| CHIROPODY | • chiropody n. (Medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the feet… • CHIROPODY n. the treatment of ailments of the feet. |
| 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. |
| DYSPHORIA | • dysphoria n. A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from… • dysphoria n. (LGBT) Ellipsis of gender dysphoria. • DYSPHORIA n. depression, pathological discontent. |
| DYSPHORIC | • dysphoric adj. Pertaining to dysphoria, or of being in a state of dysphoria. • dysphoric adj. Causing dysphoria. • dysphoric n. Such a person. |
| DYSTROPHY | • dystrophy n. A wasting of body tissues, of either genetic origin or due to inadequate or defective nutrition. • DYSTROPHY n. impaired or imperfect nutrition; any of several disorders in which there is wasting of muscle tissue, also DYSTROPHIA. |
| ERIOPHYID | • eriophyid n. (Zoology) Any mite in the family Eriophyidae. • ERIOPHYID n. any of a large family of minute plant-feeding mites. |
| HYDROPATH | • hydropath n. A hydropathist. • HYDROPATH n. a practitioner of hydropathy, the study of treating diseases with water. |
| HYDROPSES | • HYDROPS n. (Greek) dropsy, also HYDROPSY. |
| HYDROPTIC | • hydroptic adj. Alternative form of hydropic. • HYDROPTIC adj. dropsical, thirsty, also HYDROPIC. |
| HYDROPULT | • hydropult n. A hand-powered machine for spraying water. • HYDROPULT n. a machine for throwing water by hand power, as a garden engine, a fire extinguisher, etc. |
| HYPODERMA | • hypoderma n. (Botany) A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, performing the physiological function of… • hypoderma n. (Zoology) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids… • Hypoderma prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Oestridae – warble flies. |
| HYPODERMS | • hypoderms n. Plural of hypoderm. • HYPODERM n. the tissue next under the epidermis, also HYPODERMIS. |
| ORPHREYED | • ORPHREYED adj. embroidered with orphrey, gold. |
| ORTHOPEDY | • orthopedy n. Archaic form of orthopedics. • ORTHOPEDY n. the art or process of curing deformities arising from (originally childhood) disease or injury, also ORTHOPAEDICS, ORTHOPAEDY, ORTHOPEDIA, ORTHOPEDICS. |
| OVERHYPED | • overhyped v. Simple past tense and past participle of overhype. • overhyped adj. That has been promoted or publicized excessively. • OVERHYPE v. to hype to excess. |
| POLYHEDRA | • polyhedra n. Plural of polyhedron. • POLYHEDRON n. a body or solid contained by many sides or planes. |
| WHIPCORDY | • whipcordy adj. Resembling or characteristic of whipcord. • WHIPCORDY adj. like whipcord, a fabric with bold twill used for making dresses. |