| ANTHROPOPHAGUS | • anthropophagus n. A man-eater; a cannibal. • ANTHROPOPHAGUS n. a cannibal; a man-eater. |
| ANTHROPOPHUISM | • anthropophuism n. Human nature. • anthropophuism n. The ascription of human nature to the gods. • ANTHROPOPHUISM n. the ascription of human nature to God or to the gods. |
| CHEMAUTOTROPHS | • CHEMAUTOTROPH n. an organism, such as a bacterium, that obtains its energy from inorganic reactions using simple compounds, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide. |
| EXOPHTHALMUSES | • EXOPHTHALMUS n. abnormal protrusion of the eyeball, also EXOPHTHALMOS. |
| HAEMATOPHAGOUS | • haematophagous adj. (British spelling) Feeding on blood. • hæmatophagous adj. Obsolete spelling of hematophagous. • HAEMATOPHAGOUS adj. of certain animals, feeding on blood, also HEMATOPHAGOUS. |
| HYDROCEPHALOUS | • hydrocephalous adj. Having a swollen head. • hydrocephalous adj. (Medicine) Afflicted with hydrocephalus. • HYDROCEPHALOUS adj. suffering from hydrocephaly, also HYDROCEPHALIC. |
| HYDROSULPHATES | • hydrosulphates n. Plural of hydrosulphate. • HYDROSULPHATE n. any quaternary acid salt formed by addition of an organic base to sulphuric acid, such as aniline hydrosulphate. |
| ICHTHYOPHAGOUS | • ichthyophagous adj. (Biology) feeding on fish. • ICHTHYOPHAGOUS adj. fish-eating. |
| ORTHOCEPHALOUS | • orthocephalous adj. Alternative form of orthocephalic. • ORTHOCEPHALOUS adj. having a skull whose breadth is between 70 and 75 per cent of its length, also ORTHOCEPHALIC. |
| PHONAUTOGRAPHS | • phonautographs n. Plural of phonautograph. • PHONAUTOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording sound vibrations. |
| PLOUGHMANSHIPS | • PLOUGHMANSHIP n. the craft of a ploughman, also PLOWMANSHIP. |
| PODOPHTHALMOUS | • podophthalmous adj. (Zoology) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels. • podophthalmous adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the Podophthalmia. • PODOPHTHALMOUS adj. having eyes on stalks, like some crabs. |
| RHIZOCEPHALOUS | • rhizocephalous adj. Belonging to the Rhizocephala. • RHIZOCEPHALOUS adj. of or like a rhizocephalan, a cirripede parasitic on crabs. |
| SCAPHOCEPHALUS | • SCAPHOCEPHALUS n. an abnormally long and narrow boat-shaped skull. |
| STROPHANTHUSES | • strophanthuses n. Plural of strophanthus. • STROPHANTHUS n. a plant of the African and Asiatic genus Strophanthus, of the periwinkle family. |
| SULPHATHIAZOLE | • sulphathiazole n. Alternative spelling of sulfathiazole. • SULPHATHIAZOLE n. a sulphonamide formerly used in human medicine against staphylococcal infection (now only used in veterinary medicine), also SULFATHIAZOLE. |
| SULPHONMETHANE | • SULPHONMETHANE n. a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic, also SULFONMETHANE. |
| SUPERPHOSPHATE | • superphosphate n. A fertilizer produced by the action of concentrated sulfuric acid on powdered phosphate rock. • superphosphate n. A phosphate containing the greatest amount of phosphoric acid that can combine with the base. • SUPERPHOSPHATE n. acid phosphate. |
| XANTHOPHYLLOUS | • xanthophyllous adj. Of or relating to xanthophyll. • XANTHOPHYLLOUS adj. like a xanthophyll, a yellow carotenoid pigment found with chlorophyll in green plants and in egg yolks. |