| CHARACTERISED | • characterised v. Simple past tense and past participle of characterise. • CHARACTERISE v. to give a character to, also CHARACTERIZE. |
| CHARACTERIZED | • characterized v. Simple past tense and past participle of characterize. • CHARACTERIZE v. to describe the character or quality of, also CHARACTERISE. |
| FINGERBREADTH | • fingerbreadth n. A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
| HEREDITARIANS | • hereditarians n. Plural of hereditarian. • HEREDITARIAN n. an adherent of hereditarianism, the view that heredity is the major factor in determining human and animal behaviour, also HEREDITIST. |
| HERMAPHRODITE | • hermaphrodite n. An individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads. • hermaphrodite n. A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities. • hermaphrodite n. (Nautical) A hermaphrodite brig. |
| HYDROELECTRIC | • hydroelectric adj. That generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water, or of steam escaping under high pressure. • hydroelectric adj. Of or relating to the electricity so produced. • hydro-electric adj. Alternative form of hydroelectric. |
| HYPERTROPHIED | • hypertrophied v. Simple past tense and past participle of hypertrophy. • HYPERTROPHIED adj. grown to an abnormal size. |
| INTERWREATHED | • interwreathed v. Simple past tense and past participle of interwreathe. • INTERWREATHE v. to twine in between. |
| NONHEREDITARY | • nonhereditary adj. Not hereditary; not passed down by inheritance. • non-hereditary adj. Alternative form of nonhereditary. • NONHEREDITARY adj. not hereditary. |
| NORETHINDRONE | • norethindrone n. (Pharmacology) US form of norethisterone. • NORETHINDRONE n. a synthetic progestational hormone used in birth control pills. |
| PREAUTHORIZED | • preauthorized v. Simple past tense and past participle of preauthorize. |
| PRETENDERSHIP | • pretendership n. The character or claims of a pretender. • PRETENDERSHIP n. the office of pretender. |
| RADIOTHERMIES | • RADIOTHERMY n. the treatment of disease by means of heat generated by electromagnetic radiation. |
| TETRACHLORIDE | • tetrachloride n. (Chemistry) any chloride containing four chlorine atoms in each molecule. • TETRACHLORIDE n. a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine. |
| TETRAHEDRITES | • tetrahedrites n. Plural of tetrahedrite. • TETRAHEDRITE n. native sulphide of antimony, iron, and copper, forming a series with tennantite and typically occurring as tetrahedral crystals. |
| THUNDERSTRIKE | • thunderstrike v. (Transitive, now rare) To strike, blast, or injure by, or as if by, lightning. • thunderstrike v. (Transitive, figurative, now rare) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible. • THUNDERSTRIKE v. to strike dumb. |