| ACANTHACEOUS | • acanthaceous adj. (Botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family. • acanthaceous adj. Armed with prickles, as a plant. • ACANTHACEOUS adj. prickly; of the Acanthaceae. |
| AGATHODAIMON | • agathodaimon n. Alternative spelling of agathodaemon. • AGATHODAIMON n. (Greek) one's good genius; the good part of one's conscience. |
| AMIANTHOIDAL | • AMIANTHOIDAL adj. of or like amianthus, asbestos with silky fibres, also AMIANTHINE, AMIANTHOID. |
| ANACOLUTHIAS | • anacoluthias n. Plural of anacoluthia. • ANACOLUTHIA n. a nonsequential syntactic construction in which the latter part of a sentence does not grammatically fit the earlier. |
| ANTHOMANIACS | • anthomaniacs n. Plural of anthomaniac. • ANTHOMANIAC n. one suffering from anthomania, an obsession with flowers. |
| ANTIHALATION | • antihalation adj. (Photography) Preventing halation. • ANTIHALATION n. the prevention of halation, usually by placing a layer of dye on the back of the film to absorb light which has passed through the emulsion on it. |
| ARITHMOMANIA | • arithmomania n. An obsessive-compulsive disorder in which the subject feels the need to count things. • ARITHMOMANIA n. an obsession with numbers, esp. compulsion to count things. |
| HABITATIONAL | • habitational adj. Pertaining to habitation or an inhabited region. • habitational adj. (Of a name) Deriving from the name of a place where a presumed ancestor once lived. • HABITATIONAL adj. relating to habitation. |
| HAPAXANTHOUS | • hapaxanthous adj. Being or relating to a hapaxanth. • HAPAXANTHOUS adj. monocarpous, also HAPAXANTHIC. |
| HEMANGIOMATA | • hemangiomata n. Plural of hemangioma. • HEMANGIOMA n. a usually benign tumour made up of blood vessels, also HAEMANGIOMA. |
| INHALATIONAL | • inhalational adj. (Of an anesthetic) Administered as a gas or vapour that is inhaled. • INHALATIONAL adj. relating to inhalation. |
| KOTAHITANGAS | • KOTAHITANGA n. (Maori) unity or solidarity. |
| PARAGNATHOUS | • paragnathous adj. (Zoology) having both mandibles of equal length, with the tips meeting, as in certain birds. • PARAGNATHOUS adj. having equal mandibles. |
| SATANOPHOBIA | • Satanophobia n. (Rare) A fear of Satan. • SATANOPHOBIA n. fear of the devil. |
| TAUROMACHIAN | • tauromachian adj. Of or pertaining to bullfighting. • tauromachian n. A bullfighter. • TAUROMACHIAN adj. pertaining to bullfights. |
| THEATROMANIA | • theatromania n. An excessive love of the theatre. • THEATROMANIA n. a craze for going to plays. |
| ZOANTHARIANS | • zoantharians n. Plural of zoantharian. • ZOANTHARIAN n. a member of the Zoantharia, the order including sea-anemones. |