| HETEROPOLAR | • heteropolar adj. Of an electric generator that produces alternating current. • heteropolar adj. (Chemistry) Formed by ions of opposite charge. • HETEROPOLAR adj. polar, in the chemical sense. |
| HOLOGRAPHER | • holographer n. One who creates holograms. • HOLOGRAPHER n. one who makes holographs. |
| HORRIPILATE | • horripilate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples. • HORRIPILATE v. to produce the erection of hairs on the head or body. |
| HORSEPLAYER | • horseplayer n. (Gambling) A person who bets on horse races. • HORSEPLAYER n. one who habitually bets on horse races. |
| LAMPROPHYRE | • lamprophyre n. (Geology) An uncommon, small-volume ultrapotassic igneous rock primarily occurring as dikes, lopoliths… • LAMPROPHYRE n. a compact intrusive rock with phenocrysts of black mica, hornblende, etc. |
| LOGOGRAPHER | • logographer n. A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences. • logographer n. One skilled in logography. • LOGOGRAPHER n. a person who writes speeches or chronicles historical events. |
| PERCHLORATE | • perchlorate n. (Chemistry) any salt of perchloric acid; used in pyrotechnics and as powerful oxidizing agents. • PERCHLORATE n. a salt or ester of perchloric acid. |
| PERIPHERALS | • peripherals n. Plural of peripheral. • PERIPHERAL n. a device connected to a computer to provide communication (as input and output) or auxiliary functions (as additional storage). |
| PHILANDERER | • philanderer n. One who plays at courtship; a fickle lover; a flirt (usually applies only to men). • philanderer n. Someone who engages in casual sex – usually frequently. • PHILANDERER n. one who philanders. |
| PLATYRRHINE | • platyrrhine adj. (Anatomy) Having a broad, flat nose. • platyrrhine n. (Zoology) Any New World monkey of the Platyrrhini. • PLATYRRHINE adj. having a broad, flat nose. |
| PLEROPHORIA | • plerophoria n. Alternative form of plerophory. • PLEROPHORIA n. full conviction, also PLEROPHORY. |
| POLYGRAPHER | • polygrapher n. A person skilled in the operation of a polygraph. • POLYGRAPHER n. one who operates a polygraph. |
| PURPLEHEART | • purpleheart n. A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies. • purpleheart n. The purplish heartwood of this tree, used to make furniture. • purple␣heart n. The drug phenobarbitone when taken recreationally. |
| REPROACHFUL | • reproachful adj. Expressing or containing reproach. • reproachful adj. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base. • REPROACHFUL adj. reproving. |
| RETROPHILIA | • retrophilia n. The attraction to and preference for that which is from or characteristic of the past. • RETROPHILIA n. love of things of the past. |
| TELEGRAPHER | • telegrapher n. (Historical) A telegraph operator, one who sent telegrams. • TELEGRAPHER n. one who operates a telegraph. |
| XYLOGRAPHER | • xylographer n. A person who makes xylographs. • XYLOGRAPHER n. one who practises xylography, the art of making engravings on wood. |