| ACHONDRITE | • achondrite n. (Astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules. • ACHONDRITE n. a stony meteorite without rounded grains. |
| ACIDOPHILE | • acidophile n. An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile. • ACIDOPHILE n. a substance, tissue or organism that stains readily with acid stains, also ACIDOPHIL. |
| CHAMPIONED | • championed v. Simple past tense and past participle of champion. • CHAMPION v. to defend or support. |
| CHIFFONADE | • chiffonade n. A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons. • chiffonade v. To prepare a chiffonade. • CHIFFONADE n. (French) green plants cooked in butter, esp. a mixture of lettuce and sorrel. |
| CHLORIDATE | • chloridate v. (Transitive) To treat or prepare with a chloride. • CHLORIDATE v. to treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. |
| DEACONSHIP | • deaconship n. The position or role of a deacon. • DEACONSHIP n. the office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess. |
| DIADOCHIES | • DIADOCHY n. the replacement of one element of a crystal by another. |
| DIARRHOEIC | • diarrhoeic adj. Britain standard spelling of diarrheic. • diarrhœic adj. Alternative spelling of diarrheic. • DIARRHOEIC adj. of or like diarrhoea, also DIARRHEAL, DIARRHEIC, DIARRHETIC, DIARRHOEAL. |
| DICHROMATE | • dichromate n. (Chemistry) any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion (Cr2O72-) is in equilibrium… • DICHROMATE n. a salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base, also DICHROMAT. |
| DITROCHEAN | • ditrochean adj. (Linguistics) Consisting of two trochees. • DITROCHEAN adj. containing two trochees. |
| ENDOTHECIA | • endothecia n. Plural of endothecium. • ENDOTHECIUM n. the inner lining of a mature anther. |
| HACIENDADO | • haciendado n. Alternative form of hacendado. • HACIENDADO n. the owner of a hacienda, also HACENDADO. |
| HELICOIDAL | • helicoidal adj. Helicoid. • HELICOIDAL adj. relating to a helicoid, a flattened spiral. |
| HEPTAPODIC | • HEPTAPODIC adj. of a verse, having seven feet. |
| ICOSAHEDRA | • icosahedra n. Plural of icosahedron. • ICOSAHEDRON n. a polyhedron having 20 faces. |
| METHODICAL | • methodical adj. In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic. • methodical adj. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject… • METHODICAL adj. arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order, also METHODIC. |
| RHOTACISED | • rhotacised v. Simple past tense and past participle of rhotacise. • RHOTACISE v. to change to an r- sound, esp. from z, also RHOTACIZE. |
| RHOTACIZED | • rhotacized v. Simple past tense and past participle of rhotacize. • RHOTACIZE v. to change to an r- sound, esp. from z, also RHOTACISE. |
| THEODICEAN | • theodicean adj. Relating to theodicy. • THEODICEAN adj. practising theodicy, defense of God's goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil. • THEODICEAN n. a practitioner of theodicy. |