| ADIATHERMANOUS | • ADIATHERMANOUS adj. not permeable by or able to conduct radiant heat. |
| COUNTERSHADING | • countershading n. A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation… • COUNTERSHADING n. cryptic coloration of an animal with parts normally in shadow being light and parts normally illuminated being dark thereby reducing shadows and contours. |
| COUNTERWEIGHED | • counterweighed v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh. • COUNTERWEIGH v. to weigh against, counterbalance. |
| DESULPHURATION | • desulphuration n. The act or process of depriving of sulfur. • DESULPHURATION n. the act of desulphuring. |
| DROUGHTINESSES | • DROUGHTINESS n. the state of being droughty. |
| HYDROPNEUMATIC | • hydropneumatic adj. Operated by both fluid and air power. • hydropneumatic adj. Being, or pertaining to, a type of automotive suspension system based on a nitrogen springing medium. • HYDROPNEUMATIC adj. utilizing water and air acting together. |
| HYDROSULPHITES | • hydrosulphites n. Plural of hydrosulphite. • HYDROSULPHITE n. a salt of hydrosulphurous acid; esp. the sodium salt, used as a reagent. |
| HYPEREUTECTOID | • hypereutectoid adj. Containing the minor component in excess of that contained in the eutectoid. • hypereutectoid n. A hypereutectic alloy. • HYPEREUTECTOID adj. containing the minor component in excess of that contained in the eutectoid. |
| LEUCITOHEDRONS | • LEUCITOHEDRON n. the cubic icositetrahedron, simulated by typical leucite crystals. |
| PHOTOREDUCTION | • photoreduction n. (Physics, chemistry) The addition of an electron to a photoexcited species. • photoreduction n. (Chemistry) Any reduction reaction that takes place in the presence of light. • PHOTOREDUCTION n. chemical reduction under the influence of radiant energy, as light. |
| PSEUDARTHROSIS | • pseudarthrosis n. (Pathology) A bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture. • pseudarthrosis n. (Surgery) A failed fusion after an arthrodesis surgery. • pseudarthrosis n. (Architecture) A groove in a block of stone that simulates a joint. |
| PTERIDOPHYTOUS | • PTERIDOPHYTOUS adj. of or like a pteridophyte, a fern, also PTERIDOPHYTIC. |
| RHEUMATOIDALLY | • RHEUMATOID adv. characteristic of or affected with rheumatoid arthritis. |
| RUTHERFORDIUMS | • RUTHERFORDIUM n. an artificially produced radioactive transuranic element. |
| SUBEDITORSHIPS | • subeditorships n. Plural of subeditorship. • SUBEDITORSHIP n. the office of subeditor. |
| TECHNICOLOURED | • technicoloured adj. UK spelling of technicolored. • TECHNICOLOURED adj. in artificially or exaggeratedly bright colours, also TECHNICOLOUR. |
| UNDERCLOTHINGS | • underclothings n. Plural of underclothing. • UNDERCLOTHING n. clothes worn under others, esp. those next to the skin. |