| ALYCOMPAINE | • ALYCOMPAINE n. an old name for the plant elecampane. |
| ANGIOGRAPHY | • angiography n. (Medicine) A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood… • ANGIOGRAPHY n. a technique for X-raying major blood vessels, using dye opaque to X-rays. |
| ANGIOPLASTY | • angioplasty n. (Surgery) The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma. • ANGIOPLASTY n. the surgical repair of a damaged blood-vessel. |
| ANTIPHONARY | • antiphonary n. An antiphonal. • antiphonary adj. Pertaining to an antiphon or antiphony. • ANTIPHONARY n. a book of antiphons or of anthems, also ANTIPHONAL, ANTIPHONER. |
| CALYPSONIAN | • calypsonian n. A calypso musician. • CALYPSONIAN n. a writer or singer of calypsos. |
| COPLANARITY | • coplanarity n. (Geometry, of at least two things, usually lines) The state or characteristic of being within the same plane. • coplanarity n. (Astronomy, of multiple planets or other orbiting bodies) The state or characteristic of orbiting a… • co-planarity n. Alternative spelling of coplanarity. |
| HYPNOPAEDIA | • hypnopaedia n. Teaching (or learning) by subconscious means. • hypnopædia n. Rare spelling of hypnopaedia. • HYPNOPAEDIA n. training or instruction during sleep. |
| HYPOAEOLIAN | • HYPOAEOLIAN adj. in Greek music, below the Aeolian mode. |
| MANCIPATORY | • mancipatory adj. Of or pertaining to mancipation. • MANCIPATORY adj. relating to mancipation. |
| NYCTALOPIAS | • nyctalopias n. Plural of nyctalopia. • NYCTALOPIA n. reduced visual capacity in faint light (as at night), night blindness. |
| NYMPHOMANIA | • nymphomania n. Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women. • NYMPHOMANIA n. sexual mania in females. |
| PARONYCHIAL | • paronychial adj. Relating to paronychia. • PARONYCHIAL adj. relating to a paronychia, a whitlow. |
| PARONYCHIAS | • paronychias n. Plural of paronychia. • PARONYCHIA n. a whitlow, or felon. |
| PHYLLOMANIA | • phyllomania n. (Botany) The over-production of leaves by a plant (usually a tree), at the expense of flowers, seeds, etc. • PHYLLOMANIA n. abnormal leaf-production. |
| POLYACTINAL | • polyactinal adj. (Zoology) Having many rays; relating to a polyactine. • POLYACTINAL adj. of a marine animal, having many rays or tentacles, also POLYACT, POLYACTINE. |
| PROGYMNASIA | • PROGYMNASIUM n. in Germany, a gymnasium for pupils up to age 16 only, at which university entrance qualifications are not obtainable. |
| PYROMANIACS | • pyromaniacs n. Plural of pyromaniac. • PYROMANIAC n. a sufferer from pyromania, an obsessive urge to set fire to things. |
| PYROVANADIC | • pyrovanadic adj. Of, or relating to pyrovanadic acid or its derivatives. • PYROVANADIC adj. pertaining to, or designating, an acid of vanadium. |