| CHIROPTERANS | • chiropterans n. Plural of chiropteran. • CHIROPTERAN n. a member of the Chiroptera, an order of mammals comprising the bats. |
| ERYTHROPENIA | • erythropenia n. A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia. • ERYTHROPENIA n. diminution below the normal of the number of red cells in the blood. |
| INTERCHAPTER | • interchapter n. An intervening or inserted chapter. • interchapter adj. Between chapters. • INTERCHAPTER n. an intercalary chapter in a book, not numbered in the general sequence. |
| NECROTROPHIC | • necrotrophic adj. (Biology) Describing a parasite that kills its host, then feeds on the dead matter. • NECROTROPHIC adj. of or like a necrotroph, a parasitic organism that kills the living cells of its host and then feeds on the dead material. |
| NEUROTROPHIC | • neurotrophic adj. Of or relating to neurotrophy. • NEUROTROPHIC adj. relating to the nutrition of the nervous system, or to nutritional changes influenced by the nervous system. |
| ORNITHOPTERS | • ornithopters n. Plural of ornithopter. • ORNITHOPTER n. a birdlike archaic flying machine. |
| PARCHMENTIER | • PARCHMENTY adj. like parchment. |
| PARTNERSHIPS | • partnerships n. Plural of partnership. • PARTNERSHIP n. the state of being a partner. |
| PHRONTISTERY | • phrontistery n. A place for thinking. • phrontistery n. (Humorous) The toilet; the lavatory. • phrontistery n. An establishment devoted to education or study. |
| PLATYRRHINES | • platyrrhines n. Plural of platyrrhine. • PLATYRRHINE n. a New World monkey. |
| PRECHRISTIAN | • pre-Christian adj. Pertaining to the time before the arrival of Christianity, particularly in Western Europe. • pre-Christian n. (Christianity) A person who is not yet a Christian, regarded as a potential convert. • PRECHRISTIAN adj. belonging to the time before Christianity. |
| PREHISTORIAN | • prehistorian n. A student of, or expert in prehistory. • PREHISTORIAN n. an archaeologist who specializes in prehistory. |
| PROTOTHERIAN | • prototherian adj. Belonging or pertaining to the subclass Prototheria of monotremes. • prototherian n. Any of the egg-laying mammals of the subclass Prototheria; a monotreme. • PROTOTHERIAN adj. pertaining to a member of Prototheria, which comprises the order Monotremata and related fossil forms. |
| PYRITOHEDRON | • pyritohedron n. (Mathematics) An irregular dodecahedron, the faces of which are identical but irregular pentagons. • pyritohedron n. (Mineralogy) The shape of one of the crystal habits of pyrite. • PYRITOHEDRON n. a pentagonal dodecahedron. |
| RETAINERSHIP | • retainership n. The practice of charging a retainer fee, or a client relationship based on such a fee. • RETAINERSHIP n. the office of retainer. |
| TRANSHIPPERS | • transhippers n. Plural of transhipper. • TRANSHIPPER n. one who tranships, also TRANSSHIPPER. |
| TRANSSHIPPER | • transshipper n. One who transships. • TRANSSHIPPER n. one who transships, also TRANSHIPPER. |
| TRICHOPTERAN | • trichopteran n. Any insect of the order Trichoptera. • trichopteran adj. Trichopterous. • TRICHOPTERAN n. any member of the Trichoptera, caddis flies. |