| ACTINOTHERAPY | • actinotherapy n. (Medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy. • ACTINOTHERAPY n. the use of ultraviolet and other actinic rays in medical treatment. |
| ANTHROPOMETRY | • anthropometry n. The science of measuring the human body to ascertain the ranges and averages of dimensions of the human… • ANTHROPOMETRY n. the measurement of parts and functions of human body, esp. as part of study of evolution. |
| ANTHROPOPHYTE | • anthropophyte n. (Ecology) A plant introduced into a new habitat by humans. • ANTHROPOPHYTE n. a plant introduced incidentally in the course of cultivation. |
| ANTIHYSTERICS | • antihysterics n. Plural of antihysteric. • ANTIHYSTERIC n. a remedy for hysteria. |
| ATTORNEYSHIPS | • attorneyships n. Plural of attorneyship. • ATTORNEYSHIP n. the office of attorney. |
| HYSTERANTHOUS | • hysteranthous adj. (Botany) Having the leaves emerge after the flowers have opened. It typically refers to geophytes that… • HYSTERANTHOUS adj. having the leaves appearing after the flowers. |
| INTRATHECALLY | • intrathecally adv. In an intrathecal way; into the spinal canal. • INTRATHECAL adv. introduced into or occurring in the space under the arachnoid membrane of the brain or spinal cord. |
| NORTHEASTERLY | • northeasterly adj. Situated in, or pointing towards, the northeast. • northeasterly adj. (Of a wind etc) Coming from the northeast. • northeasterly n. A persistent wind from the northeast. |
| PARASYNTHETIC | • parasynthetic adj. (Grammar) Being a compound word formed by parasynthesis, i.e. by adding several affixes simultaneously… • PARASYNTHETIC adj. relating to parasynthesis. |
| PARASYNTHETON | • parasyntheton n. (Grammar) A parasynthetic compound. • PARASYNTHETON n. a word derived from a compound, e.g. come-at-able. |
| PENTAHYDRATES | • pentahydrates n. Plural of pentahydrate. • PENTAHYDRATE n. a hydrated compound containing five moles of water per mole of the compound; a hydrated species containing five water molecules. |
| PHYTOPLANKTER | • phytoplankter n. A single phytoplankton organism. • PHYTOPLANKTER n. a planktonic plant. |
| THREATENINGLY | • threateningly adv. In a threatening manner. • THREATENING adv. ominous. |
| TRIETHYLAMINE | • triethylamine n. (Organic chemistry) The tertiary amine (CH3-CH2)3N, having many industrial uses. • TRIETHYLAMINE n. an oily liquid corresponding to ammonia with ethyl replacing all the hydrogen. |
| UNTHRIFTYHEAD | • UNTHRIFTYHEAD n. (Spenser) unthriftiness, also UNTHRIFTYHED. |