| ANTITHYROID | • antithyroid adj. (Biochemistry) Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones. • anti-thyroid adj. Alternative spelling of antithyroid. • ANTITHYROID adj. able to counteract excessive thyroid activity. |
| BRACHYODONT | • brachyodont adj. Having unusually short teeth. • BRACHYODONT adj. of mammals, such as humans, having teeth with short crowns. |
| CHONDROCYTE | • chondrocyte n. (Biology) A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage. • CHONDROCYTE n. a cartilage cell. |
| DEHYDRATION | • dehydration n. The act or process of removing water from something. • dehydration n. The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating… • DEHYDRATION n. loss or withdrawal of moisture. |
| DOWNRIGHTLY | • downrightly adv. (Dated) clearly; plainly; directly; downright. • DOWNRIGHT adv. plainspoken, blunt. |
| DYSTROPHINS | • dystrophins n. Plural of dystrophin. • DYSTROPHIN n. a protein essential to normal muscle function, found to be lacking in muscular dystrophy sufferers. |
| HETERODYNED | • heterodyned v. Simple past tense and past participle of heterodyne. • HETERODYNE v. to change the frequency of (a signal) by imposing on a continuous wave another of slightly different length to produce beats. |
| HETERODYNES | • heterodynes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heterodyne. • HETERODYNE v. to change the frequency of (a signal) by imposing on a continuous wave another of slightly different length to produce beats. |
| HYDROGENATE | • hydrogenate v. (Chemistry, transitive) to treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an… • HYDROGENATE v. to combine or treat with hydrogen. |
| HYDROMANTIC | • hydromantic adj. Of or pertaining to hydromancy. • HYDROMANTIC adj. related to hydromancy, divination by water. |
| HYDROPHYTON | • hydrophyton n. (Biology) A branched structure that supports the zooids in colonial hydrozoa. • HYDROPHYTON n. the coenosarc of a hydroid colony. |
| MONOHYDRATE | • monohydrate n. (Chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains a single molecule of water of crystallization per molecule… • MONOHYDRATE n. a hydrate containing one molecule of water per molecule of the compound. |
| NORTHWARDLY | • northwardly adv. Northwards, towards the north. • northwardly adj. Having a northern direction. • NORTHWARDLY adv. in a northward direction. |
| REHYDRATION | • rehydration n. The replenishment of water and electrolytes lost through dehydration. • REHYDRATION n. the act of rehydrating. |
| RHYNCHODONT | • RHYNCHODONT adj. having a toothed beak. |
| UNORTHODOXY | • unorthodoxy n. Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox. • UNORTHODOXY n. the state of being unorthodox. |
| WHODUNNITRY | • whodunnitry n. The plot or technique characteristic of whodunnits; the process of following clues to determine who committed a crime. • WHODUNNITRY n. the genre of whodunit writing, also WHODUNITRY. |