| CORYPHENE | • coryphene n. (Zoology) A fish of the genus Coryphaena. • CORYPHENE n. a fish of the genus Coryphaena. |
| CYPHERING | • cyphering v. Present participle of cypher. • cyphering n. Skill in arithmetic. • CYPHER v. to write in a kind of code, also CIPHER. |
| GYNOPHORE | • gynophore n. (Botany) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera Telopea… • GYNOPHORE n. the pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. |
| HONEYTRAP | • honeytrap n. Alternative spelling of honey trap. • honey-trap n. Alternative form of honey trap. • honey␣trap n. (Idiomatic) The use of a romantic or a sexual relationship to entice a person into revealing secret information. |
| HYPERFINE | • hyperfine adj. Extremely fine, especially of the hyperfine structure in the spectra of atoms and molecules. • HYPERFINE adj. excessively fine. |
| HYPERICIN | • hypericin n. (Organic chemistry, medicine) A red-coloured anthraquinone derivative, extracted from St John’s wort… • HYPERICIN n. a compound with antidepressant properties, found in St John's wort. |
| HYPERLINK | • hyperlink n. Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or… • hyperlink n. (By extension) The URL or other address that defines a hyperlink’s target or function. • hyperlink v. (Of a hypertext document) To point to another document by a hyperlink. |
| HYPERNOVA | • hypernova n. (Astronomy) The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole. • HYPERNOVA n. an exploding star than produces even more energy and light than a supernova. |
| HYPERNYMS | • hypernyms n. Plural of hypernym. • HYPERNYM n. a word representing a class of words or things, e.g. dog. |
| HYPERNYMY | • hypernymy n. (Semantics) The semantic relation between hypernyms; the quality of being hypernymous. • HYPERNYMY n. the state of being a hypernym, a word representing a class of words or things. |
| HYPERPNEA | • hyperpnea n. (Medicine) Deep and rapid respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or… • HYPERPNEA n. abnormally fast breathing, also HYPERPNOEA. |
| NEPHRALGY | • nephralgy n. Archaic form of nephralgia. • NEPHRALGY n. pain in the kidneys, also NEPHRALGIA. |
| NYMPHLIER | • NYMPHLY adj. resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph. |
| PENTARCHY | • pentarchy n. (Politics) Government by five persons. • pentarchy n. A governing body consisting of five persons. • pentarchy n. A federation of five nations, each under its own government or ruler. |
| PHARYNGES | • pharynges n. Plural of pharynx. • PHARYNX n. (Greek) a section of the digestive tract. |
| PHARYNXES | • pharynxes n. Plural of pharynx. • PHARYNX n. (Greek) a section of the digestive tract. |
| PYRETHRIN | • pyrethrin n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a number of naturally occurring insecticides extracted from the pyrethrum… • PYRETHRIN n. either of two insecticidal oily esters prepared from pyrethrum flowers. |
| PYROPHONE | • pyrophone n. (Music) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by flames of gas in tubes of different length. • PYROPHONE n. an organ producing interference-tones by pairs of flames in tubes. |
| SYPHERING | • syphering v. Present participle of sypher. • SYPHERING n. joining boards edge to edge or overlapping to form a level surface. |
| THRUPENNY | • THRUPENNY n. a twelve-sided British coin, obsolete since 1972. |