| AMPHITRICHOUS | • amphitrichous adj. (Biology) (of bacteria) Having a single flagellum on each of two opposite ends. (Only one flagellum… • AMPHITRICHOUS adj. of or like amphitricha, bacteria that have flagella at both ends. |
| ARCHBISHOPRIC | • archbishopric n. (Ecclesiastical) The rank or office of an archbishop. • archbishopric n. (Ecclesiastical) The jurisdiction of an archbishop. • ARCHBISHOPRIC n. the see or province over which an archbishop exercises authority. |
| CHAIRMANSHIPS | • chairmanships n. Plural of chairmanship. • CHAIRMANSHIP n. the role of chairman. |
| CHIROGRAPHIES | • chirographies n. Plural of chirography. • CHIROGRAPHY n. the study of handwriting or penmanship. |
| CHIROGRAPHIST | • chirographist n. A chirographer; a writer or engrosser. • chirographist n. One who tells fortunes by examining the hand. • CHIROGRAPHIST n. an expert in handwriting. |
| HAGIOGRAPHIES | • hagiographies n. Plural of hagiography. • HAGIOGRAPHY n. a biography of saints; an idealizing or idolizing biography. |
| HAGIOGRAPHIST | • hagiographist n. Synonym of hagiographer. • HAGIOGRAPHIST n. one who writes the lives of saints. |
| HELIOGRAPHIES | • HELIOGRAPHY n. the practice of signalling by heliograph. |
| HELISPHERICAL | • helispherical adj. Helispheric. • HELISPHERICAL adj. pertaining to rhumb lines, loxodromic, also HELISPHERIC. |
| HEMISPHERICAL | • hemispherical adj. Having the shape of half a sphere. • hemispherical adj. Pertaining to or operating throughout a hemisphere of the Earth. • HEMISPHERICAL adj. like a hemisphere, also HEMISPHERIC. |
| HIERACOSPHINX | • hieracosphinx n. A mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon. • HIERACOSPHINX n. in ancient Egyptian art, a hawk-headed sphinx. |
| HIEROGRAPHIES | • hierographies n. Plural of hierography. • HIEROGRAPHY n. the description of sacred things. |
| ICHNOGRAPHIES | • ichnographies n. Plural of ichnography. • ICHNOGRAPHY n. the art of drawing ground plans. |
| LITHOGRAPHIES | • lithographies n. Plural of lithography. • LITHOGRAPHY n. the process of printing from a plane surface, as a smooth stone or metal plate, on which the image to be printed is ink-receptive and the blank area ink-repellent. |
| PHILHARMONICS | • philharmonics n. Plural of philharmonic. • PHILHARMONIC n. a choir or orchestra. |
| PHYSIOGRAPHIC | • physiographic adj. Of or pertaining to physiography. • PHYSIOGRAPHIC adj. relating to physiography, also PHYSIOGRAPHICAL. |
| SCHIZOPHRENIA | • schizophrenia n. (Pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised… • schizophrenia n. (Informal, figurative) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a… • SCHIZOPHRENIA n. a mental disorder with 'splitting' of personality and separation from environment. |