| AFFREIGHTMENT | • affreightment n. (Nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo. • AFFREIGHTMENT n. hiring of a vessel. |
| APOTHEGMATISE | • apothegmatise v. Alternative form of apothegmatize. • APOTHEGMATISE v. to speak in apothegms, also APOTHEGMATIZE. |
| APOTHEGMATIZE | • apothegmatize v. (Intransitive) To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings. • APOTHEGMATIZE v. to speak in apothegms, also APOTHEGMATISE. |
| DEMETHYLATING | • demethylating v. Present participle of demethylate. |
| 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… |
| GEMUTLICHKEIT | • gemutlichkeit n. Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit. • gemütlichkeit n. Misspelling of Gemütlichkeit. • Gemütlichkeit n. The state or fact of being gemütlich; middle-class niceness or cosiness, hospitality. |
| GLUTETHIMIDES | • glutethimides n. Plural of glutethimide. • GLUTETHIMIDE n. a sedative drug with pharmacological properties similar to those of barbiturates. |
| 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. |
| METATHESISING | • metathesising v. Present participle of metathesise. • METATHESISE v. to transpose by metathesis, metathesize. |
| METATHESIZING | • metathesizing v. Present participle of metathesize. • METATHESIZE v. to transpose by metathesis, also METATHESISE. |
| OVERMIGHTIEST | • OVERMIGHTY adj. too powerful. |
| PHOTOTELEGRAM | • PHOTOTELEGRAM n. a telegram that is sent by means of phototelegraphy. |
| THERMOGENETIC | • thermogenetic adj. Relating to thermogenesis. • thermogenetic adj. Relating to thermogenetics. • THERMOGENETIC adj. producing heat, also THERMOGENIC. |
| THERMOSETTING | • thermosetting adj. (Chemistry) becoming permanently hard or solidifying when heated; used especially of synthetic plastics… • THERMOSET v. of resin or plastic, to set permanently after melting and moulding. |