| ADIATHERMIC | • adiathermic adj. Impervious to heat. • ADIATHERMIC adj. impervious to radiant heat. |
| ANTHERIDIUM | • antheridium n. (Botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes. • ANTHERIDIUM n. the male reproductive organ of some plants, also ANTHERID. |
| CHILDMINDER | • childminder n. A person employed to look after other people’s children while they are away; a babysitter. • child␣minder n. Alternative form of childminder. • CHILDMINDER n. one who looks after other people's children for money. |
| DIAMORPHINE | • diamorphine n. (Pharmacology) The BAN name for the drug heroin. • DIAMORPHINE n. a strong painkilling drug. |
| DIATHERMIAS | • DIATHERMIA n. heating of internal parts of the body by electric currents, also DIATHERMY. |
| DIATHERMIES | • diathermies n. Plural of diathermy. • DIATHERMY n. heating of internal parts of the body by electric currents, also DIATHERMIA. |
| DINOTHERIUM | • dinotherium n. An extinct animal of large size, with elephant-like tusks curved down from its lower jaw. • DINOTHERIUM n. an extinct elephantine mammal with downward-curving tusks, also DEINOTHERE, DEINOTHERIUM, DINOTHERE. |
| HEMIHEDRIES | • HEMIHEDRY n. a property of crystals of being hemihedral. |
| HEMIHEDRISM | • hemihedrism n. (Crystallography) hemihedral crystallization. • HEMIHEDRISM n. a property of crystals of being hemihedral, or having half the number of symmetrically arranged planes occurring on a holohedron. |
| HEMOSIDERIN | • hemosiderin n. (Biochemistry) An abnormal microscopic pigment, formed of granules of a complex of iron hydroxides… • HEMOSIDERIN n. a pigment that is formed in some phagocytic cells by the breakdown of hemoglobin and is probably essentially a denatured form of ferritin, also HAEMOSIDERIN. |
| HESPERIDIUM | • hesperidium n. Any of several kinds of true berries, including citrus fruit such as the lemon and lime, which have… • HESPERIDIUM n. a plant with a berry like a citrus fruit. |
| HUMIDIFIERS | • humidifiers n. Plural of humidifier. • HUMIDIFIER n. a device for supplying or maintaining humidity. |
| MAIDENHAIRS | • maidenhairs n. Plural of maidenhair. • maiden-hairs n. Plural of maiden-hair. • MAIDENHAIR n. a fern of the genus Adiantum, having very slender graceful stalks. |
| MITHRIDATES | • mithridates n. Plural of mithridate. • Mithridates prop.n. (Historical) a male given name popularized in Achaemenid and post-Achaemenid Persia. • MITHRIDATE n. an antidote against poison. |
| PREHOMINIDS | • prehominids n. Plural of prehominid. • PREHOMINID n. an ancestor of hominids. |
| SPHAERIDIUM | • sphaeridium n. (Zoology) A sense organ found on the exterior of most sea urchins, consisting of an oval or spherical… • SPHAERIDIUM n. a minute spheroidal body on the surface of a sea urchin, perhaps a sense organ. |