| COUNTERSPYING | • counterspying n. Spying on spies. • counterspying v. Present participle of counterspy. • COUNTERSPYING n. the activity of a counterspy. |
| CYCLOPENTANES | • cyclopentanes n. Plural of cyclopentane. • CYCLOPENTANE n. a colourless insoluble cycloalkane found in petroleum and used mainly as a solvent. |
| DEHYPNOTISING | • dehypnotising v. Present participle of dehypnotise. • DEHYPNOTISE v. to free from hypnosis, also DEHYPNOTIZE. |
| HYMENOPTERANS | • hymenopterans n. Plural of hymenopteran. • HYMENOPTERAN n. an order of insect having four membranous wings, e.g. ants, bees, wasps, also HYMENOPTERON. |
| HYMENOPTERONS | • hymenopterons n. Plural of hymenopteron. • HYMENOPTERON n. an order of insect having four membranous wings, e.g. ants, bees, wasps, also HYMENOPTERAN. |
| HYPERTENSIONS | • hypertensions n. Plural of hypertension. • HYPERTENSION n. abnormally or excessively high pressure of arterial blood. |
| HYPHENISATION | • HYPHENISATION n. the process of hyphenising, also HYPHENIZATION. |
| HYPOXANTHINES | • hypoxanthines n. Plural of hypoxanthine. • HYPOXANTHINE n. a purine base found in plant and animal tissues that yields xanthine on oxidation. |
| NONDESCRIPTLY | • nondescriptly adv. In a nondescript way. • NONDESCRIPT adv. belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind. |
| PANCYTOPENIAS | • pancytopenias n. Plural of pancytopenia. • PANCYTOPENIA n. an abnormal reduction in the number of erythrocytes, white blood cells, and blood platelets in the blood. |
| PARASYNTHETON | • parasyntheton n. (Grammar) A parasynthetic compound. • PARASYNTHETON n. a word derived from a compound, e.g. come-at-able. |
| PERICYNTHIONS | • pericynthions n. Plural of pericynthion. • PERICYNTHION n. the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is nearest to the moon. |
| PHYTONADIONES | • PHYTONADIONE n. phylloquinone, vitamin K1. |
| POLYSYNDETONS | • polysyndetons n. Plural of polysyndeton. • POLYSYNDETON n. the rhetorical device of repeating a conjunction for emphasis, as in 'it was red and yellow and pink and orange and blue!'. |
| REHYPNOTISING | • REHYPNOTISE v. to hypnotise again, also REHYPNOTIZE. |
| RONTGENOSCOPY | • RONTGENOSCOPY n. observation by means of X-rays. |
| SPECTINOMYCIN | • spectinomycin n. (Pharmacology) An aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis. • SPECTINOMYCIN n. a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by a bacterium that is used clinically esp. in the form of its hydrochloride to treat gonorrhea. |
| SPONTANEOUSLY | • spontaneously adv. In a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily. • SPONTANEOUS adv. acting by its own impulse or natural law. |
| TYPEFOUNDINGS | • TYPEFOUNDING n. the casting of printers' type. |
| UNEMPLOYMENTS | • unemployments n. Plural of unemployment. • UNEMPLOYMENT n. the state of being unemployed. |