| ANAMORPHOSCOPE | • anamorphoscope n. A mirrored device which gives a correct image of an anamorphosis. • ANAMORPHOSCOPE n. an optical device, such as a cylindrical lens, for correcting an image that has been distorted by anamorphosis. |
| ANDROCEPHALOUS | • androcephalous adj. Having a human head (upon an animal’s body), like the Egyptian sphinx. • ANDROCEPHALOUS adj. with a human head. |
| ANTIHOMOSEXUAL | • antihomosexual adj. Opposed to homosexuality. • antihomosexual n. A person who opposes homosexuality. • ANTIHOMOSEXUAL adj. opposed to homosexuality. |
| ARCHEOBOTANIES | • ARCHEOBOTANY n. the analysis and interpretation of plant remains found at archaeological sites, also ARCHAEOBOTANY. |
| ARCHEOBOTANIST | • ARCHEOBOTANIST n. one who studies archeobotany. |
| CANCEROPHOBIAS | • CANCEROPHOBIA n. fear of cancer, also CANCERPHOBIA. |
| ISOTHIOCYANATE | • isothiocyanate n. (Chemistry) any salt or ester of the hypothetical isothiocyanic acid; or the -NCS radical or the NCS… |
| LYMPHOADENOMAS | • LYMPHOADENOMA n. a tumour of the lymph glands, aka Hodgkin's disease. |
| MONOSACCHARIDE | • monosaccharide n. (Biochemistry) A simple sugar such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose that has a single ring. • MONOSACCHARIDE n. a simple sugar e.g. glucose or fructose. |
| NEPHROBLASTOMA | • nephroblastoma n. (Oncology) A tumour affecting a kidney. • NEPHROBLASTOMA n. a tumour on the kidneys. |
| OCEANOGRAPHERS | • oceanographers n. Plural of oceanographer. • OCEANOGRAPHER n. one who maps the oceans. |
| OCEANOGRAPHIES | • OCEANOGRAPHY n. the study of the oceans. |
| OMPHALOMANCIES | • OMPHALOMANCY n. predicting the number of children a mother will bear by counting the knots in her firstborn's umbilical cord. |
| ORGANOGRAPHIES | • ORGANOGRAPHY n. a description of the organs of plants or animals. |
| OROBANCHACEOUS | • orobanchaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Orobanchaceae, plants mostly parasitic on the roots of other plants. • OROBANCHACEOUS adj. belonging to the broomrape family. |
| XANTHOMELANOUS | • xanthomelanous adj. (Anthropology, dated) Having yellow, brown, or olive skin and black hair. • XANTHOMELANOUS adj. applied by Huxley to members of the human race with black hair and yellow or olive skins. |