| CRUSHPROOF | • crushproof adj. Strong enough to resist being deformed or crushed when subjected to more than normal physical stress or pressure. • CRUSHPROOF adj. resistant to crushing. |
| CRYOPHORUS | • cryophorus n. (Chemistry) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary… • CRYOPHORUS n. an instrument for showing the decrease in the temperature of water by its evaporation. |
| ERIOPHORUM | • Eriophorum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – cottongrass, found in acidic bogs, especially in the Arctic. • ERIOPHORUM n. a plant of the cotton-grass genus. |
| FARBOROUGH | • FARBOROUGH n. (Shakespeare) a mispronunciation of thirdborough, also THARBOROUGH. |
| FOURSCORTH | • FOURSCORTH adj. (obsolete) eightieth. |
| HONORARIUM | • honorarium n. Compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value. • HONORARIUM n. a voluntary fee paid esp. to a professional person for their services. |
| HORRENDOUS | • horrendous adj. Extremely bad; awful; terrible. • HORRENDOUS adj. fearful; frightful. |
| MUSHROOMER | • mushroomer n. One who gathers (picks or hunts) mushrooms. • MUSHROOMER n. something that mushrooms, expands rapidly. |
| NEUROHUMOR | • neurohumor n. (Biochemistry) Any material produced in a neuron that activates a neighbouring neuron, muscle or gland;… • NEUROHUMOR n. a neurohormone, esp. a neurotransmitter, also NEUROHUMOUR. |
| OUTHARBORS | • outharbors n. Plural of outharbor. • OUTHARBOR n. (Canadian) in Newfoundland, any city or town having a harbor other than the main city of St . John's. |
| OUTHARBOUR | • outharbour n. (Canada) In Newfoundland and Labrador, any city, town, or village having a harbour, other than the main… |
| OVERHONOUR | • OVERHONOUR v. to honour excessively, also OVERHONOR. |
| PORPHYROUS | • porphyrous adj. Of or crafted from porphyry. • porphyrous adj. Of purple hue, like that of porphyry. • PORPHYROUS adj. purple. |
| PYROPHORUS | • pyrophorus n. A substance capable of taking fire spontaneously on exposure to the air, especially in a finely divided state. • Pyrophorus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Elateridae – fire beetles, bioluminescent click beetles. • PYROPHORUS n. any substance capable of igniting spontaneously on exposure to air. |
| THOROUGHER | • thorougher adj. Comparative form of thorough: more thorough. • THOROUGH adj. complete, also THORO. |
| UROCHORDAL | • urochordal adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Urochorda. • UROCHORDAL adj. of or pertaining to the Urochorda, tunicates. |
| UROCHROMES | • urochromes n. Plural of urochrome. • UROCHROME n. an amorphous yellow pigment found in urine. |
| YARBOROUGH | • yarborough n. (Card games) A hand, in bridge or whist, that has no card with a value greater than nine (and no aces)… • Yarborough prop.n. A surname. • Yarborough n. (Bridge) A hand that contains no honors. |