| ACCOUCHEMENT | • accouchement n. Delivery in childbed; parturition. • ACCOUCHEMENT n. (French) childbirth; a confinement. |
| AEROMECHANIC | • aeromechanic n. A mechanic in the aircraft industry. • AEROMECHANIC n. an aircraft mechanic. |
| BEACHCOMBERS | • beachcombers n. Plural of beachcomber. • BEACHCOMBER n. a white man living as a drifter or loafer especially on the islands of the South Pacific. |
| CATECHUMENAL | • catechumenal adj. Of or pertaining to a catechumen, or to the process and preparation for baptism. • CATECHUMENAL adj. of or like a catechumen, also CATECHUMENICAL. |
| CHEIROMANCER | • cheiromancer n. Alternative form of chiromancer. • CHEIROMANCER n. one who claims to divine by means of palmistry, also CHIROMANCER. |
| COENENCHYMAS | • COENENCHYMA n. gelatinous material uniting the polyps of an anthozoan colony. |
| ENCROACHMENT | • encroachment n. An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion. • encroachment n. An intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights; infringement. • encroachment n. That which is gained by such unlawful intrusion. |
| ESCARMOUCHES | • escarmouches n. Plural of escarmouche. • ESCARMOUCHE n. (obsolete) a skirmish. |
| GEOMECHANICS | • geomechanics n. (Geology) The mechanics of rocks and soil. • GEOMECHANICS n. the study and application of rock and soil mechanics. |
| MEGACEPHALIC | • megacephalic adj. (Botany, zoology) Having an extremely large head. • MEGACEPHALIC adj. having an unusually large skull, also MEGALOCEPHALIC, MEGALOCEPHALOUS. |
| MEGACHURCHES | • megachurches n. Plural of megachurch. • mega-churches n. Plural of mega-church. • MEGACHURCH n. a church, usually Protestant, with a very large congregation, typically housed in a complex offering sophisticated multimedia presentations and a range of secular facilities and services. |
| MESOCEPHALIC | • mesocephalic adj. (Of a person or animal) Having a head that is not particularly short or long from front to back, relative… • mesocephalic n. A mesocephalic person. • MESOCEPHALIC adj. having a medium-sized skull. |
| MOLECATCHERS | • molecatchers n. Plural of molecatcher. • MOLECATCHER n. a person whose business is to catch moles. |
| NAMECHECKING | • namechecking v. Present participle of namecheck. • name-checking n. Synonym of name-dropping. • NAMECHECK v. to mention by name. |
| SARCENCHYMES | • SARCENCHYME n. a soft tissue of sponges with close-packed cells and reduced gelatinous matrix. |
| SCLERENCHYMA | • sclerenchyma n. (Botany) A mechanical ground tissue, impermeable to water, which consists of cells having narrow lumen… • sclerenchyma n. (Zoology) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of the stony corals (Anthozoa). • SCLERENCHYMA n. plant tissue consisting of cells with thick lignified walls. |
| TACHEOMETRIC | • TACHEOMETRIC adj. relating to tacheometry, the rapid measurement of points on a survey, such as distance, elevation, etc., also TACHEOMETRICAL. |