| HAIRSPLITTER | • hairsplitter n. A stickler person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something… • hair-splitter n. Alternative form of hairsplitter. • HAIRSPLITTER n. one that makes excessively fine distinctions in reasoning. |
| 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. |
| LITHOTRIPTER | • lithotripter n. (Surgery) A device used in lithotripsy. • LITHOTRIPTER n. a device that crushes stones in the bladder by ultrasound, also LITHONTRIPTOR, LITHOTRIPTOR, LITHOTRITE, LITHOTRITOR. |
| ORNITHOPTERS | • ornithopters n. Plural of ornithopter. • ORNITHOPTER n. a birdlike archaic flying machine. |
| ORTHOPTERIST | • orthopterist n. An entomologist who specialises in orthopters. • ORTHOPTERIST n. a student of insects. |
| ORTHOPTEROID | • orthopteroid n. (Entomology) Any of the insects historically included in the order Orthoptera, including the cockroaches… • ORTHOPTEROID n. a member of the Orthoptera, cockroaches. |
| ORTHOTROPIES | • ORTHOTROPY n. the state of being orthotropic, growing along a vertical axis. |
| PATRIARCHATE | • patriarchate n. (Christianity) The term of office of a Christian patriarch. • patriarchate n. The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch. • patriarchate n. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff. |
| PHRONTISTERY | • phrontistery n. A place for thinking. • phrontistery n. (Humorous) The toilet; the lavatory. • phrontistery n. An establishment devoted to education or study. |
| 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. |
| TETRAMORPHIC | • tetramorphic adj. Having four forms. • tetramorphic adj. Relating to a tetramorph. • TETRAMORPHIC adj. having four forms. |
| THERMOTROPIC | • thermotropic adj. (Biology, of a plant) Tending to move towards or away from a source of heat. • thermotropic adj. (Physics, of a liquid crystal) Exhibiting different phases at different temperatures. • THERMOTROPIC adj. bending towards or away from a heat source. |
| TRICHOPTERAN | • trichopteran n. Any insect of the order Trichoptera. • trichopteran adj. Trichopterous. • TRICHOPTERAN n. any member of the Trichoptera, caddis flies. |
| TRIMETHOPRIM | • trimethoprim n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic antibiotic used to treat malaria and respiratory and urinary infections (usually… • TRIMETHOPRIM n. a synthetic antibacterial and antimalarial drug used alone or in combination with sulfamethoxazole. |