| ANDROCEPHALOUS | • androcephalous adj. Having a human head (upon an animal’s body), like the Egyptian sphinx. • ANDROCEPHALOUS adj. with a human head. |
| BOUSTROPHEDONS | • boustrophedons n. Plural of boustrophedon. • BOUSTROPHEDON n. (Greek) a method of writing in which lines are written alternately in opposite direction, from left to right, and right to left. |
| CEPHALORIDINES | • cephaloridines n. Plural of cephaloridine. • CEPHALORIDINE n. a semisynthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from cephalosporin. |
| COMMANDERSHIPS | • commanderships n. Plural of commandership. • COMMANDERSHIP n. the office of commander. |
| DESULPHURATION | • desulphuration n. The act or process of depriving of sulfur. • DESULPHURATION n. the act of desulphuring. |
| DIAPHANOMETERS | • diaphanometers n. Plural of diaphanometer. • DIAPHANOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the transparency of air. |
| DINITROPHENOLS | • dinitrophenols n. Plural of dinitrophenol. • DINITROPHENOL n. any of six isomeric crystalline compounds some of whose derivatives are pesticides. |
| DRAUGHTSPERSON | • draughtsperson n. Alternative spelling of draftsperson. • DRAUGHTSPERSON n. a gender-neutral term for draughtsman or draughtswoman. |
| DRYOPITHECINES | • dryopithecines n. Plural of dryopithecine. • DRYOPITHECINE n. a gorilla, chimpanzee or man. |
| HYDRONEPHROSES | • hydronephroses n. Plural of hydronephrosis. • HYDRONEPHROSIS n. distension of the kidney with urine held up as a result of obstruction in the urinary tract. |
| HYDRONEPHROSIS | • hydronephrosis n. (Pathology) distension of the kidneys due to obstruction in the flow of urine. • HYDRONEPHROSIS n. distension of the kidney with urine held up as a result of obstruction in the urinary tract. |
| HYPERMODERNISM | • hypermodernism n. The state or condition of being hypermodern. • hypermodernism n. (Art) An art movement distinguished from modernism and postmodernism chiefly by its extreme and antithetical… • hypermodernism n. (Chess) A school of thought which advocates controlling the centre of the board with distant pieces… |
| HYPERMODERNIST | • hypermodernist n. A proponent of hypermodernism (in any sense). • HYPERMODERNIST n. a practitioner of a hypermodernist style in art. |
| LANDOWNERSHIPS | • landownerships n. Plural of landownership. • LANDOWNERSHIP n. the office of landowner. |
| MISCOMPREHENDS | • miscomprehends v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miscomprehend. • MISCOMPREHEND v. to comprehend wrongly. |
| NEPHRECTOMISED | • nephrectomised v. Simple past tense and past participle of nephrectomise. • NEPHRECTOMISE v. to perform a nephrectomy, also NEPHRECTOMIZE. |
| ODONTOGRAPHIES | • odontographies n. Plural of odontography. • ODONTOGRAPHY n. a description or history of teeth. |
| PENDRAGONSHIPS | • PENDRAGONSHIP n. the office of pendragon. |
| PREADMONISHING | • preadmonishing v. Present participle of preadmonish. • PREADMONISH v. to admonish in advance. |
| TRAPEZOHEDRONS | • trapezohedrons n. Plural of trapezohedron. • TRAPEZOHEDRON n. a crystalline form whose faces are trapeziums. |