| CROCIDOLITE | • crocidolite n. (Mineralogy) A fibrous, blue-green mineral that is an asbestos-like variety of riebeckite. • CROCIDOLITE n. a fibrous mineral consisting mainly of silicate of iron and sodium, called blue asbestos. |
| DEFLORATION | • defloration n. The act of deflowering. • DEFLORATION n. rupture of the hymen. |
| DEFOLIATORS | • defoliators n. Plural of defoliator. • DEFOLIATOR n. a defoliating agent. |
| DEPLORATION | • deploration n. The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation. • DEPLORATION n. the act of deploring. |
| DOLORIMETRY | • dolorimetry n. The measurement of pain. • DOLORIMETRY n. the measurement of pain. |
| HETEROPLOID | • heteroploid adj. (Biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species. • heteroploid n. (Biology) An organism having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number… • HETEROPLOID n. an organism having a chromosome number that is not an integral multiple of the haploid. |
| INTERCOOLED | • intercooled v. Simple past tense and past participle of intercool. • intercooled adj. Cooled by an intercooler. • INTERCOOL v. to cool by means of an intercooler, a heat exchanger in a turbocharger. |
| INTERLOOPED | • INTERLOOP v. to loop together. |
| METEOROIDAL | • meteoroidal adj. (Astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteoroids. • METEOROIDAL adj. like a meteor. |
| MULTIROOMED | • multiroomed adj. Having multiple rooms. • MULTIROOMED adj. having many rooms. |
| OESTRADIOLS | • oestradiols n. Plural of oestradiol. • OESTRADIOL n. a natural oestrogen also synthesised for use in cancer treatment. |
| PERIODONTAL | • periodontal adj. Surrounding a tooth. • periodontal adj. Relating to the periodontium. • periodontal adj. Relating to periodontics. |
| PTERIDOLOGY | • pteridology n. (Botany) The scientific study of ferns and other pteridophytes. • PTERIDOLOGY n. the study of ferns. |
| SCLEROTIOID | • SCLEROTIOID adj. of, relating to, or resembling a sclerotium. |
| TRICOLOURED | • tricoloured adj. Alternative spelling of tricolored. • tri-coloured adj. Alternative form of tricolored. • TRICOLOURED adj. having three colours, also TRICOLORED. |