| AMPHETAMINE | • amphetamine n. (Organic chemistry, proper) The racemic freebase of 1-phenylpropan-2-amine; an equal parts mixture of… • amphetamine n. (Informal) Any mixture of the two amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine. • amphetamine n. (Informal, nonstandard) Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals. |
| APPEACHMENT | • appeachment n. (Obsolete) accusation. • APPEACHMENT n. (Shakespeare) the act of appeaching. |
| CAMERAPHONE | • cameraphone n. A mobile phone with a built-in camera. • cameraphone n. (Obsolete) A combination of telephonic device and electronic camera. • cameraphone n. A combination highly-capable digital camera and smartphone. |
| CHAMAEPHYTE | • chamaephyte n. (Botany) Any low perennial plant whose buds overwinter just above soil level. • CHAMAEPHYTE n. a winter-flowering plant. |
| ENCEPHALOMA | • encephaloma n. (Medicine, dated) A tumor of the brain. • encephaloma n. (Medicine, dated) Encephaloid carcinoma. • ENCEPHALOMA n. a brain tumour. |
| EPIRRHEMATA | • epirrhemata n. Plural of epirrhema. • EPIRRHEMA n. (Greek) in Greek comedy, the address of the coryphaeus to the audience after the parabasis. |
| HEMERALOPIA | • hemeralopia n. (Medicine) The inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness. • hemeralopia n. (Medicine, archaic) Night blindness. • HEMERALOPIA n. the condition of seeing well at night or in partial darkness, while the day sight is poor. |
| HYPERAEMIAS | • hyperaemias n. Plural of hyperaemia. • HYPERAEMIA n. an excess or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body, also HYPEREMIA. |
| IMPEACHABLE | • impeachable adj. Able to be impeached (of a person). • impeachable adj. That warrants impeachment (of an offence). • IMPEACHABLE adj. that can be impeached. |
| MEGACEPHALY | • megacephaly n. Macrencephaly. • MEGACEPHALY n. the condition of having an unusually large head or cranial capacity, also MEGALOCEPHALY. |
| METAPHRASED | • metaphrased adj. Translated literally. • METAPHRASE v. to turn prose into verse or vice versa. |
| METAPHRASES | • metaphrases n. Plural of metaphrase. • metaphrases v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metaphrase. • METAPHRASE n. the turning of prose into verse or vice versa. |
| PHRASEMAKER | • phrasemaker n. A crafter of phrases; one who pens bombast or rhetoric. • PHRASEMAKER n. a maker of wordy or fine-sounding phrases, also PHRASEMONGER. |
| SPERMATHECA | • spermatheca n. (Anatomy) A small sac within the reproductive tract of some female invertebrates, such as insects, which… • SPERMATHECA n. a receptacle for storing spermatozoa in insects. |