| ANTITHYROID | • antithyroid adj. (Biochemistry) Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones. • anti-thyroid adj. Alternative spelling of antithyroid. • ANTITHYROID adj. able to counteract excessive thyroid activity. |
| DEHORTATION | • dehortation n. (Archaic) Advice against something; dissuasion. • DEHORTATION n. advice against something, dissuasion. |
| DEHORTATIVE | • dehortative adj. Dissuasive. • DEHORTATIVE adj. dissuasive, also DEHORTATORY. |
| DEHORTATORY | • dehortatory adj. Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade. • DEHORTATORY adj. dissuasive, also DEHORTATIVE. |
| DITTOGRAPHY | • dittography n. The accidental error of repeating a word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist. • dittography n. An error produced thereby. • DITTOGRAPHY n. the unintentional repetition of letters in print. |
| FOOTBREADTH | • footbreadth n. The breadth of a foot; used as a measure. • FOOTBREADTH n. the width of a foot. |
| HISTORIATED | • historiated adj. Adorned with decorative pictures that tell a story. • HISTORIATED adj. decorated with elaborate ornamental designs and figures, also STORIATED. |
| HYDROSTATIC | • hydrostatic adj. (Physics) Of or relating to hydrostatics. • hydrostatic adj. Of or relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit. • HYDROSTATIC adj. of or relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit, also HYDROSTATICAL. |
| HYDROTACTIC | • hydrotactic adj. Relating to hydrotaxis. • HYDROTACTIC adj. relating to hydrotaxis, movement towards or away from water. |
| OCTAHEDRITE | • octahedrite n. (Mineralogy) The mineral anatase. • OCTAHEDRITE n. a variety of anatase, crystallising in square bipyramids. |
| ORTHODONTIA | • orthodontia n. Synonym of orthodontics. • ORTHODONTIA n. the rectification of crookedness in the teeth, also ORTHODONTICS. |
| OUTBREATHED | • outbreathed v. Simple past tense and past participle of outbreathe. • OUTBREATHE v. to breathe forth. |
| SOFTHEARTED | • softhearted adj. Gentle; kind; sympathetic. • softhearted adj. Easily moved to sorrow or pity. • softhearted adj. Willing to accept criticism. |
| STADTHOLDER | • stadtholder n. (Historical) The chief magistrate, then later, hereditary chief of state of the Dutch Republic. • stadtholder n. (Historical) An office formerly held by Danish and Swedish officials, best translated as governor-general. • STADTHOLDER n. (Dutch) a Dutch viceroy or provincial governor, also STADHOLDER. |
| TETRACHORDS | • tetrachords n. Plural of tetrachord. • TETRACHORD n. a series of four sounds, forming a scale of two tones and a half. |
| TETRAHEDRON | • tetrahedron n. (Geometry) A polyhedron with four faces; the regular tetrahedron, the faces of which are equal equilateral… • TETRAHEDRON n. a polyhedron that has four faces. |
| TRAITORHOOD | • traitorhood n. The quality of being a traitor. • TRAITORHOOD n. the state of being a traitor. |