| ANDROGYNOPHORE | • androgynophore n. (Botany) A stalk bearing both the androecium and the gynoecium of a flower above the level of insertion… • ANDROGYNOPHORE n. another name for the androphore, a support or column on which stamens are raised. |
| FORESHORTENING | • foreshortening n. (Art) A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by… • foreshortening n. A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc. • foreshortening v. Present participle of foreshorten. |
| GRANDFATHERING | • grandfathering v. Present participle of grandfather. • grandfathering n. Exemption from new legislation or regulations. • GRANDFATHER v. to exempt (an activity, person, etc.) from a new piece of legislation, restriction or the like. |
| GYNANDROMORPHS | • gynandromorphs n. Plural of gynandromorph. • GYNANDROMORPH n. an animal having both male and female characteristics. |
| GYNANDROMORPHY | • gynandromorphy n. Gynandromorphism. • GYNANDROMORPHY n. the state of being gynandromorph, an animal having both male and female characteristics. |
| HEARTRENDINGLY | • heartrendingly adv. In a heartrending manner. • heart-rendingly adv. In a heart-rending manner. • HEARTRENDING adv. causing great grief. |
| INTERWREATHING | • interwreathing v. Present participle of interwreathe. • INTERWREATHE v. to twine in between. |
| NONCHURCHGOERS | • nonchurchgoers n. Plural of nonchurchgoer. • NONCHURCHGOER n. one who does not attend church. |
| ORGANOCHLORINE | • organochlorine n. (Chemistry) Any of very many chlorine substituted organic compounds, many of which are insecticides etc. • organochlorine adj. (Chemistry, of an organic compound) containing chlorine. • ORGANOCHLORINE n. a compound of chlorine and an organic radical. |
| OVERBURTHENING | • overburthening v. Present participle of overburthen. • OVERBURTHEN v. (archaic) to overburden, also OVERBURDEN. |
| OVERNOURISHING | • overnourishing v. Present participle of overnourish. • OVERNOURISH v. to nourish excessively. |
| RESTRENGTHENED | • restrengthened v. Simple past tense and past participle of restrengthen. • RESTRENGTHEN v. to strengthen again. |
| ROENTGENOGRAPH | • roentgenograph n. A radiograph. • roentgenograph v. To radiograph. • ROENTGENOGRAPH n. an X-ray photograph, also RONTGENOGRAPH. |
| RONTGENOGRAPHS | • RONTGENOGRAPH n. an apparatus for taking X-ray photographs, also ROENTGENOGRAPH. |
| RONTGENOGRAPHY | • RONTGENOGRAPHY n. photography by X-rays. |
| SUPERHARDENING | • superhardening v. Present participle of superharden. • SUPERHARDEN v. to harden to extremes. |
| UNDERTHRUSTING | • underthrusting v. Present participle of underthrust. • UNDERTHRUST v. to insert (a faulted rock mass) into position under a passive rock mass. |