| ARRHYTHMIA | • arrhythmia n. An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse. • arrhythmia n. A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal… • ARRHYTHMIA n. absence or irregularity of rhythm e.g. of the heart, also ARHYTHMIA, ARYTHMIA. |
| ARRHYTHMIC | • arrhythmic adj. (Music) Without rhythm. • arrhythmic adj. (Pathology) Suffering from cardiac arrhythmia. • ARRHYTHMIC adj. with an irregular rhythm, also ARHYTHMIC, ARYTHMIC. |
| ERYTHREMIA | • erythremia n. A medical condition characterised by the excess production of red blood cells. • ERYTHREMIA n. another name for the medical condition polycythaemia vera, also ERYTHRAEMIA. |
| ERYTHRISMS | • erythrisms n. Plural of erythrism. • ERYTHRISM n. a condition of excessive redness. |
| EURYTHERMS | • eurytherms n. Plural of eurytherm. • EURYTHERM n. an organism which tolerates a wide range of temperatures. |
| HERRYMENTS | • HERRYMENT n. (Scots) spoliation, plunder, also HERRIMENT. |
| HYDROMETER | • hydrometer n. An instrument that floats in a liquid and measures its specific gravity on a scale. • HYDROMETER n. an instrument for measuring the specific gravity of liquids. |
| HYDROMETRY | • hydrometry n. (Physics) The branch of hydrostatics dealing with the measurement of specific gravity using hydrometers. • HYDROMETRY n. the art of determining the specific gravity of liquids, and thence the strength of spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc. |
| HYGROMETER | • hygrometer n. (Meteorology) An instrument that measures the humidity of the air or other gases, especially the relative humidity. • HYGROMETER n. an instrument for measuring air moisture. |
| HYGROMETRY | • hygrometry n. The measurement of the moisture content of gases, but especially of the humidity of the atmosphere. • HYGROMETRY n. the science of humidity. |
| HYPERMARTS | • hypermarts n. Plural of hypermart. • HYPERMART n. a very large self-service store, also HYPERMARKET. |
| HYPERMETER | • hypermeter n. A hypercatalectic line, i.e. with two syllables beyond the metrum. • hypermeter n. A period with a redundant syllable. • HYPERMETER n. a verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse. |
| MATRIARCHY | • matriarchy n. A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children. • matriarchy n. A system of government by females (particularly as a kind of polity). • matriarchy n. The dominance of women in social or cultural systems. |
| MERCHANTRY | • merchantry n. (Dated) The body of merchants taken collectively. • merchantry n. (Dated) The business of a merchant; merchandise. • MERCHANTRY n. the body of merchants taken collectively. |
| ORTHODROMY | • orthodromy n. The act or art of sailing on a great circle. • ORTHODROMY n. the act or art of sailing on a great circle, also ORTHODROMICS. |
| PYRETHRUMS | • pyrethrums n. Plural of pyrethrum. • PYRETHRUM n. a name still applied to various garden flowers, esp. varieties of Chrysanthemum. |
| RHYMESTERS | • rhymesters n. Plural of rhymester. • RHYMESTER n. a poetaster, a would-be poet, also RIMESTER. |
| TRIUMPHERY | • TRIUMPHERY n. (Shakespeare) a triumvir. |