| ACHROMATOUS | • achromatous adj. Lacking normal colour; colourless. • ACHROMATOUS adj. having little or no colour. |
| AERONOMICAL | • aeronomical adj. Of or pertaining to aeronomy. • AERONOMICAL adj. relating to aeronomy, the study of chemical and physical phenomena in the upper atmosphere. |
| AGRONOMICAL | • agronomical adj. Agronomic. • AGRONOMICAL adj. relating to agronomy, scientific agriculture. |
| ANCHORWOMAN | • anchorwoman n. A female anchorperson. • anchorwoman n. (Athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last. • ANCHORWOMAN n. a female anchorman. |
| APOCHROMATS | • apochromats n. Plural of apochromat. • APOCHROMAT n. an apochromatic lens or instrument. |
| ASTROCYTOMA | • astrocytoma n. (Medicine) A cancer of the brain that originates in astrocytes. • ASTROCYTOMA n. a tumour of the central nervous system. |
| CATADROMOUS | • catadromous adj. (Ichthyology, of a migratory fish) Living in fresh water as an adult, but breeding in the sea. • catadromous adj. (Botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the base of the frond. • CATADROMOUS adj. of fishes, descending periodically for spawning to the lower parts of a river or to the sea, also KATADROMOUS. |
| CHAULMOOGRA | • chaulmoogra n. A tree found in Southeast Asia, Hydnocarpus wightiana, which yields an oil that was formerly used as… • CHAULMOOGRA n. a kind of Asian tree, yielding an oil used in the treatment of leprosy, also CHAULMUGRA. |
| CHONDROMATA | • chondromata n. Plural of chondroma. • CHONDROMA n. a benign cartilaginous growth. |
| CHOREODRAMA | • choreodrama n. A drama acted out in dance. • CHOREODRAMA n. dance drama performed by a group. |
| COMPARATORS | • comparators n. Plural of comparator. • COMPARATOR n. any device for comparing accurately, so as e.g. to detect deviations from a standard or to confirm identity. |
| EROTOMANIAC | • erotomaniac n. A person suffering from erotomania (in either sense). • EROTOMANIAC n. one suffering from erotomania, an unusually strong sexual desire. |
| MACROBIOTAS | • macrobiotas n. Plural of macrobiota. • MACROBIOTA n. the larger organisms in the soil collectively. |
| MACROFLORAE | • MACROFLORA n. (Greek) plants visible to the naked eye. |
| MACROFLORAS | • macrofloras n. Plural of macroflora. • MACROFLORA n. (Greek) plants visible to the naked eye. |
| MONOCARDIAN | • monocardian adj. (Zoology) Having a heart with a single ventricle. • MONOCARDIAN n. a creature that has only one heart. |
| NONAROMATIC | • nonaromatic adj. (Chemistry) Not aromatic. • nonaromatic n. (Chemistry) A compound that is not an aromatic compound. • non-aromatic adj. (Organic chemistry) Describing any polyunsaturated cyclic compound that is not aromatic. |
| SARCOMATOID | • sarcomatoid adj. Of or pertaining to a sarcoma. • SARCOMATOID adj. like a sarcoma, a tumour of connective tissue. |
| SARCOMATOUS | • sarcomatous adj. (Medicine) Of or pertaining to sarcoma; resembling sarcoma. • SARCOMATOUS adj. of or like a sarcoma. |