| ACROPHOBIA | • acrophobia n. Phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level. • ACROPHOBIA n. fear of heights. |
| ACROPHOBIC | • acrophobic adj. Of or pertaining to or suffering from acrophobia. • acrophobic n. A person who has acrophobia. • ACROPHOBIC adj. suffering from acrophobia, fear of heights. |
| ACROPHONIC | • acrophonic adj. Conforming to acrophony. • ACROPHONIC adj. relating to acrophony, the use of a word starting with a letter of the alphabet as the name of the letter, also ACROPHONETIC. |
| AEROPHOBIC | • aerophobic adj. Having a fear of flying in aircraft. • aerophobic adj. Disliking or avoiding air. • AEROPHOBIC adj. having a morbid fear of draughts or of flying. |
| BRACHIOPOD | • brachiopod n. Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells… • BRACHIOPOD n. a bivalve marine invertebrate. |
| CARTOONISH | • cartoonish adj. Exaggerated or caricatured, in the manner of a cartoon. • CARTOONISH adj. like a cartoon. |
| CHINAROOTS | • chinaroots n. Plural of chinaroot. • china-roots n. Plural of china-root. • china␣roots n. Plural of china root. |
| CHROMATOID | • chromatoid adj. Resembling chromatin. • chromatoid n. (Cytology) The part of a nucleus comprising DNA and proteins where chromosomes are formed. • CHROMATOID adj. relating to chromatin, a protein/DNA complex making the chromosome. |
| COHABITORS | • cohabitors n. Plural of cohabitor. • COHABITOR n. one who cohabits, also COHABITER. |
| COLEORHIZA | • coleorhiza n. A sheath-like structure found in a monocotyledon plant seed that acts as a protective covering enclosing the radicle. • COLEORHIZA n. a sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle, also COLEORRHIZA. |
| HARMOLODIC | • harmolodic adj. Of or pertaining to harmolodics. • HARMOLODIC adj. relating to a jazz technique where each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune. |
| HARMONICON | • harmonicon n. (Dated, music) The harmonica. • harmonicon n. (Historical) An acoustic apparatus that produces a musical note when a long dry tube, open at both ends… • HARMONICON n. a harmonica, also ARMONICA, HARMONICA. |
| HOMORGANIC | • homorganic adj. (Phonetics) Of consonants: having the same place of articulation. For example, labial m, b, p, alveolar… • homorganic adj. (Medicine) produced by the same or homologous organs. • homorganic n. (Phonetics) A consonant having the same place of articulation as another. |
| ISOCHRONAL | • isochronal adj. Having the same duration. • isochronal adj. Happening at regular periods; isochronous, periodic. • isochronal adj. (Computing, of data) Time-dependent. |
| OROGRAPHIC | • orographic adj. Of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography. • orographic adj. (Meteorology) Of or pertaining to the effects of mountains on weather. • OROGRAPHIC adj. relating to orography, the description of mountains, also OROGRAPHICAL. |
| ORTHOCAINE | • orthocaine n. Methyl m-amino-p-hydroxybenzoate, a fine white crystalline powder used as an anesthetic on open wounds. • ORTHOCAINE n. a white crystalline substance used as a local anaesthetic. |
| RACHIOTOMY | • rachiotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra. • RACHIOTOMY n. another name for laminectomy. |
| TROCHOIDAL | • trochoidal adj. Of, pertaining to, or shaped like a trochoid. • TROCHOIDAL adj. of or pertaining to a trochoid. |
| WORKAHOLIC | • workaholic n. A person who feels compelled to work excessively, including while at home. • workaholic adj. In the nature or manner of a workaholic. • WORKAHOLIC n. one who is excessively fond of work. |
| ZOOGRAPHIC | • zoographic adj. Of or pertaining to zoography. • ZOOGRAPHIC adj. relating to zoography, the painting or description of animals, also ZOOGRAPHICAL. |