| CHOREIFORM | • choreiform adj. (Medicine) Resembling chorea. • CHOREIFORM adj. resembling chorea. |
| CHROMAFFIN | • chromaffin adj. (Cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts. • CHROMAFFIN adj. staining deeply with chromium salts. |
| CONCHIFORM | • conchiform adj. Shaped like a conch. • CONCHIFORM adj. shaped like a shell. |
| CYATHIFORM | • cyathiform adj. In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top. • CYATHIFORM adj. shaped like a cup. |
| FAMILYHOOD | • familyhood n. The state of being a family. |
| FISHMONGER | • fishmonger n. (Britain) A person who sells fish. • fishmonger n. (Britain, rare) A fishmonger’s, a fishmonger’s shop: a shop that sells fish. • fishmonger n. (Archaic) A pimp. |
| FRIGHTSOME | • frightsome adj. Marked by fright or frightfulness; frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear. • frightsome adj. Feeling fright; afraid; frightened. • FRIGHTSOME adj. frightful. |
| MICROFICHE | • microfiche n. A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages… • microfiche n. A device used to magnify and read these sheets. • microfiche v. (Transitive) To convert (documents) to microfiche format. |
| MONKFISHES | • monkfishes n. Plural of monkfish. • MONKFISH n. a large edible marine fish. |
| MOONFISHES | • moonfishes n. Plural of moonfish. • MOONFISH n. the opah or other silvery disc-shaped fish. |
| MUTTONFISH | • muttonfish n. (Chiefly US) Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially… • muttonfish n. (Australia) Any of several edible molluscs of the genus Haliotis; an abalone. • MUTTONFISH n. a common food fish of the Western Atlantic. |
| PHENFORMIN | • phenformin n. (Pharmacology) An antidiabetic drug of the biguanide class. • PHENFORMIN n. a biguanide administered orally in the treatment of diabetes to lower blood levels of glucose. |
| PHIALIFORM | • phialiform adj. Shaped like a phial. • PHIALIFORM adj. saucer-shaped. |
| SCOMFISHED | • scomfished v. Simple past tense and past participle of scomfish. • SCOMFISH v. (Scots) to suffocate or stifle; to smother, also SCUMFISH. |
| SCOMFISHES | • scomfishes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scomfish. • SCOMFISH v. (Scots) to suffocate or stifle; to smother, also SCUMFISH. |
| SCYPHIFORM | • scyphiform adj. (Botany) Shaped like a cup. • SCYPHIFORM adj. cup-shaped. |
| SHERIFFDOM | • sheriffdom n. The regions in which a sheriff has authority. • sheriffdom n. The office, or period of office, of a sheriff. • SHERIFFDOM n. the office of sheriff. |
| THALLIFORM | • thalliform adj. Of the form of a thallus. • THALLIFORM adj. shaped like a thallus, a plant body not differentiated into leaf, stem and root. |
| TOMFOOLISH | • tomfoolish adj. Silly; foolish. • TOMFOOLISH adj. foolish. |