| BOARDINGHOUSE | • boardinghouse n. Alternative spelling of boarding house. • boarding␣house n. A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals. • boarding␣house n. A boarding school building where boarders live during term time. |
| COSTARDMONGER | • costardmonger n. Archaic form of costermonger. • COSTARDMONGER n. a hawker of fruits, vegetables, fish, etc., also COSTERMONGER. |
| CYTODIAGNOSES | • cytodiagnoses n. Plural of cytodiagnosis. • CYTODIAGNOSIS n. medical diagnosis following the close examination of the cells of the body tissues or fluids, e.g. the smear test for cervical cancer. |
| FORESHADOWING | • foreshadowing v. Present participle of foreshadow. • foreshadowing n. (Literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations… • FORESHADOWING n. the act of foreshadowing. |
| GONADECTOMIES | • gonadectomies n. Plural of gonadectomy. • GONADECTOMY n. the surgical removal of a gonad. |
| GRANODIORITES | • granodiorites n. Plural of granodiorite. • GRANODIORITE n. an igneous plutonic rock, less felsic than granite. |
| HYDROGENATORS | • hydrogenators n. Plural of hydrogenator. • HYDROGENATOR n. an agent that hydrogenates. |
| ODONATOLOGIES | • ODONATOLOGY n. the study of dragonflies. |
| OVERDIAGNOSED | • overdiagnosed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose. • overdiagnosed adj. (Participial adjective) Diagnosed more often than it truly occurs. • overdiagnosed adj. (Participial adjective) Diagnosed as a clinical case despite truly being a subclinical, asymptomatic case. |
| OVERDIAGNOSES | • overdiagnoses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdiagnose. • OVERDIAGNOSIS n. excessive diagnosis. |
| OVERDIAGNOSIS | • overdiagnosis n. (Medicine) To diagnose something too frequently, or based on insufficient evidence, or without benefit to the patient. • OVERDIAGNOSIS n. excessive diagnosis. |
| OVERORGANISED | • OVERORGANISE v. to organise to excess, also OVERORGANIZE. |
| OVERSHADOWING | • overshadowing v. Present participle of overshadow. • overshadowing n. A dominating shadow or malign influence. • OVERSHADOW v. to cast a shadow over. |
| PROOFREADINGS | • proofreadings n. Plural of proofreading. • PROOFREADING n. the process of reading to check for mistakes. |
| SERODIAGNOSES | • serodiagnoses n. Plural of serodiagnosis. • SERODIAGNOSIS n. diagnosis using blood serum reactions. |
| SERODIAGNOSIS | • serodiagnosis n. (Medicine) A diagnosis based on a reaction of a patient’s blood serum. • SERODIAGNOSIS n. diagnosis using blood serum reactions. |
| STEGANOPODOUS | • steganopodous adj. (Zoology) Having all four toes webbed together. • STEGANOPODOUS adj. relating to the Steganopodes, an order of birds including pelicans. |
| XENODIAGNOSES | • xenodiagnoses n. Plural of xenodiagnosis. • XENODIAGNOSIS n. the detection of a parasite (as of humans) by feeding a suitable intermediate host (as an insect) on supposedly infected material (as blood) and later examining the host for the parasite. |
| XENODIAGNOSIS | • xenodiagnosis n. (Medicine) diagnosis of an infectious disease (especially of trypanosomiasis) by exposure to a vector… • XENODIAGNOSIS n. the detection of a parasite (as of humans) by feeding a suitable intermediate host (as an insect) on supposedly infected material (as blood) and later examining the host for the parasite. |