| AMPHIBRACHS | • amphibrachs n. Plural of amphibrach. • AMPHIBRACH n. a foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short. |
| ARCHBISHOPS | • archbishops n. Plural of archbishop. • ARCHBISHOP n. a bishop at the head of an ecclesiastical province or one of equivalent honorary rank. |
| BATHYSPHERE | • bathysphere n. A spherical steel deep-diving chamber with perspex windows, in which persons are lowered to the depths… • BATHYSPHERE n. a submersible observation chamber. |
| BENCHERSHIP | • benchership n. The role or status of being a bencher. • BENCHERSHIP n. the office of bencher. |
| CHROMOPHOBE | • chromophobe n. (Cytology) Any cell that is resistant to staining. • CHROMOPHOBE n. a cell that does not take a stain easily. |
| HEBEPHRENIA | • hebephrenia n. (Obsolete) A type of mental disorder occurring during puberty characterized by silly behavior and inappropriate… • hebephrenia n. (Clinical psychology) A form of schizophrenia characterised by inappropriate behaviour and emotional responses. • HEBEPHRENIA n. a form of dementia occurring at puberty. |
| HEBEPHRENIC | • hebephrenic adj. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, hebephrenia. • hebephrenic n. An individual who exhibits hebephrenia. • HEBEPHRENIC n. one suffering from hebephrenia, a form of dementia occurring at puberty, also HEBEPHRENIAC. |
| HIEROPHOBIA | • hierophobia n. Fear of what is religious or sacred. • HIEROPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of sacred things. |
| HIEROPHOBIC | • hierophobic adj. (Rare) Averse to what is religious or sacred. • HIEROPHOBIC n. someone having a fear of sacred things. |
| HYDROPHOBIA | • hydrophobia n. (Pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself. • hydrophobia n. (Psychology, colloquial) A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia. • HYDROPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of water, as in rabies victims. |
| HYDROPHOBIC | • hydrophobic adj. Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies). • hydrophobic adj. (Physics, chemistry) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb or to be wetted by water. • HYDROPHOBIC adj. having a morbid fear of water. |
| HYGROPHOBES | • HYGROPHOBE n. a plant growing best where moisture is scanty. |
| LOPHOBRANCH | • lophobranch n. (Zoology) Any member of the order Lophobranchii of fishes. • LOPHOBRANCH n. any fish of the pipefish and seahorse genus. |