| AGRYPNOTICS | • agrypnotics n. Plural of agrypnotic. • AGRYPNOTIC n. a drug or agent that reduces insomnia. |
| AMPHICTYONS | • amphictyons n. Plural of amphictyon. • AMPHICTYON n. (historical) a delegate to a council of an amphictyony, a group of states sharing common shrine (e.g. the Greek states sharing Delphi). |
| ANGIOPLASTY | • angioplasty n. (Surgery) The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma. • ANGIOPLASTY n. the surgical repair of a damaged blood-vessel. |
| ANTILEPROSY | • antileprosy adj. (Medicine) Countering leprosy. • ANTILEPROSY adj. designed to prevent leprosy. |
| HYPERTONIAS | • hypertonias n. Plural of hypertonia. • HYPERTONIA n. excessive (muscle) tone. |
| HYPONASTIES | • HYPONASTY n. a tendency in part of a plant to grow more rapidly on the underside, so that it curves upwards. |
| HYPOSTHENIA | • hyposthenia n. (Medicine, dated) weakness; subnormal strength. • HYPOSTHENIA n. lack of strength. |
| INSPIRATORY | • inspiratory adj. Of or pertaining to inspiration (in all senses). • INSPIRATORY adj. tending to inspire. |
| MISANTHROPY | • misanthropy n. Hatred or dislike of people or mankind. • MISANTHROPY n. a hatred or distrust of humankind. |
| NOTARYSHIPS | • notaryships n. Plural of notaryship. • NOTARYSHIP n. the office of notary. |
| NYCTALOPIAS | • nyctalopias n. Plural of nyctalopia. • NYCTALOPIA n. reduced visual capacity in faint light (as at night), night blindness. |
| PATRONYMICS | • patronymics n. Plural of patronymic. • PATRONYMIC n. a name so derived. |
| PERSONALITY | • personality n. (Of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another. • personality n. (Of inanimate or abstract things) A set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting. • personality n. An assumed role or manner of behavior. |
| POLYACTINES | • polyactines n. Plural of polyactine. • POLYACTINE n. the spicule of a polyactinal sponge, also POLYACT. |
| RHINOPLASTY | • rhinoplasty n. (Medicine, surgery, uncountable) A type of plastic surgery that is used to improve the function (reconstructive… • rhinoplasty n. (Countable) An instance of such surgery; one operation (procedure). • RHINOPLASTY n. plastic surgery of the nose. |
| SPONTANEITY | • spontaneity n. (Uncountable) The quality of being spontaneous. • spontaneity n. (Countable) Spontaneous behaviour. • spontaneity n. (Biology) The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and… |
| SYCOPHANTIC | • sycophantic adj. Obsequious, flattering, toadying. In other words, eager to please. • SYCOPHANTIC adj. of or like a sycophant, also SYCOPHANTICAL. |
| SYNCOPATING | • syncopating v. Present participle of syncopate. • SYNCOPATE v. to shorten a word by cutting out its middle. |
| SYNCOPATION | • syncopation n. (Linguistics, phonology) The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables… • syncopation n. (Music) The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession… • SYNCOPATION n. a shift of accent in a musical passage that occurs when a normally weak beat is stressed. |
| SYNCOPATIVE | • syncopative adj. Of or relating to syncopation. • SYNCOPATIVE adj. relating to syncopation. |