| APHRODISIA | • aphrodisia n. A state of sexual desire. • aphrodisia n. (Archaic) sexual intercourse. • Aphrodisia prop.n. (Historical) A festival celebrating the goddess Aphrodite, held throughout Ancient Greece, but of particular… |
| BISHOPBIRD | • BISHOPBIRD n. a genus of African weaverbird, the males of which have black plumage marked with red or yellow. |
| DIMORPHISM | • dimorphism n. (Biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part. • dimorphism n. (Biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual. • dimorphism n. (Geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms. |
| DISWORSHIP | • disworship n. (Obsolete) A deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace. • disworship v. To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy. • DISWORSHIP v. (Milton) to refuse to worship. |
| EDITORSHIP | • editorship n. The position or job of being an editor. • EDITORSHIP n. the office or charge of an editor. |
| ERIOPHYIDS | • eriophyids n. Plural of eriophyid. • ERIOPHYID n. any of a large family of minute plant-feeding mites. |
| GRAPHITOID | • graphitoid adj. Resembling graphite. • GRAPHITOID adj. of or like graphite. |
| 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. |
| IDIOGRAPHS | • idiographs n. Plural of idiograph. • IDIOGRAPH n. a private mark, a trademark. |
| OPHIDIARIA | • ophidiaria n. Plural of ophidiarium. • OPHIDIARIUM n. a snake-house. |
| OPHIUROIDS | • ophiuroids n. Plural of ophiuroid. • OPHIUROID n. a member of the Ophiura genus of brittle-stars or sand-stars, also OPHIURA, OPHIURAN, OPHIURID. |
| PREHOMINID | • prehominid n. Any evolutionary ancestor of the hominids. • PREHOMINID adj. preceding the evolution of hominids. • PREHOMINID n. an ancestor of hominids. |
| PROHIBITED | • prohibited adj. Forbidden; unallowed. • prohibited v. Simple past tense and past participle of prohibit. • PROHIBIT v. to forbid with authority. |
| RHIPIDIONS | • rhipidions n. Plural of rhipidion. • RHIPIDION n. (Greek) in the Greek Orthodox church, the eucharistical fan or flabellum. |