| ANTHROPOID | • anthropoid adj. Having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance. • anthropoid adj. Having characteristics of an ape. • anthropoid n. An anthropoid animal. |
| CARTOONISH | • cartoonish adj. Exaggerated or caricatured, in the manner of a cartoon. • CARTOONISH adj. like a cartoon. |
| CHINAROOTS | • chinaroots n. Plural of chinaroot. • china-roots n. Plural of china-root. • china␣roots n. Plural of china root. |
| CHORIZONTS | • chorizonts n. Plural of chorizont. • CHORIZONT n. a person who disputes identity of authorship, esp. one who ascribes the Iliad and Odyssey to different authors, also CHORIZONTIST. |
| FORTHGOING | • forthgoing n. A going forth or utterance; a proceeding from or out. • forthgoing adj. Going out or forth; departing. • forthgoing v. Present participle of forthgo. |
| HERNIOTOMY | • herniotomy n. (Surgery) Surgical repair of a hernia. • HERNIOTOMY n. a cutting for the cure or relief of hernia. |
| HOOFPRINTS | • hoofprints n. Plural of hoofprint. • HOOFPRINT n. the mark of a hoof. |
| HORIZONTAL | • horizontal adj. Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat. • horizontal adj. (Marketing) Relating to horizontal markets. • horizontal adj. (Archaic) Pertaining to the horizon. |
| HORTATIONS | • hortations n. Plural of hortation. • HORTATION n. the act of exhorting. |
| ORNITHOPOD | • ornithopod n. A type of bipedal, herbivorous, bird-hipped dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, found on all seven continents. • ORNITHOPOD n. a member of a suborder of bipedal ornithischian (bird-hipped) dinosaurs. |
| ORNITHOSES | • ornithoses n. Plural of ornithosis. • ORNITHOSIS n. a disease like psittacosis, infecting domestic fowl, transmissible to man. |
| ORNITHOSIS | • ornithosis n. (Medicine) A zoonotic infectious disease (of birds) caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia psittaci… • ORNITHOSIS n. a disease like psittacosis, infecting domestic fowl, transmissible to man. |
| ORTHOCAINE | • orthocaine n. Methyl m-amino-p-hydroxybenzoate, a fine white crystalline powder used as an anesthetic on open wounds. • ORTHOCAINE n. a white crystalline substance used as a local anaesthetic. |
| ORTHOGENIC | • orthogenic adj. Relating to orthogenesis. • orthogenic adj. Relating to a school or education system for children with emotional or mental disorders. • ORTHOGENIC adj. pertaining to correction of children's mental defects. |
| ORTHOTONIC | • orthotonic adj. Orthotone. • ORTHOTONIC adj. taking an accent in certain positions but not in others, also ORTHOTONE. |
| RADIOTHONS | • radiothons n. Plural of radiothon. • RADIOTHON n. a marathon talk-in on radio. |
| RESHOOTING | • reshooting v. Present participle of reshoot. • reshooting n. A new recording onto film or video. • re-shooting v. Present participle of re-shoot. |
| RHINOCEROT | • rhinocerot n. (Now rare) The rhinoceros. • RHINOCEROT n. (obsolete) a rhinoceros, also RHINOCEROS, RHINOCEROTE. |
| RHODONITES | • rhodonites n. Plural of rhodonite. • RHODONITE n. a rose-red anorthic pyroxene, manganese silicate. |
| SOOTHERING | • soothering v. Present participle of soother. • SOOTHER v. to cajole, flatter; to soothe, calm. |