| AKOLOUTHOSES | • AKOLOUTHOS n. (historical) the head of the Varangian guard of the Byzantine emperors, also ACOLOUTHOS, AKOLUTHOS. |
| BUTTONHOOKED | • buttonhooked v. Simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook. • BUTTONHOOK v. to make a kind of offensive play in American football. |
| COCKTHROWING | • cockthrowing n. Alternative form of cock throwing. • cock␣throwing n. (Historical) A blood sport in which coksteles are thrown at an immobilised rooster until it is killed. • COCKTHROWING n. the old sport of throwing sticks at a cock. |
| ELECTROSHOCK | • electroshock n. (An) electric shock. • electroshock n. (Medicine) Electroconvulsive therapy. • electroshock v. (Medicine) To administer electroconvulsive therapy. |
| HETEROKARYON | • heterokaryon n. (Biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei. • HETEROKARYON n. a cell, as in the mycelium of a fungus, that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei. |
| HETEROKONTAN | • heterokontan adj. Belonging to the heterokonts. • HETEROKONTAN adj. of or like a heterokont, a kind of yellow-green alga. |
| HOLOPLANKTON | • holoplankton n. (Biology) Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton. • HOLOPLANKTON n. organisms which remain as plankton throughout their whole life cycle. |
| KATABOTHRONS | • KATABOTHRON n. (Modern Greek) an underground water channel, also KATAVOTHRON. |
| KATAVOTHRONS | • KATAVOTHRON n. (Modern Greek) an underground water channel, also KATABOTHRON. |
| KINETOCHORES | • kinetochores n. Plural of kinetochore. • KINETOCHORE n. a structure forming at the centromere during mitosis for binding microtubules. |
| LUCKENBOOTHS | • LUCKENBOOTH n. (Scots) a shop or booth esp. in 18th century Edinburgh. |
| PHOTOKINESES | • photokineses n. Plural of photokinesis. • PHOTOKINESIS n. motion or activity induced by light. |
| PHOTOKINESIS | • photokinesis n. Any movement that is in response to light. • photokinesis n. (Parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate light. • PHOTOKINESIS n. motion or activity induced by light. |
| PHOTOKINETIC | • photokinetic adj. Of or pertaining to photokinesis. • PHOTOKINETIC adj. relating to photokinesis. |
| POCKETPHONES | • pocketphones n. Plural of pocketphone. • POCKETPHONE n. a mobile phone. |
| POIKILOTHERM | • poikilotherm adj. Cold-blooded. • poikilotherm n. A cold-blooded animal. • POIKILOTHERM n. an organism that takes on the temperature of its surroundings. |
| POSTWORKSHOP | • postworkshop adj. After a workshop (educational course or conference). • POSTWORKSHOP adj. taking place after a workshop. |
| STOCKHOLDERS | • stockholders n. Plural of stockholder. • STOCKHOLDER n. an owner of corporate stock. |
| STOCKHOLDING | • stockholding n. (Finance) An ownership interest in one or more companies’ stock. • STOCKHOLDING n. a holding of stock. |