| ANTARTHRITIC | • antarthritic n. (Pharmacology) An agent that prevents or alleviates arthritis. • antarthritic adj. (Pharmacology) Preventing or alleviating arthritis. • ANTARTHRITIC adj. used against arthritis. |
| HEARTSTRINGS | • heartstrings n. (Obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. • heartstrings n. (Figurative) One’s deepest emotions or inner feelings. • heartstrings n. (Anatomy) The cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral… |
| HETEROPTERAN | • heteropteran n. (Biology) Any of very many insects of the suborder Heteroptera. • HETEROPTERAN adj. relating to the Heteroptera, a suborder of hemipterous insects, including bedbugs, water bugs, etc., also HETEROPTEROUS. • HETEROPTERAN n. a member of the Heteroptera. |
| INTERCHAPTER | • interchapter n. An intervening or inserted chapter. • interchapter adj. Between chapters. • INTERCHAPTER n. an intercalary chapter in a book, not numbered in the general sequence. |
| INTERWREATHE | • interwreathe v. To weave into a wreath; to intertwine. • INTERWREATHE v. to twine in between. |
| NORTHEASTERN | • northeastern adj. Of, related to, located in, or from the northeast. • north-eastern adj. (Chiefly UK) Alternative form of northeastern. • NORTHEASTERN adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated northeast. |
| NORTHEASTERS | • northeasters n. Plural of northeaster. • NORTHEASTER n. a strong northeast wind. |
| ORTHOPTERANS | • orthopterans n. Plural of orthopteran. • ORTHOPTERAN n. any member of the Orthoptera, an order of mandibulate insects, also ORTHOPTERON. |
| PANARTHRITIS | • panarthritis n. (Medicine) arthritis in all of the joints. • panarthritis n. (Medicine) inflammation of all the structures of a joint. • PANARTHRITIS n. arthritis of all joints of body, or of the whole of one joint. |
| PROSTANTHERA | • Prostanthera prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – mintbushes. • PROSTANTHERA n. an Australian bush, with strongly scented leaves and red or white flowers. |
| PROTHONOTARY | • prothonotary n. (Obsolete, historical) A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome. • prothonotary n. (Roman Catholicism) One of the seven prelates, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office… • prothonotary n. A registrar or chief clerk in various courts of law, especially (US) in a county court, (Australia)… |
| PROTOTHERIAN | • prototherian adj. Belonging or pertaining to the subclass Prototheria of monotremes. • prototherian n. Any of the egg-laying mammals of the subclass Prototheria; a monotreme. • PROTOTHERIAN adj. pertaining to a member of Prototheria, which comprises the order Monotremata and related fossil forms. |
| STRAIGHTENER | • straightener n. A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair. • straightener n. Anyone or anything which straightens. • straightener n. (Slang) A prearranged fight to settle a dispute. |
| TETRAHEDRONS | • tetrahedrons n. Plural of tetrahedron. • TETRAHEDRON n. a polyhedron that has four faces. |
| THEREINAFTER | • thereinafter adv. In the following part (of a document or speech). • THEREINAFTER adv. in the following part of that matter (as writing, document, or speech). |
| TRICHOPTERAN | • trichopteran n. Any insect of the order Trichoptera. • trichopteran adj. Trichopterous. • TRICHOPTERAN n. any member of the Trichoptera, caddis flies. |
| TROCHANTERAL | • trochanteral adj. Relating to the trochanter. • TROCHANTERAL adj. of or like a trochanter, a rough eminence on the thigh bone to which muscles are attached, also TROCHANTERIC. |
| TROCHANTERIC | • trochanteric adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the trochanter of the femur. • TROCHANTERIC adj. of or like a trochanter, a rough eminence on the thigh bone to which muscles are attached, also TROCHANTERAL. |