| BISMUTHOUS | • bismuthous adj. (Chemistry) Of, or containing bismuth in its lower valence. • BISMUTHOUS adj. containing bismuth. |
| CHIBOUQUES | • chibouques n. Plural of chibouque. • CHIBOUQUE n. (Turkish) a long straight-stemmed Turkish tobacco pipe, also CHIBOUK. |
| DISHUMOURS | • dishumours v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dishumour. • DISHUMOUR v. (obsolete) to put out of humour. |
| DOLICHURUS | • DOLICHURUS n. (Greek) a dactylic hexameter with a redundant syllable at the end. |
| EUNUCHOIDS | • eunuchoids n. Plural of eunuchoid. • EUNUCHOID n. a eunuchoid person. |
| EUPHONIOUS | • euphonious adj. Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding. • EUPHONIOUS adj. agreeable in sound, also EUPHONIC, EUPHONICAL. |
| EUPHONIUMS | • euphoniums n. Plural of euphonium. • EUPHONIUM n. a musical instrument like a tuba but with somewhat higher pitch. |
| HAUSTORIUM | • haustorium n. A root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host. • haustorium n. A cellular structure, growing into or around another structure to absorb water or nutrients, such as a cotyledon. • HAUSTORIUM n. (Latin) one of the sucker-like rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. |
| HIRUDINOUS | • HIRUDINOUS adj. of or like hirudin, a substance present in the salivary glands of leeches, used as an anticoagulant. |
| HUMICOLOUS | • humicolous adj. (Mycology) Growing in humus. • HUMICOLOUS adj. living in the soil. |
| OUTGUSHING | • outgushing v. Present participle of outgush. • outgushing n. That which gushes outward. • OUTGUSH v. to gush over. |
| OUTPUSHING | • outpushing v. Present participle of outpush. • outpushing n. A part that pushes outward; a protuberance. • OUTPUSH v. to surpass in pushing. |
| OUTRUSHING | • outrushing v. Present participle of outrush. • OUTRUSH v. to surpass in rushing. |
| RUTHENIOUS | • ruthenious adj. (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; designating those compounds in which it has a lower… • RUTHENIOUS adj. pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium. |
| STRUTHIOUS | • struthious adj. (Ornithology) like an ostrich or other ratite. • STRUTHIOUS adj. of or relating to ostriches or related birds. |
| SULPHONIUM | • sulphonium n. Alternative spelling of sulfonium. • SULPHONIUM n. the positively charged group SH3, its salts or derivatives, also SULFONIUM. |
| UNSHOUTING | • unshouting adj. Not shouting; quiet, calm, unassuming, etc. • UNSHOUT v. to make a contrary shout, also UNSHOOT. |