| CANEPHORUS | • CANEPHORUS n. (Greek) a sculpted figure carrying a basket on the head, also CANEPHOR, CANEPHORA, CANEPHORE. |
| COWPUNCHER | • cowpuncher n. (Informal) A cowboy. • cow-puncher n. Alternative form of cowpuncher. • COWPUNCHER n. a cowboy. |
| EUPHORIANT | • euphoriant n. A drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria. • euphoriant adj. Producing euphoria. • EUPHORIANT n. a drug that tends to induce euphoria. |
| GROUPTHINK | • groupthink n. A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance… • group-think n. Alternative form of groupthink. • GROUPTHINK n. a pattern of thought characterized by self-deception and conformity to group values. |
| NATUROPATH | • naturopath n. (Alternative medicine) A practitioner of naturopathy, a nature healer. • NATUROPATH n. a person who practises naturopathy. |
| NEUROCHIPS | • neurochips n. Plural of neurochip. • NEUROCHIP n. a microchip used in neural networks. |
| NEUROPATHS | • neuropaths n. Plural of neuropath. • NEUROPATH n. one who believes in nervous origin of most diseases. |
| NEUROPATHY | • neuropathy n. (Medicine) Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy. • neuropathy n. (Medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral… • NEUROPATHY n. an affection of the nervous system or of a nerve. |
| NEUTROPHIL | • neutrophil adj. (Biology, medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic… • neutrophil n. (Biology, medicine) Such a cell, especially a particular type of white blood cell. • NEUTROPHIL n. a leukophyte that is easily stained, also NEUTROPHILE. |
| POTHUNTERS | • pothunters n. Plural of pothunter. • POTHUNTER n. someone who hunts for the pot; someone who competes merely to get trophies. |
| POUTHERING | • POUTHER v. to powder. |
| PROTOHUMAN | • protohuman adj. Pertaining to the first humans or the beginning of humankind. • protohuman n. One of the earliest humans preceding Homo sapiens. • proto-human adj. Alternative form of protohuman. |
| PUNCHBOARD | • punchboard n. A board, having a number of holes filled with slips of paper, once used as a form of lottery. • PUNCHBOARD n. a practice board used in the martial arts. |
| SUNPORCHES | • sunporches n. Plural of sunporch. • SUNPORCH n. a porch that admits much sunlight. |
| SUPERPHONE | • superphone n. (Informal) A remarkably advanced telephone. • SUPERPHONE n. a telephone with a high-speed processor that can perform many of the functions of a computer. |
| TRIPEHOUND | • Tripehound n. (Aviation, slang, dated) A Sopwith Triplane. • TRIPEHOUND n. (slang) a newspaper reporter. |
| UPHOARDING | • uphoarding v. Present participle of uphoard. • UPHOARD v. to hoard up, also UPHOORD. |
| UPHOORDING | • UPHOORD v. (Shakespeare) to hoard up. |
| UPTHROWING | • upthrowing v. Present participle of upthrow. • UPTHROW v. to throw upward. |
| XIPHOSURAN | • xiphosuran n. (Zoology) Any member of the order Xiphosura, including horseshoe crabs. • xiphosuran adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the order Xiphosura. • XIPHOSURAN adj. belonging to the Xiphosura, an order of Arthropoda of which the only survivors are the king crabs. |