| AUTOCEPHALY | • autocephaly n. (Christianity) The condition where a church’s leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no… • AUTOCEPHALY n. self-government. |
| BISULPHATES | • bisulphates n. Plural of bisulphate. • BISULPHATE n. a salt containing double the proportion of the acid radical present in a sulphate, also BISULFATE. |
| DISULPHATES | • disulphates n. Plural of disulphate. • DISULPHATE n. a pyrosulphate. |
| HEPTANGULAR | • heptangular adj. Having seven angles. • HEPTANGULAR adj. having seven angles. |
| HOUSEPLANTS | • houseplants n. Plural of houseplant. • house␣plants n. Plural of house plant. • HOUSEPLANT n. a plant grown or kept indoors. |
| MULTIPHASES | • multiphases n. Plural of multiphase. |
| PATCHOULIES | • PATCHOULY n. (Tamil) an Asiatic tree with a fragrant perfume oil; the resulting perfume, also PACHOULI, PATCHOULI. |
| PENTATHLUMS | • PENTATHLUM n. a pentathlon. |
| PERSULPHATE | • persulphate n. Alternative spelling of persulfate. • PERSULPHATE n. that sulphate of a metal which contains the relatively greater quantity of oxygen or of the acid radical, also PERSULFATE. |
| PLOUGHGATES | • ploughgates n. Plural of ploughgate. • PLOUGHGATE n. (Scots) plowland. |
| POLYURETHAN | • POLYURETHAN n. any of various polymers used esp. in flexible and rigid foams, elastomers, and resins, also POLYURETHANE. |
| 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. |
| SULPHATASES | • sulphatases n. Plural of sulphatase. • SULPHATASE n. any of various esterases that accelerate the hydrolysis of sulfuric esters, also SULFATASE. |
| SULPHONATED | • sulphonated v. Simple past tense and past participle of sulphonate. • SULPHONATE v. to convert into sulphonic acid, also SULFONATE. |
| SULPHONATES | • sulphonates n. Plural of sulphonate. • SULPHONATE n. a salt of sulphonic acid. |
| SULPHURATED | • sulphurated adj. Alternative form of sulfurated. • sulphurated v. Simple past tense and past participle of sulphurate. • SULPHURATE v. to combine with sulphur, also SULFURATE. |
| SULPHURATES | • sulphurates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sulphurate. • SULPHURATE v. to combine with sulphur, also SULFURATE. |
| THUNDERCLAP | • thunderclap n. A sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a shock of thunder, as opposed to a reverberating rumble. • thunderclap n. (Figurative) Something that makes a big, dramatic impact. • thunderclap v. (Intransitive) To produce a loud burst of sound like a thunderclap. |