| ADIAPHOROUS | • adiaphorous adj. Neither harmful nor beneficial. • ADIAPHOROUS adj. doing neither good nor harm. |
| AILUROPHOBE | • ailurophobe n. A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines. • AILUROPHOBE n. a person with a morbid fear of cats. |
| AUTOMORPHIC | • automorphic adj. (Geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic. • automorphic adj. (Mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular. • automorphic adj. (Mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism. |
| AUTOTROPHIC | • autotrophic adj. (Biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using… • AUTOTROPHIC adj. capable of building up food materials from inorganic matter. |
| AUXOTROPHIC | • auxotrophic adj. (Biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent… • AUXOTROPHIC adj. requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| CHIAROSCURO | • chiaroscuro n. (Painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts… • chiaroscuro n. (Painting) A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color. • chiaroscuro n. (Art) A woodcut technique in which several woodcut blocks are used to print different shades of a color… |
| COAUTHORING | • coauthoring v. Present participle of coauthor. • co-authoring v. Present participle of co-author. • COAUTHOR v. to write together. |
| DIACHRONOUS | • diachronous adj. (Geology) Varying in age from place to place. • diachronous adj. Alternative form of diachronic. • DIACHRONOUS adj. relating to the study of a language through its development. |
| EUROPHOBIAS | • EUROPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of Europe and things European. |
| HOLOTHURIAN | • holothurian n. (Zoology) sea cucumber (of the class Holothuroidea). • HOLOTHURIAN n. any member of a class of wormlike unarmoured echinoderms, aka sea cucumbers. |
| HONORARIUMS | • honorariums n. Plural of honorarium. • HONORARIUM n. a voluntary fee paid esp. to a professional person for their services. |
| ORNITHOSAUR | • ORNITHOSAUR n. a pterodactyl. |
| RHIZOMATOUS | • rhizomatous adj. (Botany) Having the nature or habit of a rhizome or rootstock. • RHIZOMATOUS adj. having the form of a rhizome. |