| CARDIOGRAPH | • cardiograph n. (Cardiology) an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative… • CARDIOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording movements of the heart. |
| CRYPTORCHID | • cryptorchid n. A male animal with one or two undescended testicles. • CRYPTORCHID n. a male human or animal in whom one or both testes fail to descend into the scrotum. |
| HARPSICHORD | • harpsichord n. (Music) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When… • HARPSICHORD n. a keyboard instrument with horizontal strings that run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. |
| HYDROTROPIC | • hydrotropic adj. (Biology) exhibiting hydrotropism. • HYDROTROPIC adj. exhibiting hydrotropism, i.e. growth in the direction of water. |
| HYPERDORIAN | • HYPERDORIAN adj. in Greek music, above the Dorian mode. |
| ODORIPHORES | • ODORIPHORE n. the group of atoms in an odorous molecule responsible for its odour. |
| PARATHYROID | • parathyroid adj. (Anatomy) Situated near the thyroid gland. • parathyroid adj. (Anatomy) Pertaining to the parathyroid glands or their extracts. • parathyroid n. A parathyroid gland. |
| PERCHLORIDE | • perchloride n. (Chemistry) A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series. • PERCHLORIDE n. a chloride that contains more chlorine than other chlorides of the same element. |
| PORPHYROIDS | • porphyroids n. Plural of porphyroid. • PORPHYROID n. a metamorphic rock having a texture characterized by large crystals set in a finer groundmass. |
| PYRETHROIDS | • pyrethroids n. Plural of pyrethroid. • PYRETHROID n. any of various synthetic compounds related to the pyrethrins, and sharing their insecticidal properties. |
| PYRITOHEDRA | • pyritohedra n. Plural of pyritohedron. • PYRITOHEDRON n. a pentagonal dodecahedron. |
| RADIOGRAPHS | • radiographs n. Plural of radiograph. • RADIOGRAPH n. a picture produced by the Rontgen rays upon a sensitive surface, photographic or fluorescent, esp. a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays. |
| RADIOGRAPHY | • radiography n. The process of making radiographs, and the science of analyzing them. • RADIOGRAPHY n. photography of the interior of a body or specimen by radiations other than light, such as X-rays, etc. |
| SCRIPHOLDER | • SCRIPHOLDER n. a person who owns a scrip or scrips. |
| WHIPCORDIER | • WHIPCORDY adj. like whipcord, a fabric with bold twill used for making dresses. |