| AUTHORSHIP | • authorship n. The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author. • authorship n. The source; origin; origination. • AUTHORSHIP n. the profession of writing. |
| AUTOGRAPHS | • autographs n. Plural of autograph. • autographs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autograph. • AUTOGRAPH v. to sign with an autograph. |
| AUTOGRAPHY | • autography n. Writing in one’s own handwriting. • autography n. A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone. • autography n. (Countable, rare) An autobiography. |
| AUTOTROPHS | • autotrophs n. Plural of autotroph. • AUTOTROPH n. an organism that is able to manufacture its own food from inorganic substances. |
| AUTOTROPHY | • autotrophy n. (Biology) The synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy. • AUTOTROPHY n. the state of being an autotroph, an organism that is able to manufacture its own food from inorganic substances. |
| AUXOTROPHS | • auxotrophs n. Plural of auxotroph. • AUXOTROPH n. an auxotrophic strain or individual, i.e. one requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| AUXOTROPHY | • auxotrophy n. (Biology) The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth… • AUXOTROPHY n. the state of being auxotrophic, requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| EUPHORIANT | • euphoriant n. A drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria. • euphoriant adj. Producing euphoria. • EUPHORIANT n. a drug that tends to induce euphoria. |
| HOURPLATES | • hourplates n. Plural of hourplate. • HOURPLATE n. a timepiece dial. |
| MOUTHPARTS | • mouthparts n. Plural of mouthpart. • mouth-parts n. Plural of mouth-part. • MOUTHPART n. part of a mouth. |
| NATUROPATH | • naturopath n. (Alternative medicine) A practitioner of naturopathy, a nature healer. • NATUROPATH n. a person who practises naturopathy. |
| NEUROPATHS | • neuropaths n. Plural of neuropath. • NEUROPATH n. one who believes in nervous origin of most diseases. |
| NEUROPATHY | • neuropathy n. (Medicine) Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy. • neuropathy n. (Medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral… • NEUROPATHY n. an affection of the nervous system or of a nerve. |
| PHOTOMURAL | • photomural n. A large photograph (or series of photographs) used as a wall decoration. • PHOTOMURAL n. an enlarged photograph, usually several yards long. |
| POURTRAHED | • POURTRAY v. (Spenser) to portray, also PORTRAY. |
| PROTHALLUS | • prothallus n. A prothallium. • PROTHALLUS n. the free-living gametophyte of a fern or other vascular cryptogam, also PROTHALLIUM. |
| PROTOHUMAN | • protohuman adj. Pertaining to the first humans or the beginning of humankind. • protohuman n. One of the earliest humans preceding Homo sapiens. • proto-human adj. Alternative form of protohuman. |
| STROUPACHS | • stroupachs n. Plural of stroupach. • STROUPACH n. (Scots) a drink of tea, also STROUPAN. |
| TOUCHPAPER | • touchpaper n. Alternative spelling of touch-paper. • touch-paper n. A strip of paper impregnated with nitre, used as a fuse for firing gunpowder, fireworks etc. • TOUCHPAPER n. paper soaked in saltpetre and used for firing gunpowder. |