Alternative spelling of hyperesthesia. • hyperæsthesia n. Obsolete form of hyperaesthesia. • HYPERAESTHESIA n. excessive sensitivity, also HYPERESTHESIA. |
| MECHANOTHERAPY | • mechanotherapy n. (Medicine) A type of physiotherapy designed to promote health through exercise and massage. • MECHANOTHERAPY n. the treatment of disorders or injuries by means of mechanical devices, esp. devices that provide exercise for bodily parts. |
| NAPHTHYLAMINES | • naphthylamines n. Plural of naphthylamine. • NAPHTHYLAMINE n. either of two isomeric crystalline bases used esp. as dye intermediates. |
| PHTHALOCYANINE | • phthalocyanine n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a family of macrocyclic compounds having a structure similar to that of porphyrin;… • PHTHALOCYANINE n. any of a group of green and blue organic colouring matters of great fastness and brilliance, also PHTHALOCYANIN. |
| PSYCHASTHENIAS | • psychasthenias n. Plural of psychasthenia. • PSYCHASTHENIA n. an incapacity to resolve doubts/uncertainties or to resist obsessions/compulsions that one knows are irrational. |
| RHYPAROGRAPHER | • rhyparographer n. (Historical, usually applied to the Ancient Greeks) A person who paints or writes about distasteful… • RHYPAROGRAPHER n. one who does genre or still-life pictures of sordid subjects. |