| CHAULMOOGRAS | • chaulmoogras n. Plural of chaulmoogra. • CHAULMOOGRA n. a kind of Asian tree, yielding an oil used in the treatment of leprosy, also CHAULMUGRA. |
| CHEESEMONGER | • cheesemonger n. (Britain) Someone who sells cheese. • CHEESEMONGER n. one who sells cheeses. |
| CHEMISORBING | • chemisorbing v. Present participle of chemisorb. • CHEMISORB v. to adsorb by chemical action, also CHEMOSORB. |
| CHEMOSORBING | • chemosorbing v. Present participle of chemosorb. • CHEMOSORB v. to adsorb by chemical action, also CHEMISORB. |
| CHEMOSURGERY | • chemosurgery n. (Medicine) The selective destruction of diseased or malignant tissue by means of chemical substances;… • CHEMOSURGERY n. the chemical removal of diseased or unwanted tissue. |
| CHIROGNOMIES | • CHIROGNOMY n. palmistry. |
| CHIROGNOMIST | • chirognomist n. One who studies chirognomy. • CHIROGNOMIST n. someone who studies chirognomy. |
| COLOGARITHMS | • cologarithms n. Plural of cologarithm. • COLOGARITHM n. the logarithm of the reciprocal of a number. |
| COSMOGRAPHER | • cosmographer n. (Astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe. • cosmographer n. (Obsolete) Someone who describes the world; a geographer or anthropologist. • COSMOGRAPHER n. a student of cosmography. |
| COSMOGRAPHIC | • cosmographic adj. Of or pertaining to cosmography. • COSMOGRAPHIC adj. relating to cosmography, also COSMOGRAPHICAL. |
| DEMOGRAPHICS | • demographics n. The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies. • DEMOGRAPHIC n. an analysis of the structure of a population. |
| FURTHCOMINGS | • FURTHCOMING n. in Scots law, an action brought by an arrester against the arrestee and the common debtor after an arrestment in order that the arrested money or property be delivered to the arrester. |
| GEOCHEMISTRY | • geochemistry n. (Chemistry) The branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical composition of the Earth and other… • GEOCHEMISTRY n. the study of the chemistry of the earth's crust. |
| HECTOGRAMMES | • hectogrammes n. Plural of hectogramme. • HECTOGRAMME n. a measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, also HECTOGRAM, HEKTOGRAM. |
| HOMESOURCING | • homesourcing n. Homeshoring. • HOMESOURCING n. the transfer of service industry employment from offices to home-based employees with appropriate telephone and Internet facilities, also HOMESHORING. |
| MACROPHAGOUS | • macrophagous adj. (Zoology) That feeds on relatively large particles or prey. • MACROPHAGOUS adj. of an animal, feeding on relatively large particles of food. |
| MICROPHAGOUS | • microphagous adj. (Zoology) Feeding on small particles. • MICROPHAGOUS adj. of an animal, feeding on small particles of food. |
| MONARCHISING | • monarchising v. Present participle of monarchise. • MONARCHISE v. to play the sovereign; to act the monarch, also MONARCHIZE. |
| OLIGOCHROMES | • OLIGOCHROME n. (trademark) the brand name of a light-filtering device used in photography. |
| SHORTCOMINGS | • shortcomings n. Plural of shortcoming. • SHORTCOMING n. an imperfection or lack that detracts from the whole. |