| 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. |
| ALCOHOLOMETER | • alcoholometer n. A specialized form of hydrometer used to measure the amount of alcohol in a liquid (such as beer). • ALCOHOLOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the proportion of alcohol in solutions. |
| ALLELOPATHIES | • allelopathies n. Plural of allelopathy. • ALLELOPATHY n. an adverse influence exerted either by one individual plant over another by the production of a chemical inhibitor. |
| COLDHEARTEDLY | • coldheartedly adv. Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly. • cold-heartedly adv. In a cold-hearted manner. • COLDHEARTED adv. marked by lack of sympathy, interest, or sensitivity. |
| DIOTHELETICAL | • DIOTHELETICAL adj. relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills, also DITHELETIC, DITHELETICAL. |
| DYOTHELETICAL | • DYOTHELETICAL adj. relating to dyotheletism, the doctrine that Christ on earth had two wills, human and divine, also DYOTHELITICAL. |
| GENETHLIALOGY | • genethlialogy n. Divination of the destiny of a newborn; the art of casting nativities; astrology. • GENETHLIALOGY n. the art of casting horoscopes. |
| HELIOMETRICAL | • heliometrical adj. Of or relating to the heliometer, or to heliometry. • HELIOMETRICAL adj. relating to heliometry, also HELIOMETRIC. |
| 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. |
| HETEROTHALLIC | • heterothallic adj. (Botany, of some algae and fungi) Producing male and female reproductive structures in different plants. • heterothallic n. Such an alga or fungus. • HETEROTHALLIC adj. of certain fungi, having two physiologically different types of mycelium, comparable to male and female. |
| LEPTOCEPHALIC | • leptocephalic adj. (Zoology) Having a narrow skull, as certain flatfishes do. • LEPTOCEPHALIC adj. having a narrow skull, also LEPTOCEPHALOUS. |
| LEPTOCEPHALUS | • leptocephalus n. The flat, transparent larva of an eel, originally thought to be a distinct species. • LEPTOCEPHALUS n. the larva of the conger eel. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| THEORETICALLY | • theoretically adv. In theory; on paper. • theoretically adv. In a theoretical manner. • THEORETICAL adv. relating to or having the character of theory. |
| 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. |