| ACIDANTHERA | • acidanthera n. Any of the gladioli previously placed in the genus Acidanthera. • ACIDANTHERA n. a plant of the genus Acidanthera of white-flowered plants of NE Africa. |
| ANNIHILATED | • annihilated v. Simple past tense and past participle of annihilate. • annihilated adj. Having been utterly destroyed. • ANNIHILATE v. to destroy completely. |
| ANTHERIDIAL | • antheridial adj. (Botany) Of, pertaining to, or produced in, the antheridium. • ANTHERIDIAL adj. relating to an antheridium, the organ on a gametophyte plant which produces the sperm cells. |
| ANTICATHODE | • anticathode n. (Electrochemistry) The opposite of a cathode, an anode. • anticathode n. (Electronics) The target at which electrons from the cathode in a CRT or x-ray tube are directed. • ANTICATHODE n. the target of an X-ray tube, on which the cathode rays are focused and from which X-rays are emitted. |
| CACHINNATED | • cachinnated v. Simple past tense and past participle of cachinnate. • CACHINNATE v. to laugh loudly or immoderately. |
| CANTHARIDAL | • cantharidal adj. Of or pertaining to cantharides. • CANTHARIDAL adj. of or like a cantharid, also CANTHARIDIAN, CANTHARIDIC. |
| CANTHARIDES | • cantharides n. Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria (syn. Cantharis vesicatoria). • cantharides n. Spanish fly; a vesicant extracted from the beetle, popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties. • CANTHARIS n. a beetle with an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, aka Spanish fly, also CANTHARID. |
| CANTHARIDIC | • cantharidic adj. Related to, composed of, or derived from cantharides. • CANTHARIDIC adj. of or like a cantharid, also CANTHARIDAL, CANTHARIDIAN. |
| CANTHARIDIN | • cantharidin n. (Organic chemistry) A volatile organic compound in cantharis, or Spanish fly. • CANTHARIDIN n. a bitter crystalline compound that is the active blister-producing ingredient of cantharides. |
| DIAPHANEITY | • diaphaneity n. (Mineralogy) transparency. • DIAPHANEITY n. the quality of transmitting light. |
| HABITUDINAL | • HABITUDINAL adj. (obsolete) related to habitude. |
| HANDFASTING | • handfasting v. Present participle of handfast. • handfasting n. The ceremony in which people handfast. • HANDFASTING n. a betrothal. |
| HANDICRAFTS | • handicrafts n. Plural of handicraft. • HANDICRAFT n. a trade requiring skill of hand. |
| LANTHANIDES | • lanthanides n. Plural of lanthanide. • LANTHANIDE n. a rare-earth element. |
| LANTHANOIDS | • lanthanoids n. Plural of lanthanoid. |
| MASTHEADING | • mastheading v. Present participle of masthead. • MASTHEAD v. to raise to the masthead; to punish by sending to the masthead. |
| METHANAMIDE | • methanamide n. (Organic chemistry) Formamide. • METHANAMIDE n. an amide derived from formic acid, aka formamide. |