| AMPHIBOLY | • amphiboly n. (Grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction. • AMPHIBOLY n. a grammatically ambiguous phrase or sentence, also AMPHIBOLOGY. |
| BIMONTHLY | • bimonthly adj. Occurring once every two months; bimestrial. • bimonthly adj. Twice every month; semimonthly. • bimonthly adv. Once every two months; bimestrially. |
| HEMOLYSIN | • hemolysin n. (Medicine) Any substance (often an exotoxin) that damages the membranes of red blood cells and thus… • HEMOLYSIN n. a substance that causes the dissolution of red blood cells, also HAEMOLYSIN. |
| HEMOLYSIS | • hemolysis n. (Medicine) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end… • HEMOLYSIS n. destruction of red blood corpuscles. |
| HEMOLYTIC | • hemolytic adj. Producing hemolysis; destroying red blood cells. • HEMOLYTIC adj. destroying red blood corpuscles, also HAEMOLYTIC. |
| HOMOLYSIS | • homolysis n. (Chemistry) The decomposition of a substance without reacting with other substances. • homolysis n. The lysis of blood cells by homolysin. • HOMOLYSIS n. decomposition into two uncharged atoms or radicals. |
| HOMOLYTIC | • homolytic adj. Of, pertaining to, or produced by homolysis. • HOMOLYTIC adj. decomposing into two uncharged atoms or radicals. |
| HYLOZOISM | • hylozoism n. A philosophical doctrine espousing that all or some material things possess life, or that all life is… • HYLOZOISM n. the doctrine that all matter is endowed with life. |
| LITHOTOMY | • lithotomy n. A surgical method for removal of calculi, such as kidney stones and gallstones. • LITHOTOMY n. the operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder. |
| MOBBISHLY | • MOBBISH adv. in the way of a mob. |
| MONKISHLY | • monkishly adv. In a monkish way. • MONKISH adv. pertaining to monks. |
| MOONISHLY | • moonishly adv. In a moonish manner. • MOONISH adv. like the moon; variable. |
| MYCOPHILE | • mycophile n. A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi. • MYCOPHILE n. one who loves fungi. |
| MYIOPHILY | • MYIOPHILY n. pollination of plants by flies, also MYOPHILY. |
| MYLOHYOID | • mylohyoid adj. (Anatomy) Relating to or in the region of the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus, or the mylohyoid muscle. • mylohyoid n. (Anatomy) Ellipsis of mylohyoid muscle.. • MYLOHYOID n. a nerve in the region of the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus. |
| OHMICALLY | • ohmically adv. By means of ohmic heating, the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor releases heat. • OHMIC adv. of or pertaining to electrical resistance. |
| PHYLLOMIC | • phyllomic adj. Relating to a phyllome. • PHYLLOMIC adj. of or like a phyllome, a leaf or homologue of a leaf. |
| ROMPISHLY | • rompishly adv. In a rompish manner. • ROMPISH adv. inclined to romp. |
| SYPHILOMA | • syphiloma n. A syphilitic tumor. • SYPHILOMA n. a syphilitic tumour. |