| BLOODHOUND | • bloodhound n. A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This… • bloodhound n. (Figurative) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues. • bloodhound n. (Archaic) A bloodthirsty person. |
| CHRONOLOGY | • chronology n. (Uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred. • chronology n. (Countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements. • CHRONOLOGY n. the science that deals with measuring time by regular divisions and that assigns to events their proper dates. |
| COMMONHOLD | • commonhold n. (Property law, England & Wales) The freehold tenure of part of a multioccupancy building (typically… • COMMONHOLD n. a freehold held in common by a number of owners. |
| CONCHOLOGY | • conchology n. The study of molluscs and their shells. • conchology n. The hobby of shell collecting. • CONCHOLOGY n. the study of shells. |
| HOLOHEDRON | • holohedron n. A holohedral crystal. • HOLOHEDRON n. a geometrical form possessing the property of holohedrism. |
| HOMOLOSINE | • homolosine adj. (Cartography) Being or employing a particular pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite projection used for world maps. • HOMOLOSINE adj. as in homolosine projection, an equal-area projection map of the globe. |
| HOROLOGION | • horologion n. A liturgical book in the Eastern Church, containing the daily offices corresponding to the Western breviary. • HOROLOGION n. a horologe, also HOROLOGE, HOROLOGIUM. |
| LOOPHOLING | • loopholing v. Present participle of loophole. • LOOPHOLE v. to make small openings in. |
| MORPHOLINO | • morpholino n. (Genetics) A structural analog of natural nucleic acid used to modify gene expression, in which the… • MORPHOLINO n. a type of molecule used in altering the development of genes by preventing the access of other molecules. |
| ORTHOGONAL | • orthogonal adj. (Geometry) Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other. • orthogonal adj. (Mathematics). • orthogonal adj. (Statistics) Statistically independent, with reference to variates. |
| PHONOLOGIC | • phonologic adj. Alternative form of phonological. • PHONOLOGIC adj. relating to phonology, also PHONOLOGICAL. |
| PHOTONOVEL | • photonovel n. A story illustrated with photographs and text captions. • PHOTONOVEL n. a novel in the form of a series of photographs with speech balloons. |
| SHONGOLOLO | • shongololo n. (South Africa) A millipede. • SHONGOLOLO n. (Nguni) a kind of millipede, having a hard shiny dark brown segmented exoskeleton, also SONGOLOLO. |