| AMINOPYRINE | • aminopyrine n. Aminophenazone. • AMINOPYRINE n. a drug formerly used to relieve pain and fever. |
| 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. |
| APOCYNTHION | • apocynthion n. (Astronomy) The point in an orbit around the Moon that is most distant from that body. • APOCYNTHION n. the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is furthest from the moon. |
| CALYPSONIAN | • calypsonian n. A calypso musician. • CALYPSONIAN n. a writer or singer of calypsos. |
| DOWNPLAYING | • downplaying v. Present participle of downplay. • downplaying n. The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important. • DOWNPLAY v. to understate, underemphasise. |
| HYPHENATION | • hyphenation n. The inclusion of hyphens; especially, the correct locations of hyphens. • HYPHENATION n. the act of hyphenating. |
| NANOPHYSICS | • nanophysics n. Nanoscale physics. • NANOPHYSICS n. physics on an atomic and molecular scale. |
| NONPHYSICAL | • nonphysical adj. Not physical; not using kinetic energy. • nonphysical adj. Not having physical form; insubstantial. • NONPHYSICAL adj. not physical. |
| NYMPHOMANIA | • nymphomania n. Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women. • NYMPHOMANIA n. sexual mania in females. |
| PANEGYRICON | • panegyricon n. (Christianity) In the Greek Orthodox Church, a collection of sermons for festivals. • PANEGYRICON n. a collection of sermons for Orthodox church festivals. |
| PHYCOCYANIN | • phycocyanin n. (Biochemistry) A pigment from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin… • PHYCOCYANIN n. any of various bluish-green protein pigments in the cells of cyanobacteria. |
| POLLYANNISH | • pollyannish adj. Alternative form of Pollyannish. • Pollyannish adj. (Derogatory) irrepressibly or excessively optimistic; capable of seeing good in anyone. • POLLYANNISH adj. tediously optimistic, also POLLYANNAISH. |
| SAPONIFYING | • saponifying v. Present participle of saponify. • SAPONIFY v. to convert into soap. |
| SPONTANEITY | • spontaneity n. (Uncountable) The quality of being spontaneous. • spontaneity n. (Countable) Spontaneous behaviour. • spontaneity n. (Biology) The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and… |
| SYNCOPATING | • syncopating v. Present participle of syncopate. • SYNCOPATE v. to shorten a word by cutting out its middle. |
| SYNCOPATION | • syncopation n. (Linguistics, phonology) The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables… • syncopation n. (Music) The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession… • SYNCOPATION n. a shift of accent in a musical passage that occurs when a normally weak beat is stressed. |