| AMETHYSTS | • amethysts n. Plural of amethyst. • AMETHYST n. a purple gemstone, believed to ward off drunkenness. |
| ATHROCYTE | • athrocyte n. (Biology) A cell that ingests foreign particles. • ATHROCYTE n. a cell having the ability to move and store foreign matter. |
| AUTOPHYTE | • autophyte n. Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances. • AUTOPHYTE n. an autotrophic plant, as any green plant. |
| BATHYLITE | • BATHYLITE n. a mass of igneous rock that has risen from a great depth, also BATHOLITE, BATHOLITH, BATHYLITH. |
| CATHOLYTE | • catholyte n. The portion of an electrolyte near a cathode, especially in a cell in which the cathode and anode are… • catholyte n. (Flow batteries) The liquid cathode. • CATHOLYTE n. the part of the electrode that surrounds the cathode in an electrolytic cell, also CATOLYTE. |
| ECTHYMATA | • ecthymata n. Plural of ecthyma. • ECTHYMA n. (Greek) a skin disease with large round pustules. |
| ETHYLATED | • ethylated v. Simple past tense and past participle of ethylate. • ethylated adj. (Organic chemistry) That has had one or more ethyl groups attached. • ETHYLATE v. to introduce the ethyl group into. |
| ETHYLATES | • ethylates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ethylate. • ETHYLATE v. to introduce the ethyl group into. |
| FRATCHETY | • fratchety adj. (UK, dialect) argumentative. • FRATCHETY adj. quarrelsome, also FRATCHING, FRATCHY. |
| HASTATELY | • hastately adv. In a hastate manner. • HASTATE adv. spear-shaped, also HASTATED. |
| LETHALITY | • lethality n. The fact of something being lethal; the ability of something to kill. • lethality n. The degree of lethal (mortal) danger that something (usually a disease or a weapon) presents; the magnitude… • LETHALITY n. the quality of being lethal. |
| METHYLATE | • methylate v. To add, or treat with methyl alcohol (see methylated spirits). • methylate v. (Organic chemistry) To add a methyl group to a compound. • methylate v. (Biochemistry) To add a methyl group to a nucleic acid as part of the process of gene expression. |
| TACHYLITE | • tachylite n. Alternative form of tachylyte. • TACHYLITE n. a vitreous form of basalt, also TACHYLYTE. |
| TACHYLYTE | • tachylyte n. (Geology) A black, vitreous basalt of volcanic origin. • TACHYLYTE n. a vitreous form of basalt, also TACHYLITE. |
| TELEPATHY | • telepathy n. (Parapsychology) The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection… • TELEPATHY n. mind-reading. |
| TETRARCHY | • tetrarchy n. (Politics) A government where power is shared by four people, especially (historical) the Herodian tetrarchy… • tetrarchy n. (Geography) The land ruled by such a government, either together or separately. • TETRARCHY n. government by four people. |
| THEOPATHY | • theopathy n. The capacity of a person to worship, or to experience a religious belief. • THEOPATHY n. emotional experience brought on by religious belief. |
| TRACHYTES | • trachytes n. Plural of trachyte. • TRACHYTE n. a light-coloured igneous rock. |