| 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. |
| ANDROCEPHALOUS | • androcephalous adj. Having a human head (upon an animal’s body), like the Egyptian sphinx. • ANDROCEPHALOUS adj. with a human head. |
| DIACATHOLICONS | • diacatholicons n. Plural of diacatholicon. • DIACATHOLICON n. (obsolete) a purgative electuary, the drug being mixed with honey or syrup. |
| DINITROPHENOLS | • dinitrophenols n. Plural of dinitrophenol. • DINITROPHENOL n. any of six isomeric crystalline compounds some of whose derivatives are pesticides. |
| DYSMENORRHOEAL | • dysmenorrhoeal adj. Alternative form of dysmenorrheal. • dysmenorrhœal adj. Obsolete form of dysmenorrheal. • DYSMENORRHOEAL adj. suffering from dysmenorrhoea, painful menstruation, also DYSMENORRHEAL. |
| FLOODLIGHTINGS | • FLOODLIGHTING n. illumination by floodlights. |
| GENTLEMANHOODS | • GENTLEMANHOOD n. the state of being a gentleman. |
| HAEMODILUTIONS | • haemodilutions n. Plural of haemodilution. • HAEMODILUTION n. an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells, also HEMODILUTION. |
| HYDROGENOLYSES | • hydrogenolyses n. Plural of hydrogenolysis. • HYDROGENOLYSIS n. a chemical reaction in which a compound is decomposed by hydrogen. |
| HYDROGENOLYSIS | • hydrogenolysis n. (Chemistry) the cleavage of a molecule, especially that of a carbon-carbon bond, with the addition of… • HYDROGENOLYSIS n. a chemical reaction in which a compound is decomposed by hydrogen. |
| HYDROLYSATIONS | • hydrolysations n. Plural of hydrolysation. • HYDROLYSATION n. the process of hydrolysing, also HYDROLYZATION. |
| HYDROLYZATIONS | • hydrolyzations n. Plural of hydrolyzation. • HYDROLYZATION n. the process of hydrolyzing, also HYDROLYSATION. |
| HYDROXYLATIONS | • hydroxylations n. Plural of hydroxylation. • HYDROXYLATION n. the act of hydroxylating. |
| LEUCITOHEDRONS | • LEUCITOHEDRON n. the cubic icositetrahedron, simulated by typical leucite crystals. |
| LYMPHOADENOMAS | • LYMPHOADENOMA n. a tumour of the lymph glands, aka Hodgkin's disease. |
| ORTHODIAGONALS | • orthodiagonals n. Plural of orthodiagonal. • ORTHODIAGONAL n. in a monoclinic crystal, that lateral axis which is perpendicular to the vertical axis. |
| ORTHOGONALISED | • orthogonalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of orthogonalise. • ORTHOGONALISE v. to make orthogonal, also ORTHOGONALIZE. |
| SCALENOHEDRONS | • scalenohedrons n. Plural of scalenohedron. • SCALENOHEDRON n. a hemihedral form bounded in the hexagonal system by twelve, in the tetragonal by eight, faces, each a scalene triangle. |
| SCHOOLCHILDREN | • schoolchildren n. Plural of schoolchild. • SCHOOLCHILD n. a child attending school. |
| SNAGGLETOOTHED | • snaggletoothed adj. Having misaligned, broken, missing or otherwise damaged or disorderly teeth. • snaggle-toothed adj. Alternative spelling of snaggletoothed. • SNAGGLETOOTHED adj. having a snaggletooth, an irregular, broken, or projecting tooth. |