| ACHLAMYDEOUS | • achlamydeous adj. (Botany) having no perianth. • ACHLAMYDEOUS adj. without a perianth. |
| ACHROMATISED | • achromatised v. Simple past tense and past participle of achromatise. • ACHROMATISE v. to make achromatic, also ACHROMATIZE. |
| ANTICATHODES | • anticathodes n. Plural of anticathode. • ANTICATHODE n. the target of an X-ray tube, on which the cathode rays are focused and from which X-rays are emitted. |
| APHRODISIACS | • aphrodisiacs n. Plural of aphrodisiac. • APHRODISIAC n. an agent (as a food or drug) that arouses or is held to arouse sexual desire. |
| ARCHDIOCESAN | • archdiocesan adj. (Ecclesiastical) Of or relating to an archdiocese. • ARCHDIOCESAN adj. relating to archdiocese. |
| CARBOHYDRASE | • carbohydrase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of polysaccharides into simple sugars. • CARBOHYDRASE n. any of a group of enzymes (as amylase) that promote hydrolysis or synthesis of a carbohydrate (as a disaccharide). |
| CARDIOGRAPHS | • cardiographs n. Plural of cardiograph. • CARDIOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording movements of the heart. |
| CHOREODRAMAS | • choreodramas n. Plural of choreodrama. • CHOREODRAMA n. dance drama performed by a group. |
| HYRACOIDEANS | • HYRACOIDEAN n. any member of a genus of mammals including the daman and the dassie or hyrax, also HYRACOID. |
| ORCHARDGRASS | • orchardgrass n. Any of various grasses of the genus Dactylis, especially Dactylis glomerata. • orchard␣grass n. Alternative spelling of orchardgrass. |
| PSYCHODRAMAS | • psychodramas n. Plural of psychodrama. • PSYCHODRAMA n. therapeutic drama. |
| SACCHAROIDAL | • saccharoidal adj. (Mineralogy) Having a texture like granulated sugar. • SACCHAROIDAL adj. like loaf sugar in texture, usually applied to marbles and quartzites of fine to medium grain, also SACCHAROID. |
| SCALENOHEDRA | • scalenohedra n. Plural of scalenohedron. • SCALENOHEDRON n. a hemihedral form bounded in the hexagonal system by twelve, in the tetragonal by eight, faces, each a scalene triangle. |
| SCARAMOUCHED | • SCARAMOUCH v. to behave like a rascal or cowardly fool. |
| SCRATCHBOARD | • scratchboard n. (Art) A technique in which drawings are created using sharp knives and tools for etching into a thin… • SCRATCHBOARD n. a scraperboard. |
| SHADOWCASTED | • shadowcasted v. Simple past tense and past participle of shadowcast. • SHADOWCAST v. in microscopy, to cast shadows of projecting parts of a specimen by exposing to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal. |
| SUBARACHNOID | • subarachnoid adj. (Anatomy, relational) Located or occurring below the arachnoid mater, often specifically between the… • SUBARACHNOID n. the space situated under the arachnoid membrane. |