| BIRTHDOM | • birthdom n. The land of one’s birth. • birthdom n. Privilege of birth; one’s inheritance; birthright. • BIRTHDOM n. (Shakespeare) birthright. |
| BOTHRIUM | • bothrium n. (Zoology) A tentacle; a nerve ending that has a similar morphology. • BOTHRIUM n. (Latin) a groove on a tapeworm. |
| CHRISTOM | • christom n. Obsolete form of chrisom. • CHRISTOM n. a white robe put on a newly baptised child, also CHRISOM. |
| CHROMITE | • chromite n. (Mineralogy) A dark brown mineral species with the formula FeCr2O4. • chromite n. Any member of the chromite-magnesiochromite series that is a mixed oxide of iron, magnesium and chromium… • CHROMITE n. a black sub-metallic mineral consisting of oxide of chromium and iron. |
| HORMETIC | • hormetic adj. (Biology) Of or pertaining to hormesis or to a hormetin. • HORMETIC adj. relating to hormesis, a phenomenon whereby substances that are toxic in large doses have a beneficial effect when absorbed in very small doses. |
| HUMORIST | • humorist n. (Medicine, now rare, historical) Someone who believes that health and temperament are determined by… • humorist n. (Obsolete) Someone subject to whims or fancies; an eccentric. • humorist n. A humorous or witty person, especially someone skilled in humorous writing or performance. |
| ISOTHERM | • isotherm n. A line on a graph or chart, such as a weather map, along which all the points have the same temperature. • ISOTHERM n. a line on a map connecting points of equal average temperature, also ISOTHERMAL. |
| MISTHROW | • misthrow v. (Transitive) To throw incorrectly. • misthrow n. An incorrect throw. • MISTHROW v. to throw errantly. |
| MOITHERS | • moithers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moither. • MOITHER v. to confuse, stupefy, also MITHER, MOIDER. |
| MOUTHIER | • mouthier adj. Comparative form of mouthy: more mouthy. • MOUTHY adj. outspoken, obstreperous. |
| RIMSHOTS | • rimshots n. Plural of rimshot. • rim␣shots n. Plural of rim shot. • RIMSHOT n. a sound made by a drumstick striking the rim and head of a drum. |
| THERMION | • thermion n. (Physics) An electrically charged particle, either an electron or an ion, emitted by a conducting material… • THERMION n. an ion emitted by a heated body. |
| THORIUMS | • thoriums n. Plural of thorium. • THORIUM n. a radioactive metallic element. |
| THROMBIN | • thrombin n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme in blood that facilitates blood clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin… • THROMBIN n. an enzyme that causes the blood to clot. |
| TRICHOME | • trichome n. (Botany) A hair- or scale-like extension of the epidermis of a plant. • trichome n. (Biology) Hairlike structures found in some microscopic organisms and algae. • trichome n. (Pathology, cell biology) A row of cells formed by successive cell divisions. |
| TRIMORPH | • trimorph n. (Crystallography) A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, or which has three distinct physical states. • trimorph n. (Crystallography) Any of the three forms of such a substance. • TRIMORPH n. a substance existing in three forms. |