| ACETYLCHOLINE | • acetylcholine n. (Biochemistry) A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline… • ACETYLCHOLINE n. a substance secreted at the ends of nerve fibres when they activate muscles. |
| CANDLEHOLDERS | • candleholders n. Plural of candleholder. • candle␣holders n. Plural of candle holder. • CANDLEHOLDER n. a holder with a socket for a candle. |
| CHAMELEONLIKE | • chameleonlike adj. Alternative form of chameleon-like. • chameleon-like adj. Having the characteristics of a chameleon. • CHAMELEONLIKE adj. like a chameleon, a lizard-like reptile of the genus Chamaeleo. |
| CHANCELLORIES | • chancellories n. Plural of chancellory. • CHANCELLORY n. the position, court, or department of a chancellor, also CHANCELLERY. |
| COLLIESHANGIE | • collieshangie n. Alternative form of collie-shangie. • collie-shangie n. (Archaic, Scotland) A loud quarrelsome fight. • COLLIESHANGIE n. (Scots) a squabble, brawl. |
| ENCEPHALOCELE | • encephalocele n. (Medicine) A form of hernia of the brain and its membranes through an opening in the skull. • ENCEPHALOCELE n. a protrusion of a portion of the brain through the skull, where the bones are incomplete in infancy. |
| GENETHLIALOGY | • genethlialogy n. Divination of the destiny of a newborn; the art of casting nativities; astrology. • GENETHLIALOGY n. the art of casting horoscopes. |
| HELLENISATION | • Hellenisation n. (British spelling) The adoption of Greek manners and culture. • Hellenisation n. (British spelling) The act of causing a culture to become Greek. • Hellenisation n. (British spelling) The act of Hellenizing, making something Greek or Hellenistic in form or character… |
| HELLENIZATION | • Hellenization n. (North America) Alternative spelling of Hellenisation. • HELLENIZATION n. the act of hellenizing, also HELLENISATION. |
| LOATHLINESSES | • LOATHLINESS n. the state of being loathly. |
| METALLOPHONES | • metallophones n. Plural of metallophone. • METALLOPHONE n. an instrument like a xylophone with metal bars, the hammers being operated by hand or by means of a keyboard. |
| PANHELLENIONS | • PANHELLENION n. a council representing all the sections of the Greeks, also PANHELLENIUM. |
| SHALLOWNESSES | • shallownesses n. Plural of shallowness. • SHALLOWNESS n. the state of being shallow. |
| SPLANCHNOCELE | • splanchnocele n. A visceral cavity. • SPLANCHNOCELE n. a hernia of any of the abdominal viscera. |
| TELENCEPHALON | • telencephalon n. (Neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain. • TELENCEPHALON n. the anterior subdivision of the embryonic forebrain or corresponding part of the adult forebrain. |
| ZOOXANTHELLAE | • zooxanthellae n. Plural of zooxanthella. • ZOOXANTHELLA n. a symbiotic dinoflagellate of the genus Symbiodinium that lives in the tissues of a number of marine invertebrates and protists. |