| DIAPHORETIC | • diaphoretic adj. (Pharmacology) Generating sweat or perspiration. • diaphoretic n. (Pharmacology) A product or agent which induces or promotes perspiration. • DIAPHORETIC adj. promoting sweating. |
| DIPHTHEROID | • diphtheroid adj. Of, pertaining to or resembling diphtheria. • diphtheroid adj. Of, pertaining to or resembling the diphtheria bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae. • diphtheroid n. Any bacterium that can cause diphtheria. |
| EDITORSHIPS | • editorships n. Plural of editorship. • EDITORSHIP n. the office or charge of an editor. |
| EPITROCHOID | • epitrochoid n. A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another… • EPITROCHOID n. a curve like an epicycloid but generated by any point on a radius. |
| HELIOTROPIC | • heliotropic adj. Exhibiting heliotropism. • HELIOTROPIC adj. turning towards the sun, also HELIOTROPICAL. |
| HELIOTROPIN | • heliotropin n. Piperonal. • HELIOTROPIN n. a phenolic aldehyde of very pleasant odour, used as a perfume and in flavourings, etc., aka piperonal. |
| HEMITROPIES | • HEMITROPY n. the state of being a twin. |
| HEMITROPISM | • HEMITROPISM n. the state of being a hemitrope, a twinned crystal. |
| HORRIPILATE | • horripilate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples. • HORRIPILATE v. to produce the erection of hairs on the head or body. |
| HYPERINOTIC | • hyperinotic adj. Relating to hyperinosis. • HYPERINOTIC adj. relating to hyperinosis, excess of fibrin in the blood. |
| HYPONITRITE | • hyponitrite n. (Inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of nitrogen NO- derived from hyponitrous acid; any salt containing… • HYPONITRITE n. a salt or ester of hyponitrous acid. |
| PREHISTORIC | • prehistoric adj. (Properly) Of or relating to the epoch before written record. • prehistoric adj. (Inexact or humorous) Ancient; very old, outdated, etc. • PREHISTORIC adj. relating to the time before historical records, also PREHISTORICAL. |
| PROHIBITERS | • prohibiters n. Plural of prohibiter. • PROHIBITER n. one who prohibits, also PROHIBITOR. |
| PROHIBITIVE | • prohibitive adj. Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow. • prohibitive adj. Costly to the extreme; beyond budget. • prohibitive adj. (Of a contender in a competition): presumptive winner, likely winner. |
| RETROPHILIA | • retrophilia n. The attraction to and preference for that which is from or characteristic of the past. • RETROPHILIA n. love of things of the past. |
| SOPHISTRIES | • sophistries n. Plural of sophistry. • SOPHISTRY n. deceptively subtle reasoning or argumentation; an argument used to deceive. |