| ANTHERIDIUM | • antheridium n. (Botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes. • ANTHERIDIUM n. the male reproductive organ of some plants, also ANTHERID. |
| ANTHERSMUTS | • ANTHERSMUT n. a fungus causing a disease affecting plants of the carnation and pink family. |
| ATHERMANOUS | • athermanous adj. Not transmitting heat. • ATHERMANOUS adj. impervious to radiant heat. |
| BURNISHMENT | • burnishment n. Burnishing. • BURNISHMENT n. the act of burnishing. |
| BURTHENSOME | • burthensome adj. Obsolete spelling of burdensome. • BURTHENSOME adj. heavy, oppressive, also BURDENOUS, BURDENSOME. |
| COUNTERMYTH | • countermyth n. A myth that counters or contradicts another. • COUNTERMYTH n. an opposing myth. |
| DINOTHERIUM | • dinotherium n. An extinct animal of large size, with elephant-like tusks curved down from its lower jaw. • DINOTHERIUM n. an extinct elephantine mammal with downward-curving tusks, also DEINOTHERE, DEINOTHERIUM, DINOTHERE. |
| DRAUGHTSMEN | • draughtsmen n. Plural of draughtsman. • DRAUGHTSMAN n. a person whose profession is to make drawings, plans, or sketches, also DRAFTSMAN. |
| ERYTHRONIUM | • erythronium n. A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet. • erythronium n. (Obsolete) An early proposed name for vanadium. • Erythronium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Liliaceae – the fawnlilies. |
| EUCHROMATIN | • euchromatin n. (Genetics) uncoiled dispersed threads of chromosomal material that occurs during interphase; it stains… • EUCHROMATIN n. the part of chromatin that is genetically active and is largely composed of genes. |
| FURNISHMENT | • furnishment n. (Obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture. • furnishment n. (Obsolete) furniture. • FURNISHMENT n. the act of furnishing. |
| HERMENEUTIC | • hermeneutic adj. That explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates. • hermeneutic n. A particular method of interpretation of text, especially holy texts. • HERMENEUTIC adj. interpretive or explanatory, also HERMENEUTICAL. |
| MINEHUNTERS | • minehunters n. Plural of minehunter. • MINEHUNTER n. a naval vessel that searches for mines by electronic means. |
| NOTOTHERIUM | • Nototherium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Diprotodontidae – extinct marsupials with hypsodont molars, a relative… • NOTOTHERIUM n. an extinct Pleistocene rhinoceros-sized marsupial of the genus Nototherium, related to the wombats. |
| NOURISHMENT | • nourishment n. The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished. • nourishment n. Something that nourishes; food. • NOURISHMENT n. food, nutriment. |
| OUTHOMERING | • outhomering v. Present participle of outhomer. • OUTHOMER v. to surpass in hitting home runs. |
| PRETERHUMAN | • preterhuman adj. More than human; superhuman. • preter-human adj. (Rare) Beyond what is human. • PRETERHUMAN adj. more than human. |
| SOUTHERNISM | • southernism n. Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern United States. • southernism n. A word or phrase (a dialectism) from Southern American English. • SOUTHERNISM n. a southern expression. |
| XERANTHEMUM | • xeranthemum n. Any of the genus Xeranthemum of flowering plants native to Southern Europe. • XERANTHEMUM n. any plant of the Xeranthemum genus of plants of southern Europe, belonging to the thistle family. |