| ANHEDONIA | • anhedonia n. (Medicine, psychiatry) The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such… • ANHEDONIA n. an unresponsiveness to pleasure. |
| ANHEDONIC | • anhedonic adj. (Psychiatry, also figuratively) Showing anhedonia; having no capacity to feel pleasure. • anhedonic n. (Psychiatry) A person who has anhedonia. • ANHEDONIC adj. suffering from anhedonia, unable to experience pleasure. |
| CHIGNONED | • chignoned adj. (Of hair) Arranged in a chignon. • CHIGNONED adj. wearing a chignon, a knot or roll of hair worn at the back of the head. |
| CHONDRINS | • chondrins n. Plural of chondrin. • CHONDRIN n. an elastic, gelatinous substance, the matrix of cartilage. |
| DANTHONIA | • danthonia n. (Botany) Any of the genus Danthonia of Eurasian, North African, and American grasses. • DANTHONIA n. a tufted grass native to Australia and New Zealand. |
| DEHORNING | • dehorning v. Present participle of dehorn. • DEHORN v. to deprive of horns. |
| DONNISHLY | • donnishly adv. In a donnish manner. • DONNISH adv. scholarly. |
| DYNORPHIN | • dynorphin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of opioid peptides that arise from the precursor protein prodynorphin. • DYNORPHIN n. a drug used to treat cocaine addiction. |
| ENDORPHIN | • endorphin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters… • ENDORPHIN n. any of a group of peptides that occur in the brain and bind to the same receptors as morphine, thereby inhibiting pain. |
| HOIDENING | • hoidening v. Present participle of hoiden. • HOIDEN v. to act like a tomboy, also HOYDEN. |
| HOYDENING | • hoydening v. Present participle of hoyden. • HOYDEN v. to act like a tomboy, also HOIDEN. |
| HYDANTOIN | • hydantoin n. (Organic chemistry) The heterocycle imidazolidine-2,4-dione derived from urea and glycolic acid; any… • HYDANTOIN n. a colourless odourless crystalline compound found in beet molasses and used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. |
| INHOLDING | • inholding n. A piece of privately-owned land inside the boundary of a national park, national forest, state park… • inholding v. Present participle of inhold. • INHOLDING n. privately owned land inside the bounds of a national park. |
| INTHRONED | • inthroned v. Simple past tense and past participle of inthrone. • INTHRONE v. to place on a throne, also ENTHRONE. |
| THINDOWNS | • THINDOWN n. a lessening of the number of atomic particles in the air. |
| UNHOODING | • unhooding v. Present participle of unhood. • UNHOOD v. to remove a hood from. |
| WHODUNNIT | • whodunnit n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of whodunit. • WHODUNNIT n. a mystery novel, also WHODUNIT. |