| ADIAPHORON | • adiaphoron n. An indifferent matter. • ADIAPHORON n. a tenet or belief on which a theological system is indifferent. |
| ANTHRACOID | • anthracoid adj. (Biology) Resembling anthrax. • ANTHRACOID adj. resembling anthrax; resembling carbon, coal or charcoal. |
| APHRODISIA | • aphrodisia n. A state of sexual desire. • aphrodisia n. (Archaic) sexual intercourse. • Aphrodisia prop.n. (Historical) A festival celebrating the goddess Aphrodite, held throughout Ancient Greece, but of particular… |
| ARACHNOIDS | • arachnoids n. Plural of arachnoid. • ARACHNOID n. the arachnoid membrane, a fine delicate membrane which is the middle of the three meninges enveloping the brain and spinal cord. |
| ARTHRODIAE | • ARTHRODIA n. in zoology, a joint. |
| ARTHRODIAL | • arthrodial adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to arthrodia or to an arthrosis. • ARTHRODIAL adj. relating to arthrodia, a joint. |
| AUDIOGRAPH | • audiograph n. An instrument used to measure a person’s hearing. • AUDIOGRAPH n. a machine used to test a patient's hearing by transmitting sound waves directly to the inner ear. |
| BIOHAZARDS | • biohazards n. Plural of biohazard. • BIOHAZARD n. a danger of disease or pollution from living organisms. |
| CARDOPHAGI | • CARDOPHAGUS n. (obsolete) a donkey; something that eats thistles. |
| DIAPHORASE | • diaphorase n. (Biochemistry) Any of a group of flavoprotein enzymes that catalyze the reduction of cytochrome and… • DIAPHORASE n. a flavoprotein enzyme. |
| DIARRHOEAL | • diarrhoeal adj. Britain standard spelling of diarrheal. • diarrhœal adj. Obsolete spelling of diarrheal. • DIARRHOEAL adj. of or like diarrhoea, also DIARRHEAL, DIARRHEIC, DIARRHETIC, DIARRHOEIC. |
| DIARRHOEAS | • diarrhoeas n. Plural of diarrhoea. • diarrhœas n. Plural of diarrhœa. • DIARRHOEA n. a persistent purging or looseness of the bowels, also DIARRHEA. |
| HARIOLATED | • hariolated v. Simple past tense and past participle of hariolate. • HARIOLATE v. to prophesy, soothsay. |
| HYDROMANIA | • hydromania n. A morbid craving for water. • hydromania n. A morbid propensity to suicide by drowning. • hydromania n. An intense attraction to water. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| ICOSAHEDRA | • icosahedra n. Plural of icosahedron. • ICOSAHEDRON n. a polyhedron having 20 faces. |
| OPHIDIARIA | • ophidiaria n. Plural of ophidiarium. • OPHIDIARIUM n. a snake-house. |
| RADIOGRAPH | • radiograph n. An image, often a photographic negative, produced by radiation other than normal light; especially an… • radiograph n. An instrument for measuring and recording solar radiation. • radiograph v. To produce a radiograph image. |
| SACCHAROID | • saccharoid adj. (Mineralogy) Having a texture like granulated sugar. • saccharoid n. (Biochemistry) A polysaccharide that resembles a sugar, often insoluble and not sweet. • SACCHAROID adj. like loaf sugar in texture, also SACCHAROIDAL. |