| 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. |
| DEPHLEGMATOR | • dephlegmator n. (Chemistry, archaic) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation;… • DEPHLEGMATOR n. an agent that dephlegmates. |
| EPHEMERALITY | • ephemerality n. (Uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience. • ephemerality n. (Countable) Something that is ephemeral. • EPHEMERALITY n. the state of being ephemeral. |
| HEMERALOPIAS | • hemeralopias n. Plural of hemeralopia. • HEMERALOPIA n. the condition of seeing well at night or in partial darkness, while the day sight is poor. |
| HYPERLIPEMIA | • hyperlipemia n. Alternative form of hyperlipidemia. • hyperlipemia n. Hyperlipemia is a clinical condition characterized by the fatty infiltration of organs and subsequent… • HYPERLIPEMIA n. an abnormally high level of fat in the blood, also HYPERLIPIDAEMIA, HYPERLIPIDEMIA. |
| HYPERMUTABLE | • hypermutable adj. (Genetics) That mutates rapidly. • HYPERMUTABLE adj. excessively mutable. |
| HYPERREALISM | • hyperrealism n. A style in art that attempts to reproduce highly realistic graphic representations. • hyperrealism n. (Music) A compositional style defined by Noah Creshevsky as "an electroacoustic musical language constructed… • HYPERREALISM n. realism in art characterized by depiction of real life in an unusual or striking manner. |
| HYPERTHERMAL | • hyperthermal adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing hyperthermia. • hyperthermal n. (Geology) Any of several brief geological periods of global warming. • HYPERTHERMAL adj. suffering from hyperthermia. |
| IMPERISHABLE | • imperishable adj. Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently. • imperishable n. (In the plural) something that does not perish, or keeps for a long time. • IMPERISHABLE adj. not perishable or subject to decay. |
| MELANOPHORES | • melanophores n. Plural of melanophore. • MELANOPHORE n. a chromatophore containing melanin. |
| PAMPHLETEERS | • pamphleteers n. Plural of pamphleteer. • PAMPHLETEER v. to write and/or distribute pamphlets. |
| PHELLODERMAL | • phellodermal adj. Of or pertaining to phelloderm. • PHELLODERMAL adj. relating to the phelloderm. |
| SPERMATHECAL | • spermathecal adj. Of or pertaining to a spermatheca. • SPERMATHECAL adj. of or like a spermatheca, a receptacle for storing spermatozoa in insects. |
| SUPERHUMERAL | • superhumeral n. An imperial decorative collar worn in Byzantium. • superhumeral n. Anything worn upon the shoulders, such as the amice, the pallium, or the ephod. • SUPERHUMERAL n. an ecclesiastical garment worn over the shoulders. |