| ACCUSTOMARY | • accustomary adj. Usual; customary. • ACCUSTOMARY adj. made familiar by custom. |
| ACRYLAMIDES | • acrylamides n. Plural of acrylamide. • ACRYLAMIDE n. an amide used in the manufacture of synthetic textile fibers. |
| ADRIAMYCINS | • ADRIAMYCIN n. a trade name of the anticancer drug doxorubicin. |
| AERENCHYMAS | • aerenchymas n. Plural of aerenchyma. • AERENCHYMA n. respiratory tissue. |
| ASTROCYTOMA | • astrocytoma n. (Medicine) A cancer of the brain that originates in astrocytes. • ASTROCYTOMA n. a tumour of the central nervous system. |
| CRAFTSMANLY | • craftsmanly adj. Befitting a craftsman. • CRAFTSMANLY adj. like a craftsman. |
| GASTROMANCY | • gastromancy n. Divination by interpreting the sounds and signs of the belly. • gastromancy n. Divination by noting magical visions in large-bellied glasses, sometimes described as a technique where… • GASTROMANCY n. divination by sounds from the belly. |
| GYMNASIARCH | • gymnasiarch n. (Historical) An Athenian officer who superintended the gymnasia and paid for the oil and other necessities. • GYMNASIARCH n. the head of a gymnasium. |
| LACRYMATORS | • lacrymators n. Plural of lacrymator. • LACRYMATOR n. a substance or gas causing tears, also LACHRYMATOR, LACRIMATOR. |
| MASTICATORY | • masticatory n. (Chiefly medicine) Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase… • masticatory adj. Of, or relating to mastication. • masticatory adj. Used for chewing. |
| MICROARRAYS | • microarrays n. Plural of microarray. • MICROARRAY n. a collection of microscopic DNA spots, aka gene chip. |
| PARALYMPICS | • Paralympics prop.n. (Sports) Synonym of Paralympic Games (“an international sports competition participated in by sportspeople… • PARALYMPICS n. an Olympic games for sportspeople with physical disabilities. |
| PARENCHYMAS | • parenchymas n. Plural of parenchyma. • PARENCHYMA n. the ordinary soft thin-walled tissue of plants, not differentiated into conducting or mechanical tissue. |
| PSYCHODRAMA | • psychodrama n. A form of psychotherapy in which a patient acts a role in a context devised by a psychotherapist. • psychodrama n. A drama in this form. • psychodrama n. (Rare) A dramatic work focusing on the psychology of its characters. |
| PYROMANIACS | • pyromaniacs n. Plural of pyromaniac. • PYROMANIAC n. a sufferer from pyromania, an obsessive urge to set fire to things. |