| ACHONDROPLASIA | • achondroplasia n. (Teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism. • ACHONDROPLASIA n. a condition where cartilage does not develop normally, resulting in dwarfism. |
| AEROHYDROPLANE | • AEROHYDROPLANE n. a winged hydroplane or flying-boat. |
| ANDROCEPHALOUS | • androcephalous adj. Having a human head (upon an animal’s body), like the Egyptian sphinx. • ANDROCEPHALOUS adj. with a human head. |
| DINITROPHENOLS | • dinitrophenols n. Plural of dinitrophenol. • DINITROPHENOL n. any of six isomeric crystalline compounds some of whose derivatives are pesticides. |
| HYDROPONICALLY | • hydroponically adv. Using hydroponics. • HYDROPONIC adv. relating to hydroponics, the practice of growing plants in a chemical solution without soil. |
| HYDROXYPROLINE | • hydroxyproline n. (Biochemistry) A hydroxy derivative of the amino acid proline found in the structural proteins of connective tissue. • HYDROXYPROLINE n. an amino acid. |
| HYPOMIXOLYDIAN | • hypomixolydian adj. (Music) Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from D to G. • HYPOMIXOLYDIAN adj. applied in old church music to a mode extending from d to d with g as its final. |
| LYMPHOADENOMAS | • LYMPHOADENOMA n. a tumour of the lymph glands, aka Hodgkin's disease. |
| ORNITHODELPHIC | • ORNITHODELPHIC adj. of or like the Ornithodelphia, monotremes, also ORNITHODELPHIAN, ORNITHODELPHOUS. |
| PHILANTHROPOID | • philanthropoid n. (Informal) An administrative employee at a philanthropic organisation. • PHILANTHROPOID n. a person who works for a philanthropic organization. |
| RADIOTELEPHONE | • radiotelephone n. A device that allows two-way communication via radio. • radiotelephone v. To communicate via such a device. • radio-telephone n. (Telephony) Alternative spelling of radiotelephone. |
| RADIOTELEPHONY | • radiotelephony n. The transmission of sound (in both directions) using modulated radio waves rather than wires. • radio␣telephony n. The transmission of speech using modulated radio waves. • RADIOTELEPHONY n. communication by radiotelephone. |
| VIDEOTELEPHONE | • videotelephone n. A videophone. • VIDEOTELEPHONE n. a telephone with accompanying means of transmitting a picture of each speaker. |