| ARCHIPHONEME | • archiphoneme n. (Phonology) A unit representing two or more underlying phonemes, where the distinction between them… • ARCHIPHONEME n. an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized, conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes. |
| CAMERAPHONES | • cameraphones n. Plural of cameraphone. • camera␣phones n. Plural of camera phone. • CAMERAPHONE n. a combined camera and phone. |
| CEPHALOMETER | • cephalometer n. An instrument for measuring the head. • cephalometer n. A device for positioning the head, and holding it steady, for an X-ray or surgery; a cephalostat. • CEPHALOMETER n. an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry. |
| CEPHALOMETRY | • cephalometry n. The measurement of the head, especially in order to study growth, development, and disease. • CEPHALOMETRY n. the science of measuring the head in living individuals. |
| CHEMOTHERAPY | • chemotherapy n. (Medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state. • chemotherapy n. (Oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous… • CHEMOTHERAPY n. therapy involving the use of chemicals. |
| EPICHEIREMAS | • epicheiremas n. Plural of epicheirema. • EPICHEIREMA n. a syllogism confirmed by an incidental proposition. |
| EPIRRHEMATIC | • EPIRRHEMATIC adj. of or like an epirrhema, in Greek comedy, the address of the coryphaeus to the audience after the parabasis. |
| OVEREMPHATIC | • overemphatic adj. Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation. • OVEREMPHATIC adj. excessively emphatic. |
| PARCHMENTIER | • PARCHMENTY adj. like parchment. |
| PARCHMENTISE | • PARCHMENTISE v. to make like parchment, e.g. by treating with sulphuric acid, also PARCHMENTIZE. |
| PARCHMENTIZE | • parchmentize v. (Transitive) To convert to a parchment-like substance, especially by sulfuric acid. • PARCHMENTIZE v. to make like parchment, e.g. by treating with sulphuric acid, also PARCHMENTISE. |
| PERICHAETIUM | • perichaetium n. (Botany) perichaeth. • PERICHAETIUM n. a sheath or cluster of leaves around the archegonia in mosses and liverworts. |
| SPEECHMAKERS | • speechmakers n. Plural of speechmaker. • SPEECHMAKER n. one who makes speeches. |
| SPERMATHECAE | • spermathecae n. Plural of spermatheca. • SPERMATHECA n. a receptacle for storing spermatozoa in insects. |
| SPERMATHECAL | • spermathecal adj. Of or pertaining to a spermatheca. • SPERMATHECAL adj. of or like a spermatheca, a receptacle for storing spermatozoa in insects. |
| SPERMATHECAS | • spermathecas n. Plural of spermatheca. • SPERMATHECA n. a receptacle for storing spermatozoa in insects. |