| APOTHECARY | • apothecary n. (Archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical)… • apothecary n. (Archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary’s shop, a drugstore. • apothecary n. (Uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine. |
| ARCTOPHILY | • arctophily n. The hobby of collecting teddy bears. • ARCTOPHILY n. the study of teddy bears. |
| ATHROCYTES | • athrocytes n. Plural of athrocyte. • ATHROCYTE n. a cell having the ability to move and store foreign matter. |
| CACOTROPHY | • cacotrophy n. (Medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition. • CACOTROPHY n. bad or inadequate diet. |
| CARTOPHILY | • cartophily n. The hobby of collecting trade cards, especially cigarette cards. • CARTOPHILY n. the hobby of collecting cigarette cards. |
| CHROMATYPE | • chromatype n. Alternative form of chromotype. • CHROMATYPE n. a colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium. |
| CYATHIFORM | • cyathiform adj. In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top. • CYATHIFORM adj. shaped like a cup. |
| HYDROCASTS | • hydrocasts n. Plural of hydrocast. • HYDROCAST n. a gathering of water samples for analysis. |
| HYDROTHECA | • hydrotheca n. (Zoology) One of the calicles that protect the hydranths in certain Hydroidea (Thecaphora). • HYDROTHECA n. the horny cup of a hydranth. |
| MACROPHYTE | • macrophyte n. (Biology) Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one. • MACROPHYTE n. a macroscopic plant in an aquatic environment. |
| PHYSIOCRAT | • physiocrat n. (Economics, now historical) Any of a group of economists in 18th-century France who believed that the… • PHYSIOCRAT n. one of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order. |
| RACHIOTOMY | • rachiotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra. • RACHIOTOMY n. another name for laminectomy. |
| TACHOMETRY | • tachometry n. The use of a tachometer. • TACHOMETRY n. the measurement of speed, also TACHYMETRY. |
| TAUROMACHY | • tauromachy n. Bullfighting (in classical times). • TAUROMACHY n. the art of bullfighting. |
| TRACHYTOID | • trachytoid adj. (Mineralogy) Resembling trachyte. • TRACHYTOID adj. resembling trachyte. |
| TRAYCLOTHS | • traycloths n. Plural of traycloth. • TRAYCLOTH n. a cloth for covering a tray. |