| ADRENOCEPTOR | • adrenoceptor n. Adrenergic receptor. • ADRENOCEPTOR n. an adrenal gland receptor. |
| ALDOPENTOSES | • aldopentoses n. Plural of aldopentose. • ALDOPENTOSE n. a type of sugar. |
| COLEOPTERANS | • coleopterans n. Plural of coleopteran. • COLEOPTERAN n. a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils, also COLEOPTERON. |
| 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!'. |
| FOOTPLATEMEN | • footplatemen n. Plural of footplateman. • footplate␣men n. Plural of footplate man. • FOOTPLATEMAN n. a train driver or assistant. |
| 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. |
| HEPATOGENOUS | • hepatogenous adj. (Medicine) Synonym of hepatogenic. • HEPATOGENOUS adj. originating in the liver. |
| METALLOPHONE | • metallophone n. Any musical instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound. • METALLOPHONE n. an instrument like a xylophone with metal bars, the hammers being operated by hand or by means of a keyboard. |
| NAPOLEONITES | • NAPOLEONITE n. an orbicular diorite found in Corsica. |
| NEMATOPHORES | • nematophores n. Plural of nematophore. • NEMATOPHORE n. a mouthless type of hydrozoan polyp. |
| NONOPERATIVE | • nonoperative adj. Not requiring or involving a medical operation or surgery. • nonoperative adj. Not operative, not operational; inoperative. • nonoperative n. (Uncommon) One who is not an operative (“employee or worker”). |
| PHOTOENGRAVE | • photoengrave v. To make a photoengraving of an image. • PHOTOENGRAVE v. to make a photoengraving of. |
| REOPERATIONS | • reoperations n. Plural of reoperation. • REOPERATION n. operation again. |
| TEMPORANEOUS | • temporaneous adj. (Obsolete) temporary. • TEMPORANEOUS adj. (obsolete) lasting only a short while. |
| 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. |