| ANTIPHONY | • antiphony n. (Music, singing) alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted… • antiphony n. Alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition. • ANTIPHONY n. antiphonal chanting or singing. |
| DYNORPHIN | • dynorphin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of opioid peptides that arise from the precursor protein prodynorphin. • DYNORPHIN n. a drug used to treat cocaine addiction. |
| HALFPENNY | • halfpenny n. (Plural: halfpennies) (historical) A discontinued British coin worth half of one penny (old or new). • halfpenny n. (Plural: halfpence) A quantity of money worth half a penny. • halfpenny adj. Costing or worth one halfpenny. |
| HYPHENING | • hyphening v. Present participle of hyphen. • HYPHEN v. to connect words with a punctuation mark. |
| HYPNOGENY | • hypnogeny n. (Archaic) induction of hypnotic trance. • HYPNOGENY n. production of the hypnotic state, also HYPNOGENESIS. |
| LYNCHPINS | • lynchpins n. Plural of lynchpin. • lynchpins v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lynchpin. • LYNCHPIN n. a locking pin inserted in the end of a shaft, also LINCHPIN. |
| MONOPHONY | • monophony n. (Music) The characteristic of a piece that has only a primary melody and no secondary melody or accompaniment. • MONOPHONY n. a composition for one voice. |
| PHENYLENE | • phenylene n. (Chemistry) Any of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals derived from benzene by removing two hydrogen… • PHENYLENE n. a compound derived from benzene. |
| PHENYTOIN | • phenytoin n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic compound related to hydantoin, used as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy. • PHENYTOIN n. a crystalline anticonvulsant compound. |
| PHONEYING | • phoneying v. Present participle of phoney. • PHONEY v. to fake, counterfeit. |
| SYPHONING | • syphoning v. Present participle of syphon. • SYPHON v. to draw off through a tube, also SIPHON. |
| THRUPENNY | • THRUPENNY n. a twelve-sided British coin, obsolete since 1972. |
| TYPHONIAN | • Typhonian adj. Of or relating to Typhon or, by interpretatio graeca, his Egyptian equivalent Set. • TYPHONIAN adj. relating to a whirlwind. |