| ASPARAGINASE | • asparaginase n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, used in chemotherapy. • ASPARAGINASE n. an enzyme that causes asparagine to hydrolyse to aspartic acid and ammonia. |
| DISADVANTAGE | • disadvantage n. A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con. • disadvantage n. A setback or handicap. • disadvantage n. Loss; detriment; hindrance. |
| EGALITARIANS | • egalitarians n. Plural of egalitarian. • EGALITARIAN n. a believer in egalitarianism. |
| GALANTAMINES | • GALANTAMINE n. a compound, originally derived from flowers, especially daffodils and snowdrops, used as a drug in treating dementia. |
| GALLINACEANS | • gallinaceans n. Plural of gallinacean. • GALLINACEAN n. any gallinaceous bird, such as a pheasant. |
| HAEMANGIOMAS | • haemangiomas n. Plural of haemangioma. • HAEMANGIOMA n. a usually benign tumour made up of blood vessels, also HEMANGIOMA. |
| HEMANGIOMATA | • hemangiomata n. Plural of hemangioma. • HEMANGIOMA n. a usually benign tumour made up of blood vessels, also HAEMANGIOMA. |
| LANDGRAVIATE | • landgraviate n. The office or jurisdiction of a landgrave. • landgraviate n. The countship of a landgrave, a rare type of principality in the Holy Roman Empire. • LANDGRAVIATE n. the jurisdiction or position of a landgrave, also LANDGRAVATE. |
| MANAGERIALLY | • managerially adv. In a managerial respect; with regard to management. • MANAGERIAL adv. relating to a manager. |
| MEGALOMANIAC | • megalomaniac n. One affected with or exhibiting megalomania. • megalomaniac adj. Of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania. • MEGALOMANIAC n. one suffering from megalomania. |
| MEGALOMANIAS | • megalomanias n. Plural of megalomania. • MEGALOMANIA n. a mania for great or grandiose performance. |
| NONAGENARIAN | • nonagenarian n. Synonym of ninetysomething: a person between 90 and 99 years old. • nonagenarian adj. Of or related to ninetysomethings. • NONAGENARIAN n. a person whose age is in the nineties. |
| PARAGENESIAS | • PARAGENESIA n. the order in which minerals have developed in a given mass of rock, also PARAGENESIS. |
| PARAMAGNETIC | • paramagnetic adj. (Physics) Exhibiting paramagnetism. • PARAMAGNETIC adj. applied to any substance of which a rod suspended between the poles of a magnet arranges itself parallel to the lines of force, as opposed to diamagnetic. |
| SEXAGENARIAN | • sexagenarian n. Synonym of sixtysomething: a person between 60 and 69 years old. • sexagenarian adj. Of or related to sixtysomethings. • SEXAGENARIAN adj. aged between sixty and seventy years old. |