| BRACHYURAL | • brachyural adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the Brachyura. • BRACHYURAL adj. relating to the Brachyura, a group of decapod crustaceans, also BRACHYUROUS. |
| BRACHYURAN | • brachyuran adj. Of or pertaining to crabs. • brachyuran n. (Zoology) A crab. • BRACHYURAN n. any member of the Brachyura, a group of decapod crustaceans. |
| BUNCHBERRY | • bunchberry n. Either of two species of dwarf dogwoods… • bunchberry n. The fruit of either of these plants. • BUNCHBERRY n. the dwarf cornel, which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries. |
| CHARTULARY | • chartulary n. Alternative form of cartulary. • CHARTULARY n. a collection of deeds and titles to estate or monastery. |
| CHIRURGERY | • chirurgery n. (Archaic) Synonym of surgery. • CHIRURGERY n. surgery. |
| CHURCHYARD | • churchyard n. A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard. • church-yard n. Alternative form of churchyard. • CHURCHYARD n. a yard that belongs to a church and is often used as a burial ground. |
| CRYOPHORUS | • cryophorus n. (Chemistry) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary… • CRYOPHORUS n. an instrument for showing the decrease in the temperature of water by its evaporation. |
| EURYTHERMS | • eurytherms n. Plural of eurytherm. • EURYTHERM n. an organism which tolerates a wide range of temperatures. |
| HURRYINGLY | • hurryingly adv. In a hurrying manner. • HURRYINGLY adv. HURRYING. |
| PORPHYROUS | • porphyrous adj. Of or crafted from porphyry. • porphyrous adj. Of purple hue, like that of porphyry. • PORPHYROUS adj. purple. |
| PYRETHRUMS | • pyrethrums n. Plural of pyrethrum. • PYRETHRUM n. a name still applied to various garden flowers, esp. varieties of Chrysanthemum. |
| PYROPHORUS | • pyrophorus n. A substance capable of taking fire spontaneously on exposure to the air, especially in a finely divided state. • Pyrophorus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Elateridae – fire beetles, bioluminescent click beetles. • PYROPHORUS n. any substance capable of igniting spontaneously on exposure to air. |
| RUBYTHROAT | • rubythroat n. Any of several species of birds, the males having a brilliant patch of metallic red on the throat. • RUBYTHROAT n. any of numerous species of humming birds, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections. |
| SQUIRARCHY | • squirarchy n. Alternative form of squirearchy. • SQUIRARCHY n. squires collectively, also SQUIRAGE, SQUIRALITY, SQUIRALTY, SQUIREAGE, SQUIREARCHY. |
| TRIUMPHERY | • TRIUMPHERY n. (Shakespeare) a triumvir. |
| UNHURRYING | • unhurrying adj. Not hurrying. • UNHURRYING adj. not hurrying. |
| YARBOROUGH | • yarborough n. (Card games) A hand, in bridge or whist, that has no card with a value greater than nine (and no aces)… • Yarborough prop.n. A surname. • Yarborough n. (Bridge) A hand that contains no honors. |