| ARTHROPATHIES | • arthropathies n. Plural of arthropathy. • ARTHROPATHY n. a disease of a joint. |
| HAIRSPLITTERS | • hairsplitters n. Plural of hairsplitter. • hair-splitters n. Plural of hair-splitter. • HAIRSPLITTER n. one that makes excessively fine distinctions in reasoning. |
| HETEROTROPHIC | • heterotrophic adj. Being a heterotroph. • HETEROTROPHIC adj. dependent on external sources of organic nutrients. |
| INTERCHAPTERS | • interchapters n. Plural of interchapter. • INTERCHAPTER n. an intercalary chapter in a book, not numbered in the general sequence. |
| LITHOTRIPTERS | • lithotripters n. Plural of lithotripter. • LITHOTRIPTER n. a device that crushes stones in the bladder by ultrasound, also LITHONTRIPTOR, LITHOTRIPTOR, LITHOTRITE, LITHOTRITOR. |
| ORTHOPTERISTS | • orthopterists n. Plural of orthopterist. • ORTHOPTERIST n. a student of insects. |
| ORTHOPTEROIDS | • orthopteroids n. Plural of orthopteroid. • ORTHOPTEROID n. a member of the Orthoptera, cockroaches. |
| PATRIARCHATES | • patriarchates n. Plural of patriarchate. • PATRIARCHATE n. the office of a patriarch. |
| PROTECTORSHIP | • protectorship n. The office of a protector or regent; protectorate. • PROTECTORSHIP n. the office of protector. |
| PROTOTHERIANS | • prototherians n. Plural of prototherian. • PROTOTHERIAN n. a member of the Prototheria. |
| PROTOTROPHIES | • prototrophies n. Plural of prototrophy. • PROTOTROPHY n. the state of being prototrophic. |
| STRATIGRAPHER | • stratigrapher n. An expert in stratigraphy. • STRATIGRAPHER n. a practitioner of stratigraphy, also STRATIGRAPHIST. |
| STRATOSPHERIC | • stratospheric adj. (Meteorology) Of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere (“the region of the uppermost atmosphere”). • stratospheric adj. (Figurative, colloquial) Unusually or unreasonably high; astronomical. • STRATOSPHERIC adj. relating to stratosphere, also STRATOSPHERICAL. |
| THERMOTROPICS | • THERMOTROPIC n. a thermotropic plant. |
| THERMOTROPISM | • thermotropism n. (Botany) Thermotropic movement of a plant or plant part in response to changes in temperature. • THERMOTROPISM n. the growth of organism as influenced by heat. |
| TRICHOPTERANS | • trichopterans n. Plural of trichopteran. • TRICHOPTERAN n. any member of the Trichoptera, caddis flies. |
| TRICHOPTERIST | • TRICHOPTERIST n. someone who studies the caddis flies. |
| TRICHOPTEROUS | • trichopterous adj. (Zoology) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing the Trichoptera. • TRICHOPTEROUS adj. relating to the Trichoptera, caddis flies. |
| TRIMETHOPRIMS | • trimethoprims n. Plural of trimethoprim. • TRIMETHOPRIM n. a synthetic antibacterial and antimalarial drug used alone or in combination with sulfamethoxazole. |