| ELECTROFISHING | • electrofishing n. A kind of fishing that uses electricity to stun the fish before they are caught, often used in scientific… • ELECTROFISHING n. fishing by stunning fish with electric shock. |
| ETHERIFICATION | • etherification n. (Organic chemistry) The process of making an ether, especially the removal of alcohols from petroleum… • ETHERIFICATION n. the act of etherifying, converting into ether. |
| FORESHORTENING | • foreshortening n. (Art) A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by… • foreshortening n. A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc. • foreshortening v. Present participle of foreshorten. |
| HETEROFLEXIBLE | • heteroflexible adj. Primarily heterosexual, but open to taking part in a limited amount of homosexual activity. • heteroflexible n. Someone who is heteroflexible. • HETEROFLEXIBLE n. one of flexible sexual orientation. |
| HETEROSPECIFIC | • heterospecific adj. (Systematics) Of or belonging to a different species. • heterospecific n. An organism belonging to a different species to another. • HETEROSPECIFIC n. an organism of a different species or group. |
| METHOXYFLURANE | • methoxyflurane n. (Pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned… • METHOXYFLURANE n. a potent general anaesthetic administered as a vapor. |
| OVERFREIGHTING | • overfreighting v. Present participle of overfreight. • OVERFREIGHT v. to overload. |
| REFASHIONMENTS | • refashionments n. Plural of refashionment. • REFASHIONMENT n. the act of refashioning. |
| REFLECTOGRAPHS | • reflectographs n. Plural of reflectograph. • REFLECTOGRAPH n. an image produced by reflectography. |
| REFLECTOGRAPHY | • reflectography n. An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting… • REFLECTOGRAPHY n. a technique used to detect underdrawing, etc. in a painting, in which infrared light is bounced off the lowest, gessoed layer and the resulting image viewed on a TV monitor. |
| SPORTFISHERMEN | • sportfishermen n. Plural of sportfisherman. • SPORTFISHERMAN n. a motorboat equipped for sportfishing. |
| THENCEFORWARDS | • thenceforwards adv. From then on; from that time on. • THENCEFORWARDS adv. from that time on, also THENCEFORWARD. |
| THERMOFORMABLE | • thermoformable adj. Capable of being thermoformed. • THERMOFORMABLE adj. capable of being thermoformed. |
| WEATHERPROOFED | • weatherproofed v. Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof. • WEATHERPROOF v. to make able to withstand exposure to weather without damage or loss of function. |