| AFORETHOUGHT | • aforethought adj. (Postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time. • AFORETHOUGHT n. a premeditation. |
| DAUGHTERHOOD | • daughterhood n. The condition of being a daughter. • DAUGHTERHOOD n. the state of being a daughter. |
| HEADBOROUGHS | • headboroughs n. Plural of headborough. • HEADBOROUGH n. (historical) the head of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary; a petty constable. |
| HEMATOGENOUS | • hematogenous adj. Producing blood. • hematogenous adj. Spread by blood. • HEMATOGENOUS adj. producing blood, also HAEMATOGENOUS. |
| HEPATOGENOUS | • hepatogenous adj. (Medicine) Synonym of hepatogenic. • HEPATOGENOUS adj. originating in the liver. |
| HETEROGAMOUS | • heterogamous adj. (Botany) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers. • heterogamous adj. (Biology) characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature. • heterogamous adj. (Biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process. |
| HOMOLOGUMENA | • Homologumena n. Alternative form of Homologoumena. • HOMOLOGUMENA n. the books of the New Testament whose authenticity was universally acknowledged in the early Church, also HOMOLOGOUMENA. |
| MESOGNATHOUS | • mesognathous adj. (Anatomy) having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. • MESOGNATHOUS adj. having slightly projecting jaws. |
| NECROPHAGOUS | • necrophagous adj. That eats dead or decaying animal flesh. • NECROPHAGOUS adj. feeding on the dead. |
| OESOPHAGUSES | • oesophaguses n. Plural of oesophagus. • OESOPHAGUS n. that portion of the gut which connects the pharynx to the stomach, also ESOPHAGUS. |
| PHAENOGAMOUS | • phaenogamous adj. (Botany) Having true flowers with distinct floral organs; flowering. • PHAENOGAMOUS adj. of or like a phaenogam, a flowering plant, also PHAENOGAMIC. |
| PHOTOGRAVURE | • photogravure n. (Uncountable) An intaglio process for printing photographic reproductions in newspapers and books. • photogravure n. (Countable) A print so made. • photogravure v. To print by this process. |
| RHEUMATOLOGY | • rheumatology n. (Medicine) The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints. • RHEUMATOLOGY n. the study of rheumatism. |
| STENOPHAGOUS | • stenophagous adj. (Ecology) Feeding on a limited variety of food. • STENOPHAGOUS adj. of animals, feeding on a single type or limited variety of food. |
| THOROUGHFARE | • thoroughfare n. (Now rare except in certain set phrases) A passage; a way through. • thoroughfare n. A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street. • thoroughfare n. (Uncountable) The act of going through; passage; travel, transit. |