| ADRENOCHROME | • adrenochrome n. (Biochemistry) An oxidation product of adrenaline or epinephrine; its semicarbazone is used as a drug… • adrenochrome n. (Fiction) A fictional drug obtained from human adrenal glands. • ADRENOCHROME n. a mixture of quinones. |
| AMENORRHOEAS | • amenorrhoeas n. Plural of amenorrhoea. • amenorrhœas n. Plural of amenorrhœa. • AMENORRHOEA n. abnormal absence or arrest of menstruation, also AMENORRHEA. |
| ANCHORPEOPLE | • anchorpeople n. Plural of anchorperson. • ANCHORPERSON n. an anchorman or anchorwoman. |
| BLENNORRHOEA | • blennorrhoea n. (Pathology) A flow of mucus. • blennorrhœa n. Obsolete typography of blennorrhea. • BLENNORRHOEA n. an excessive discharge of watery mucus, esp. from the urethra or the vagina, also BLENNORRHEA. |
| DODECAHEDRON | • dodecahedron n. (Geometry) A polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and… • DODECAHEDRON n. (Greek) a twelve-sided solid figure. |
| EPANORTHOSES | • epanorthoses n. Plural of epanorthosis. • EPANORTHOSIS n. the retracting of a statement in order to correct or intensify it, e.g. 'I've warned you a thousand, no, a million times!'. |
| HAEMOPROTEIN | • haemoprotein n. Alternative spelling of hemoprotein. • HAEMOPROTEIN n. a conjugated protein, such as hemoglobin or cytochrome, whose prosthetic group is a porphyrin combined with iron, also HEMOPROTEIN. |
| HARMONOMETER | • harmonometer n. (Rare, dated) An instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. • HARMONOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. |
| HETEROKARYON | • heterokaryon n. (Biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei. • HETEROKARYON n. a cell, as in the mycelium of a fungus, that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei. |
| HETEROKONTAN | • heterokontan adj. Belonging to the heterokonts. • HETEROKONTAN adj. of or like a heterokont, a kind of yellow-green alga. |
| HETEROOUSIAN | • heteroousian adj. Having different essence or substance, especially with reference to the first and second persons of the Trinity. • HETEROOUSIAN n. one who believes that the Son is of a different substance from the Father. |
| HYPERBOLAEON | • hyperbolaeon n. (Music) The highest tetrachord. • HYPERBOLAEON n. a term in in Greek prosody. |
| MELANOPHORES | • melanophores n. Plural of melanophore. • MELANOPHORE n. a chromatophore containing melanin. |
| NEMATOPHORES | • nematophores n. Plural of nematophore. • NEMATOPHORE n. a mouthless type of hydrozoan polyp. |
| PHOTOENGRAVE | • photoengrave v. To make a photoengraving of an image. • PHOTOENGRAVE v. to make a photoengraving of. |
| THEATROPHONE | • theatrophone n. Alternative spelling of théâtrophone. • théâtrophone n. (Dated) An early telephone technology allowing subscribers to listen to live opera and theatre performances. • THEATROPHONE n. (historical) a telephone connecting callers to a theatre so they can listen to a live performance there. |