| BRACHYCEROUS | • BRACHYCEROUS adj. of insects, having short antennae. |
| BRACHYPRISMS | • BRACHYPRISM n. a prism parallel to the brachydiagonal. |
| 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). |
| CHRYSAROBINS | • chrysarobins n. Plural of chrysarobin. • CHRYSAROBIN n. goa powder, a bitter yellow powder obtained from a Brazilian tree, used as a purgative and in the treatment of skin disease. |
| CHRYSOPRASES | • chrysoprases n. Plural of chrysoprase. • CHRYSOPRASE n. a green variety of chalcedony used as a gem. |
| CRYOHYDRATES | • cryohydrates n. Plural of cryohydrate. • CRYOHYDRATE n. a crystalline substance containing water and a salt in definite proportions, a eutectic crystallizing below the freezing point of water. |
| CRYPTARITHMS | • cryptarithms n. Plural of cryptarithm. • CRYPTARITHM n. an arithmetic problem in which letters have been substituted for numbers and which is solved by finding all possible pairings of digits with letters that produce a numerically correct answer. |
| CRYPTOGRAPHS | • cryptographs n. Plural of cryptograph. • CRYPTOGRAPH n. anything written in cipher, also CRYPTOGRAM. |
| HYDROCARBONS | • hydrocarbons n. Plural of hydrocarbon. • HYDROCARBON n. a compound of hydrogen and carbon with nothing else, occurring notably in oil, natural gas and coal. |
| HYDROMANCERS | • hydromancers n. Plural of hydromancer. • HYDROMANCER n. one who practises hydromancy. |
| HYPERCARBIAS | • HYPERCARBIA n. hypercapnia, also HYPERCAPNIA. |
| HYPERCHARGES | • hypercharges n. Plural of hypercharge. • HYPERCHARGE v. to charge excessively, to overload. |
| HYPERSARCOMA | • hypersarcoma n. (Pathology, archaic) Synonym of hypersarcosis. • HYPERSARCOMA n. proud or fungous flesh. |
| HYPERSURFACE | • hypersurface n. (Mathematics) A n-dimensional surface in a space (often a Euclidean space) of dimension n+1. • HYPERSURFACE n. a figure that is the analogue in hyperspace of a surface in three-dimensional space. |
| LACHRYMARIES | • LACHRYMARY n. a vessel containing, or intended to contain, tears, also LACRIMARY. |
| LACHRYMATORS | • lachrymators n. Plural of lachrymator. • LACHRYMATOR n. a substance or gas causing tears, also LACRIMATOR, LACRYMATOR. |
| ORCHESTRALLY | • orchestrally adv. In an orchestral manner. • ORCHESTRAL adv. relating to or composed for an orchestra, also ORCHESTRIC. |
| TRACHYPTERUS | • TRACHYPTERUS n. any member of the dealfish genus Trachypterus. |