| 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. |
| ADENOPATHIES | • adenopathies n. Plural of adenopathy. • ADENOPATHY n. enlargement of the lymph nodes. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| CHOREODRAMAS | • choreodramas n. Plural of choreodrama. • CHOREODRAMA n. dance drama performed by a group. |
| HOLLANDAISES | • hollandaises n. Plural of hollandaise. • HOLLANDAISE n. (French) a sauce made with butter, egg-yolks, vinegar or white wine, and lemon juice, usually served with fish. |
| HYDROMASSAGE | • hydromassage n. A therapeutic massage in which bubbles of air and jets of water are pumped through a bath in which the recipient lies. • hydromassage v. (Transitive) To massage in this way. |
| HYPNOPAEDIAS | • HYPNOPAEDIA n. training or instruction during sleep. |
| HYRACOIDEANS | • HYRACOIDEAN n. any member of a genus of mammals including the daman and the dassie or hyrax, also HYRACOID. |
| PAEDOPHILIAS | • paedophilias n. Plural of paedophilia. • PAEDOPHILIA n. the sexual love of children. |
| PARASPHENOID | • parasphenoid n. (Anatomy) A bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many vertebrates. • parasphenoid adj. Lying under or alongside the sphenoid. • PARASPHENOID n. a bone of the skull, part of the cranial floor. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| UNSHADOWABLE | • unshadowable adj. Not shadowable. • UNSHADOWABLE adj. that cannot be shadowed. |