| ANTHELION | • anthelion n. A faint, white halo rarely seen in the sky opposite the sun on the parhelic circle. • ANTHELION n. (Greek) a ring seen opposite the sun. |
| ANTICHLOR | • antichlor n. (Chemistry) Any substance used to remove excess chlorine or hypochlorite from textiles etc after bleaching;… • ANTICHLOR n. any substance used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching. |
| BIATHLONS | • biathlons n. Plural of biathlon. • BIATHLON n. a competition in cross-country skiing and shooting. |
| CHELATION | • chelation n. (Chemistry) the formation of a polydentate chelate compound from a metal salt. • chelation n. (Medicine) the use of this process to remove metal ions from solution, especially to counter poisoning… • CHELATION n. the action of forming a chelate. |
| GRANOLITH | • granolith n. A paving stone made from granite chippings in a cement aggregate. • GRANOLITH n. a paving material consisting of a mixture of cement and crushed granite or granite chippings. |
| HAILSTONE | • hailstone n. A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation. • Hailstone prop.n. A surname. • HAILSTONE n. a ball of hail. |
| HALATIONS | • halations n. Plural of halation. • HALATION n. a blurring of light in photographs. |
| HALOBIONT | • halobiont n. (Biology) an organism that lives in a salty environment. • HALOBIONT n. an organism living in a salt environment. |
| HAPLONTIC | • haplontic adj. (Biology) Describing an organism that is haploid for most of its life cycle but that briefly has a diploid zygote. • HAPLONTIC adj. of or like a haplont, an organism having a particular chromosomal structure. |
| HORNTAILS | • horntails n. Plural of horntail. • HORNTAIL n. a hymenopterous insect with a stout ovipositor, aka wood wasp. |
| INHALATOR | • inhalator n. Inhaler. • INHALATOR n. an apparatus for enabling one to inhale a gas, vapour etc. |
| LOANSHIFT | • loanshift n. The situation in which a word changes or extends its meaning under the influence of another language. • loanshift n. A word whose meaning has changed in this way. • LOANSHIFT n. the adaptation of a word from one language to another. |
| LOATHINGS | • loathings n. Plural of loathing. • LOATHING n. extreme dislike. |
| MALATHION | • malathion n. An organophosphorus insecticide, Diethyl [(dimethoxyphosphinothioyl)-thio]butanedioate. • MALATHION n. (tradename) an insecticide. |
| NOTAPHILY | • notaphily n. The study or collecting of paper money or banknotes. • NOTAPHILY n. the collecting of banknotes and cheques as a hobby, also NOTAPHILISM. |
| OLIPHANTS | • oliphants n. Plural of oliphant. • OLIPHANT n. (obsolete) an ancient ivory hunting-horn. |
| POLYANTHI | • polyanthi n. Plural of polyanthus. • POLYANTHUS n. the oxlip, so called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. |
| THORNTAIL | • thorntail n. Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Discosura. • THORNTAIL n. a tropical American hummingbird with bright green plumage. |
| TRIATHLON | • triathlon n. An athletics event in which contestants compete in swimming, cycling and running in turn. • triathlon n. (Historical) A former Olympic athletics event in which contestants compete in long jump, shot put, and 100-yard dash. • triathlon n. Generally, a sports event in which contestant compete in a combination of three sports. |