| AERENCHYMA | • aerenchyma n. (Botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants. • AERENCHYMA n. respiratory tissue. |
| ATHERMANCY | • athermancy n. Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat. • ATHERMANCY n. imperviousness to radiant heat. |
| CHEMONASTY | • chemonasty n. A nastic response to a change in chemicals or nutrients. • CHEMONASTY n. plant movement provoked but not orientated by a chemical action. |
| CYMOPHANES | • cymophanes n. Plural of cymophane. • CYMOPHANE n. cat's-eye, a variety of chrysoberyl with wavy opalescence. |
| HACKNEYISM | • HACKNEYISM n. the quality of being hackneyed. |
| HACKNEYMAN | • hackneyman n. (Dated) A man who hires out horses and carriages. • HACKNEYMAN n. a man who lets horses and carriages for hire. |
| HACKNEYMEN | • hackneymen n. Plural of hackneyman. • HACKNEYMAN n. a man who lets horses and carriages for hire. |
| HEMOCYANIN | • hemocyanin n. (Biochemistry) a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment (a metalloprotein) found in most molluscs… • HEMOCYANIN n. a colourless copper-containing respiratory pigment in the circulatory fluid of various arthropods and mollusks, also HAEMOCYANIN. |
| HIEROMANCY | • hieromancy n. Divination by interpreting sacred objects, often used in sacrificial offerings. Similar to aruspicy. • HIEROMANCY n. divination by studying objects offered in sacrifice. |
| HYPERMANIC | • hypermanic adj. Relating to, or exhibiting, hypermania. • HYPERMANIC adj. suffering from hypermania, an extreme form of mania. |
| MELANCHOLY | • melancholy n. (Historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies. • melancholy n. Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature. • melancholy adj. (Literary) Affected with great sadness or depression. |
| MERCHANTRY | • merchantry n. (Dated) The body of merchants taken collectively. • merchantry n. (Dated) The business of a merchant; merchandise. • MERCHANTRY n. the body of merchants taken collectively. |
| MYASTHENIC | • myasthenic adj. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia. • myasthenic n. An individual who has myasthenia. • MYASTHENIC n. one suffering from myasthenia, muscular weakness or debility. |
| PARCHMENTY | • parchmenty adj. Resembling or characteristic of parchment. • PARCHMENTY adj. like parchment. |
| PARENCHYMA | • parenchyma n. (Anatomy) The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue. • parenchyma n. (Botany) The cellular tissue, typically soft and succulent, found chiefly in the softer parts of leaves… • parenchyma n. (Zoology) Cellular tissue lying between the body wall and the organs of invertebrate animals lacking… |