| AFFREIGHTMENT | • affreightment n. (Nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo. • AFFREIGHTMENT n. hiring of a vessel. |
| ANEMOGRAPHIES | • ANEMOGRAPHY n. measurement by use of an anemograph, an instrument for measuring pressure and velocity of wind. |
| DERMOGRAPHIES | • DERMOGRAPHY n. anatomical description of the skin, also DERMATOGRAPHY. |
| GARNISHEEMENT | • garnisheement n. The act of garnisheeing. • GARNISHEEMENT n. the act of garnisheeing. |
| HATEMONGERING | • hatemongering n. The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred. |
| HELLGRAMMITES | • hellgrammites n. Plural of hellgrammite (alternative spelling of hellgramites). • HELLGRAMMITE n. the large brown aquatic larva of the Dobson fly, also HELLGRAMITE. |
| HETEROGAMETIC | • heterogametic adj. (Biology) That produces heterogametes. • heterogametic adj. (Biology) That produces different forms of the same gamete e.g. spermatozoa containing either an X- or a Y-chromosome. • HETEROGAMETIC adj. having a dissimilar pair of sex chromosomes. |
| HEXAMETRISING | • HEXAMETRISE v. to put into hexameters, also HEXAMETRIZE. |
| HEXAMETRIZING | • hexametrizing v. Present participle of hexametrize. • HEXAMETRIZE v. to put into hexameters, also HEXAMETRISE. |
| HIEROGRAMMATE | • hierogrammate n. A writer of sacred records. • HIEROGRAMMATE n. a writer of sacred records, also HIEROGRAMMAT. |
| HYPERGLYCEMIA | • hyperglycemia n. (Pathology) An unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood. • HYPERGLYCEMIA n. an excess of sugar in the blood, also HYPERGLYCAEMIA. |
| ISOGEOTHERMAL | • isogeothermal adj. Relating to isogeotherms. • ISOGEOTHERMAL n. a line connecting points of equal subterranean temperature, also ISOGEOTHERM, ISOGEOTHERMIC. |
| MEGAHERBIVORE | • megaherbivore n. (Biology) Any very large herbivore, typically one weighing more than 1000 kg. • MEGAHERBIVORE n. a large plant-eater. |
| MYELOGRAPHIES | • MYELOGRAPHY n. the taking of myelograms. |
| REEMPHASISING | • reemphasising v. Present participle of reemphasise. • re-emphasising v. Present participle of re-emphasise. • REEMPHASISE v. to emphasise again, also REEMPHASIZE. |
| REEMPHASIZING | • reemphasizing v. Present participle of reemphasize. • REEMPHASIZE v. to emphasise again, also REEMPHASISE. |
| SEISMOGRAPHER | • seismographer n. A person who measures and records earthquakes and other ground vibrations. • seismographer n. A person who studies such records, a seismologist. • SEISMOGRAPHER n. one who uses a seismograph. |
| WHIGMALEERIES | • WHIGMALEERIE n. (Scots) a trinket or knickknack; a fantastic ornamentation; a whim, also WHIGMALEERY. |