| ENLIGHTENMENT | • enlightenment n. An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. • enlightenment n. A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge. • Enlightenment prop.n. A 17th- and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age… |
| FEATHERWEIGHT | • featherweight n. A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms. • featherweight n. A sportsman who fights in this division. • featherweight n. The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse. |
| HEMATOGENETIC | • hematogenetic adj. Alternative form of haematogenetic. • HEMATOGENETIC adj. relating to hematogenesis, the production of blood, also HAEMATOGENETIC. |
| HETEROGAMETES | • heterogametes n. Plural of heterogamete. • HETEROGAMETE n. male and female sex cells are different. |
| HETEROGAMETIC | • heterogametic adj. (Biology) That produces heterogametes. • heterogametic adj. (Biology) That produces different forms of the same gamete e.g. spermatozoa containing either an X- or a Y-chromosome. • HETEROGAMETIC adj. having a dissimilar pair of sex chromosomes. |
| HETEROGENEITY | • heterogeneity n. (Uncountable) Diversity. • heterogeneity n. (Countable) A composition of diverse parts. • heterogeneity n. (Uncountable) The quality of a substance which is not uniform. |
| HETEROGENETIC | • heterogenetic adj. (Biology) Of, or relating to heterogenesis. • heterogenetic adj. (Medicine) Of a disease: produced by infection from outside the body. • HETEROGENETIC adj. relating to heterogenesis, also HETEROGENIC. |
| HETEROZYGOTES | • heterozygotes n. Plural of heterozygote. • HETEROZYGOTE n. a heterozygous individual. |
| OVERTIGHTENED | • overtightened v. Simple past tense and past participle of overtighten. • OVERTIGHTEN v. to tighten to excess. |
| RESTRENGTHENS | • restrengthens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of restrengthen. • RESTRENGTHEN v. to strengthen again. |
| STRENGTHENERS | • strengtheners n. Plural of strengthener. • STRENGTHENER n. something that strengthens. |
| SWEETHEARTING | • sweethearting n. (Dated) courting; lovemaking. • sweethearting n. (Business, retail) theft by employees at the cash register, as for example by giving away merchandise… • SWEETHEARTING n. the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop. |
| THERMOGENETIC | • thermogenetic adj. Relating to thermogenesis. • thermogenetic adj. Relating to thermogenetics. • THERMOGENETIC adj. producing heat, also THERMOGENIC. |
| WELTERWEIGHTS | • welterweights n. Plural of welterweight. • welter-weights n. Plural of welter-weight. • WELTERWEIGHT n. a weight division in boxing. |