| ANTITHYROID | • antithyroid adj. (Biochemistry) Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones. • anti-thyroid adj. Alternative spelling of antithyroid. • ANTITHYROID adj. able to counteract excessive thyroid activity. |
| BIORHYTHMIC | • biorhythmic adj. Of or pertaining to biorhythms. • BIORHYTHMIC adj. relating to biorhythms. |
| CHRYSOLITIC | • CHRYSOLITIC adj. like chrysolite. |
| HISTORICITY | • historicity n. Historical quality or authenticity based on fact. • historicity n. (Philosophy) The characteristic of having appeared or developed in history, as opposed to being natural or universal. • HISTORICITY n. historical actuality. |
| HUMILIATORY | • humiliatory adj. Humiliating. • HUMILIATORY adj. serving to humiliate, also HUMILIATIVE. |
| HYPERINOTIC | • hyperinotic adj. Relating to hyperinosis. • HYPERINOTIC adj. relating to hyperinosis, excess of fibrin in the blood. |
| HYPONITRITE | • hyponitrite n. (Inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of nitrogen NO- derived from hyponitrous acid; any salt containing… • HYPONITRITE n. a salt or ester of hyponitrous acid. |
| ICHTHYORNIS | • Ichthyornis prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the subclass Ornithurae – an extinct flying reptile. • ICHTHYORNIS n. a toothed fossil bird of America. |
| ISORHYTHMIC | • isorhythmic adj. (Music) Pertaining to or using isorhythm. • isorhythmic adj. (Prosody) In ancient prosody, equal in the number of times for thesis and arsis, as a dactyl and anapest. • ISORHYTHMIC adj. in ancient prosody, equal in the number of time-units for thesis and arsis, as dactyl, spondee, anapaest; (in medieval motets) having a strict scheme of repeated rhythm independent of melodic repetition. |
| LITHOTRIPSY | • lithotripsy n. (Surgery) A treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves or crushing with a surgical instrument… • LITHOTRIPSY n. the surgical operation of crushing a stone in the bladder, kidney or gall bladder, so that its fragments may be passed naturally from the body. |
| MICROPHYTIC | • microphytic adj. Relating to microphytes. • MICROPHYTIC adj. of or like a microphyte. |
| PORPHYRITIC | • porphyritic adj. Of or pertaining to porphyry. • porphyritic adj. (Geology) Containing large crystals in a fine mass of material. • PORPHYRITIC adj. designating an igneous rock in which large crystals (phenocrysts) are set in a matrix of relatively finer-grained crystals or of glass. |
| PROHIBITORY | • prohibitory adj. That serves to prohibit or forbid. • PROHIBITORY adj. serving to prohibit. |
| SCIRRHOSITY | • scirrhosity n. (Medicine) A morbid induration, as of a gland; the state of being scirrhous. • SCIRRHOSITY n. the state of being scirrhous, resembling a scirrhus, a hard swelling. |
| THYROIDITIS | • thyroiditis n. (Pathology) Inflammation of the thyroid gland. • THYROIDITIS n. inflammation of the thyroid. |
| TIMBROPHILY | • timbrophily n. (Dated) philately (the study or collection of stamps). • TIMBROPHILY n. the love of stamps. |
| TRICHOGYNIC | • trichogynic adj. Relating to the trichogyne. • TRICHOGYNIC adj. of or like a trichogyne, also TRICHOGYNIAL. |
| TYROTHRICIN | • tyrothricin n. A mixture of the antibiotics tyrocidine and gramicidin, used topically to treat gram-positive bacterial infections. • TYROTHRICIN n. an antibiotic mixture consisting chiefly of tyrocidine and gramicidin and used topically especially against gram-positive bacteria. |