| COPYRIGHTER | • copyrighter n. One who obtains the copyright on a work. • COPYRIGHTER n. one who copyrights. |
| CRYPTARITHM | • cryptarithm n. Synonym of alphametic (“type of puzzle”). • CRYPTARITHM n. an arithmetic problem in which letters have been substituted for numbers and which is solved by finding all possible pairings of digits with letters that produce a numerically correct answer. |
| CRYPTORCHID | • cryptorchid n. A male animal with one or two undescended testicles. • CRYPTORCHID n. a male human or animal in whom one or both testes fail to descend into the scrotum. |
| ERYTHROPSIA | • erythropsia n. An abnormality of vision causing objects to appear red. • ERYTHROPSIA n. a defect of vision in which objects appear red. |
| HYDROTROPIC | • hydrotropic adj. (Biology) exhibiting hydrotropism. • HYDROTROPIC adj. exhibiting hydrotropism, i.e. growth in the direction of water. |
| HYPERCRITIC | • hypercritic n. A carping or unduly censorious critic. • hypercritic adj. Hypercritical. • HYPERCRITIC n. one who is hypercritical. |
| HYPERMETRIC | • hypermetric adj. Having or relating to any syllables that are in a line beyond what the meter calls for. • hypermetric adj. Larger than normally measured. • HYPERMETRIC adj. above average height. |
| ORTHOPHYRIC | • orthophyric adj. Relating to or composed of orthophyre. • ORTHOPHYRIC adj. relating to orthophyre, a fine-grained syenitic rock with orthoclase crystals. |
| PARATHYROID | • parathyroid adj. (Anatomy) Situated near the thyroid gland. • parathyroid adj. (Anatomy) Pertaining to the parathyroid glands or their extracts. • parathyroid n. A parathyroid gland. |
| PLATYRRHINE | • platyrrhine adj. (Anatomy) Having a broad, flat nose. • platyrrhine n. (Zoology) Any New World monkey of the Platyrrhini. • PLATYRRHINE adj. having a broad, flat nose. |
| PORPHYRITES | • porphyrites n. Plural of porphyrite. • PORPHYRITE n. a rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite. |
| 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. |
| PYRETHROIDS | • pyrethroids n. Plural of pyrethroid. • PYRETHROID n. any of various synthetic compounds related to the pyrethrins, and sharing their insecticidal properties. |
| PYRITOHEDRA | • pyritohedra n. Plural of pyritohedron. • PYRITOHEDRON n. a pentagonal dodecahedron. |
| PYRRHICISTS | • pyrrhicists n. Plural of pyrrhicist. • PYRRHICIST n. (historical) one who danced the pyrrhic. |
| PYRRHOTINES | • pyrrhotines n. Plural of pyrrhotine. • PYRRHOTINE n. magnetic pyrites, an iron sulphide, often containing nickel, also PYRRHOTITE. |
| PYRRHOTITES | • pyrrhotites n. Plural of pyrrhotite. • PYRRHOTITE n. magnetic pyrites, an iron sulphide, often containing nickel, also PYRRHOTINE. |
| THYROTROPIC | • thyrotropic adj. Able to stimulate the action of the thyroid gland. • THYROTROPIC adj. exerting or characterized by a direct influence on the secretory activity of the thyroid gland, also THYROTROPHIC. |
| THYROTROPIN | • thyrotropin n. (Biochemistry) A thyroid-stimulating glycoprotein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland. • THYROTROPIN n. a hormone, produced in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, which stimulates the thyroid, also THYROTROPHIN. |