| CHAULMOOGRAS | • chaulmoogras n. Plural of chaulmoogra. • CHAULMOOGRA n. a kind of Asian tree, yielding an oil used in the treatment of leprosy, also CHAULMUGRA. |
| CHEMOSURGERY | • chemosurgery n. (Medicine) The selective destruction of diseased or malignant tissue by means of chemical substances;… • CHEMOSURGERY n. the chemical removal of diseased or unwanted tissue. |
| DISHUMOURING | • dishumouring v. Present participle of dishumour. • DISHUMOUR v. (obsolete) to put out of humour. |
| FURTHCOMINGS | • FURTHCOMING n. in Scots law, an action brought by an arrester against the arrestee and the common debtor after an arrestment in order that the arrested money or property be delivered to the arrester. |
| HETEROGAMOUS | • heterogamous adj. (Botany) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers. • heterogamous adj. (Biology) characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature. • heterogamous adj. (Biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process. |
| HOMESOURCING | • homesourcing n. Homeshoring. • HOMESOURCING n. the transfer of service industry employment from offices to home-based employees with appropriate telephone and Internet facilities, also HOMESHORING. |
| HOUSEWARMING | • housewarming n. (Idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home. • housewarming n. The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home. • house-warming n. Alternative spelling of housewarming. |
| HYPOGASTRIUM | • hypogastrium n. An area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus. • HYPOGASTRIUM n. (Latin) the lower middle abdominal region. |
| LAGOMORPHOUS | • lagomorphous adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the lagomorphs. • LAGOMORPHOUS adj. of or like a lagomorph, a gnawing mammal, also LAGOMORPHIC. |
| MACROPHAGOUS | • macrophagous adj. (Zoology) That feeds on relatively large particles or prey. • MACROPHAGOUS adj. of an animal, feeding on relatively large particles of food. |
| MERRYTHOUGHT | • merrythought n. (Archaic) The furcula or wishbone. • MERRYTHOUGHT n. the furcula between the neck and breastbone of poultry, aka wishbone. |
| MICROPHAGOUS | • microphagous adj. (Zoology) Feeding on small particles. • MICROPHAGOUS adj. of an animal, feeding on small particles of food. |
| MUSHROOMINGS | • mushroomings n. Plural of mushrooming. • MUSHROOMING n. rapid growth. |
| ORNITHOGALUM | • Ornithogalum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – plants called star-of-Bethlehem and close relatives. • ORNITHOGALUM n. a plant of a large genus of herbs of the family Liliaceae. |
| OUTHUMOURING | • outhumouring v. Present participle of outhumour. • OUTHUMOUR v. to surpass in humoring, also OUTHUMOR. |
| PNEUMOGRAPHS | • pneumographs n. Plural of pneumograph. • PNEUMOGRAPH n. an instrument for measuring and recording respiration. |
| POORMOUTHING | • poormouthing v. Present participle of poormouth. • POORMOUTH v. to complain about being poor. |
| RHEUMATOLOGY | • rheumatology n. (Medicine) The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints. • RHEUMATOLOGY n. the study of rheumatism. |
| THERMOGENOUS | • thermogenous adj. Producing heat. • THERMOGENOUS adj. relating to thermogenesis, the production of heat. |
| ZYGOMORPHOUS | • zygomorphous adj. Zygomorphic. • ZYGOMORPHOUS adj. bilaterally symmetrical, also ZYGOMORPHIC. |