| ANHIDROSIS | • anhidrosis n. (Medicine) The reduced ability or inability to sweat. • ANHIDROSIS n. absence of sweating, also ANIDROSIS. |
| ANHIDROTIC | • anhidrotic adj. Lacking the ability to sweat. • anhidrotic n. (Pharmacology) A substance that prevents sweating. • ANHIDROTIC n. a substance that suppresses sweating. |
| CHIRONOMID | • chironomid n. (Entomology) Any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera. • CHIRONOMID n. a member of a large genus of common midges. |
| CHONDRITIC | • chondritic adj. (Geology) Of or pertaining to a chondrite. • chondritic adj. (Planetology, of an elemental ratio) Similar to that found in chondrites. • CHONDRITIC adj. granular; having the granular structure characteristic of the class of meteorites called chondrites. |
| CHONDRITIS | • chondritis n. (Pathology) inflammation of the cartilage. • CHONDRITIS n. an inflammation of cartilage. |
| DIACHRONIC | • diachronic adj. Occurring over or changing with time. • diachronic adj. Of, pertaining to or concerned with changes that occur over time. • DIACHRONIC adj. of the study of a subject (esp. a language) through its historical development, as opposed to synchronic. |
| DINOTHERIA | • dinotheria n. Plural of dinotherium. • DINOTHERIUM n. an extinct elephantine mammal with downward-curving tusks, also DEINOTHERE, DEINOTHERIUM, DINOTHERE. |
| DISHERISON | • disherison n. The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance. • DISHERISON n. the act of disheriting. |
| DISHORNING | • dishorning v. Present participle of dishorn. • DISHORN v. to deprive of horns. |
| DISHORSING | • dishorsing v. Present participle of dishorse. • DISHORSE v. to make someone fall from a horse. |
| HEPARINOID | • heparinoid n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of glycosaminoglycans derived from heparin. • HEPARINOID adj. of or like heparin, a complex substance formed in the liver that delays clotting of blood. |
| HIRUDINOID | • HIRUDINOID adj. like a leech. |
| HIRUDINOUS | • HIRUDINOUS adj. of or like hirudin, a substance present in the salivary glands of leeches, used as an anticoagulant. |
| PREHOMINID | • prehominid n. Any evolutionary ancestor of the hominids. • PREHOMINID adj. preceding the evolution of hominids. • PREHOMINID n. an ancestor of hominids. |
| RHIPIDIONS | • rhipidions n. Plural of rhipidion. • RHIPIDION n. (Greek) in the Greek Orthodox church, the eucharistical fan or flabellum. |
| RODFISHING | • rodfishing n. Angling with a fishing rod. • RODFISHING n. fishing with a rod and line. |
| VIRGINHOOD | • virginhood n. Virginity; maidenhead. • VIRGINHOOD n. virginity. |