| 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. |
| DEPHLEGMATORS | • dephlegmators n. Plural of dephlegmator. • DEPHLEGMATOR n. an agent that dephlegmates. |
| 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. |
| HETEROGAMETES | • heterogametes n. Plural of heterogamete. • HETEROGAMETE n. male and female sex cells are different. |
| 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. |
| ISOGEOTHERMAL | • isogeothermal adj. Relating to isogeotherms. • ISOGEOTHERMAL n. a line connecting points of equal subterranean temperature, also ISOGEOTHERM, ISOGEOTHERMIC. |
| MAGNETOSPHERE | • magnetosphere n. (Physics) The comet-shaped region around Earth or another planet in which charged particles are trapped… • MAGNETOSPHERE n. a region of space surrounding a celestial object that is dominated by the object's magnetic field such that charged particles are trapped in it. |
| METEOROGRAPHS | • meteorographs n. Plural of meteorograph. • METEOROGRAPH n. an instrument used to record a variety of meteorological observations. |
| PHOTOTELEGRAM | • PHOTOTELEGRAM n. a telegram that is sent by means of phototelegraphy. |
| SURCHARGEMENT | • surchargement n. (Obsolete) The act of surcharging; a surcharge or surplus. • SURCHARGEMENT n. the act of surcharging. |
| THERMOGRAPHER | • thermographer n. One who carries out thermography. • THERMOGRAPHER n. one who uses a thermograph, an instrument for recording changes in temperature. |