| ANACHRONISMS | • anachronisms n. Plural of anachronism. • ANACHRONISM n. the error of placing a person, object, custom, or event in the wrong historical period. |
| ANTHOMANIACS | • anthomaniacs n. Plural of anthomaniac. • ANTHOMANIAC n. one suffering from anthomania, an obsession with flowers. |
| ANTIHUMANISM | • antihumanism n. (Philosophy, ethics) Opposition to humanism. • anti-humanism n. Alternative spelling of antihumanism. • ANTIHUMANISM n. opposition to humanism. |
| ANTIHUMANIST | • antihumanist adj. (Ethics) Opposing humanism. • antihumanist n. (Ethics) One who opposes humanism. |
| ARSPHENAMINE | • arsphenamine n. (Pharmacology, organic chemistry) A phenolic amine derivative of arsenic that was used to treat syphilis… • ARSPHENAMINE n. another name for salvarsan, a compound of arsenic once used as a remedy for syphilis. |
| HAEMOCYANINS | • haemocyanins n. Plural of haemocyanin. • HAEMOCYANIN n. an oxygen-carrying pigment in arachnids, equivalent to haemoglobin in mammals. |
| HANDSTAMPING | • handstamping v. Present participle of handstamp. • HANDSTAMP v. to stamp by hand. |
| HAUSSMANNISE | • HAUSSMANNISE v. to open out, generally to rebuild, as Baron Haussmann did in Paris as prefect of the Seine (1853-70), also HAUSSMANNIZE. |
| HAUSSMANNIZE | • Haussmannize v. (Transitive) To destroy the old in order to build the new (in the manner of Baron Haussmann’s rebuilding of Paris). • HAUSSMANNIZE v. to open out, generally to rebuild, as Baron Haussmann did in Paris as prefect of the Seine (1853-70), also HAUSSMANNISE. |
| HUMANISATION | • humanisation n. Alternative form of humanization. • HUMANISATION n. the act of humanising, also HUMANIZATION. |
| MACHINATIONS | • machinations n. Plural of machination. • MACHINATION n. an act of machinating. |
| MARATHONINGS | • MARATHONING n. the act of running marathons. |
| MECHANICIANS | • mechanicians n. Plural of mechanician. • MECHANICIAN n. a mechanic. |
| METHANATIONS | • methanations n. Plural of methanation. • METHANATION n. the production of methane esp. from carbon monoxide and hydrogen. |
| NANOMACHINES | • nanomachines n. Plural of nanomachine. |
| NYMPHOMANIAS | • nymphomanias n. Plural of nymphomania. • NYMPHOMANIA n. sexual mania in females. |
| TECHNOMANIAS | • TECHNOMANIA n. an obsession with technology. |