| BLOODTHIRSTY | • bloodthirsty adj. Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous. • bloodthirsty adj. Of a book, film, etc.: depicting much violence; gory, violent. • bloodthirsty adj. (Humorous) Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood. |
| BOROHYDRIDES | • borohydrides n. Plural of borohydride. • BOROHYDRIDE n. a compound of boron and hydrogen, used as a reducing agent. |
| DISHONORABLY | • dishonorably adv. In a dishonorable manner. • DISHONORABLE adv. lacking honor, also DISHONOURABLE. |
| HYDROLOGISTS | • hydrologists n. Plural of hydrologist. • HYDROLOGIST n. an expert in hydrology. |
| HYDROPHILOUS | • hydrophilous adj. (Biology) That grows or thrives in or near water. • hydrophilous adj. (Botany) That is pollinated by water. • HYDROPHILOUS adj. water-loving; pollinated by agency of water. |
| HYDROPHOBIAS | • hydrophobias n. Plural of hydrophobia. • HYDROPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of water, as in rabies victims. |
| HYDROQUINOLS | • HYDROQUINOL n. a white crystalline soluble phenol used as a photographic developer. |
| HYDROTROPISM | • hydrotropism n. (Biology) The movement of a plant (or other organism) in response to water, either towards or away from water. • HYDROTROPISM n. growth in the direction of water. |
| HYDROXONIUMS | • hydroxoniums n. Plural of hydroxonium. • HYDROXONIUM n. the obsolete name for the cation H3O+ derived from protonation of water. |
| HYPERBOLOIDS | • hyperboloids n. Plural of hyperboloid. • HYPERBOLOID n. a solid figure in which some of the plane sections are hyperbolas. |
| HYPOCYCLOIDS | • hypocycloids n. Plural of hypocycloid. • HYPOCYCLOID n. a curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on the inside of another circle. |
| HYPOPLOIDIES | • hypoploidies n. Plural of hypoploidy. • HYPOPLOIDY n. the state of being hypoploid, having a chromosome number a few below the normal diploid number. |
| HYPOTHYROIDS | • HYPOTHYROID n. someone suffering from hypothyroidism. |
| MYTHOLOGISED | • mythologised v. Simple past tense and past participle of mythologise. • MYTHOLOGISE v. to make mythical, also MYTHOLOGIZE. |
| PODOPHYLLINS | • podophyllins n. Plural of podophyllin. • PODOPHYLLIN n. a cathartic resin obtained from the rhizomes of the Podophyllum genus, also PODOPHYLIN. |
| POLYHEDROSIS | • polyhedrosis n. Any of several diseases of insect larvae that are caused by the polyhedral viruses, family Baculoviridae. • POLYHEDROSIS n. an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA. |
| SINDONOPHANY | • SINDONOPHANY n. the periodic exhibiting of the Turin shroud to the public. |