| AMPHIBOLITE | • amphibolite n. Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc. • AMPHIBOLITE n. rock composed of amphibole; hornblende. |
| ANTIPHONIES | • antiphonies n. Plural of antiphony. • ANTIPHONY n. antiphonal chanting or singing. |
| DIAPHORETIC | • diaphoretic adj. (Pharmacology) Generating sweat or perspiration. • diaphoretic n. (Pharmacology) A product or agent which induces or promotes perspiration. • DIAPHORETIC adj. promoting sweating. |
| EPITHELIOMA | • epithelioma n. (Medicine) Any tumor that originates in the epithelium. • EPITHELIOMA n. a tumour of the epithelium. |
| ESOPHAGITIS | • esophagitis n. (American spelling) Inflammation of the oesophagus. • ESOPHAGITIS n. inflammation of the esophagus, also OESOPHAGITIS. |
| HEMIANOPTIC | • hemianoptic adj. Alternative form of hemianopsic. • HEMIANOPTIC adj. suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision, also HEMIANOPIC, HEMIOPIC. |
| HORRIPILATE | • horripilate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples. • HORRIPILATE v. to produce the erection of hairs on the head or body. |
| HOSPITALISE | • hospitalise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of hospitalize. • HOSPITALISE v. to put into hospital, also HOSPITALIZE. |
| HOSPITALIZE | • hospitalize v. To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital. • hospitalize v. (Medicine, archaic) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital. • hospitalize v. (Of an injury, illness, event, or person) To cause (a person) to require hospitalization. |
| IDIOPATHIES | • idiopathies n. Plural of idiopathy. • IDIOPATHY n. a disease of unknown origin or one having no apparent cause. |
| NOTAPHILIES | • NOTAPHILY n. the collecting of banknotes and cheques as a hobby, also NOTAPHILISM. |
| OPHICALCITE | • ophicalcite n. (Mineralogy) ophite; verd antique. • OPHICALCITE n. a kind of marble, containing green serpentine. |
| OPSIMATHIES | • OPSIMATHY n. education late in life. |
| PALEOLITHIC | • paleolithic adj. Alternative letter-case form of Paleolithic. • paleolithic adj. (Informal) Extremely outdated. • Paleolithic prop.n. A period that lasted from two and a half million years ago to 10,000 BC; the Old Stone Age. |
| PHONETICIAN | • phonetician n. A person who specializes in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech. • phonetician n. (Linguistics) A person who specializes in the study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols. • phonetician n. (Linguistics) A dialectologist; a person who studies regional differences in speech sounds. |
| RETROPHILIA | • retrophilia n. The attraction to and preference for that which is from or characteristic of the past. • RETROPHILIA n. love of things of the past. |
| TEICHOPSIAS | • teichopsias n. Plural of teichopsia. • TEICHOPSIA n. visual blurring and colours associated with migraines. |