| CONCHIFEROUS | • conchiferous adj. (Biology) Having a shell (used especially of bivalve molluscs). • conchiferous adj. (Geology) Containing shells. • CONCHIFEROUS adj. bearing a shell. |
| FORESHORTENS | • foreshortens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshorten. • FORESHORTEN v. to shorten by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained. |
| FRANCOPHOBES | • Francophobes n. Plural of Francophobe. • FRANCOPHOBE n. a hater of things French. |
| FRANCOPHOBIA | • Francophobia n. The hatred or fear of France, its people and culture. • Francophobia n. The hatred or fear of the presence of the French language and its native speakers. • FRANCOPHOBIA n. fear of France or the French. |
| FRANCOPHONES | • francophones n. Plural of francophone. • Francophones n. Plural of Francophone. • FRANCOPHONE n. a French speaker. |
| HINDFOREMOST | • HINDFOREMOST adv. with the back part in the front place. |
| HYDROFORMING | • hydroforming n. (Engineering) A cost-effective way of shaping malleable metals into lightweight, stiff pieces by means… • hydroforming n. (Organic chemistry) The reaction of petroleum with hydrogen. • HYDROFORMING n. the catalytic reforming of petroleum to increase the proportion of aromatic and branched-chain hydrocarbons. |
| ICHNOFOSSILS | • ichnofossils n. Plural of ichnofossil. • ICHNOFOSSIL n. a fossil footprint. |
| MOTHPROOFING | • mothproofing v. Present participle of mothproof. • MOTHPROOF v. to proof against moths. |
| PHONOFIDDLES | • phonofiddles n. Plural of phonofiddle. • PHONOFIDDLE n. a one-stringed musical instrument which emits sounds through a metal amplifying horn. |
| PHOTOFISSION | • photofission n. (Nuclear physics) Nuclear fission as the result of the absorption of a gamma ray or other high-energy photon. • photofission v. (Nuclear physics) To undergo, or cause to undergo, photofission. • PHOTOFISSION n. nuclear fission induced by gamma rays. |
| THOUSANDFOLD | • thousandfold adj. Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times. • thousandfold adj. Having one thousand parts or members. • thousandfold adv. By a factor of a thousand. |
| TRICHLORFONS | • TRICHLORFON n. a crystalline compound used esp. as an insecticide, also TRICHLORPHON. |