| ABHORRENTLY | • abhorrently adv. In a manner, or to a degree, that is abhorrent; with abhorrence. • ABHORRENT adv. loathsome. |
| ARRHENOTOKY | • arrhenotoky n. (Biology) The production of male offspring by parthenogenesis. • ARRHENOTOKY n. giving birth only to boys. |
| CHERRYSTONE | • cherrystone n. (Used as a size classification by fish merchants) A hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) that is larger… • CHERRYSTONE n. a medium-sized quahog. |
| CHRONOMETRY | • chronometry n. The science of the measurement of time. • CHRONOMETRY n. the measuring of time. |
| ERYTHRONIUM | • erythronium n. A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet. • erythronium n. (Obsolete) An early proposed name for vanadium. • Erythronium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Liliaceae – the fawnlilies. |
| ERYTHROSINE | • erythrosine n. (Chemistry) tetraiodo-fluorescein, a cherry-pink fluorone used as a food colouring, in printing inks… • ERYTHROSINE n. a red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosine, also ERYTHROSIN. |
| ERYTHROSINS | • erythrosins n. Plural of erythrosin. • ERYTHROSIN n. a red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosine, also ERYTHROSINE. |
| NEUROTROPHY | • neurotrophy n. (Biology) The nutrition and metabolism of tissues regulated by nerves. • NEUROTROPHY n. nutrition of the nervous system; the influence of the nervous system on nutrition. |
| NORTHWARDLY | • northwardly adv. Northwards, towards the north. • northwardly adj. Having a northern direction. • NORTHWARDLY adv. in a northward direction. |
| PYRRHOTINES | • pyrrhotines n. Plural of pyrrhotine. • PYRRHOTINE n. magnetic pyrites, an iron sulphide, often containing nickel, also PYRRHOTITE. |
| REHYDRATION | • rehydration n. The replenishment of water and electrolytes lost through dehydration. • REHYDRATION n. the act of rehydrating. |
| SYNCHROTRON | • synchrotron n. (Physics) A form of cyclotron in which charged particles are accelerated by an electric field that is… • SYNCHROTRON n. a type of very high-energy particle accelerator. |
| TENORRHAPHY | • tenorrhaphy n. (Surgery) suture of a tendon. • TENORRHAPHY n. the repairing of a split or torn tendon by sutures. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| UNBROTHERLY | • unbrotherly adj. Not brotherly; not befitting a brother. • UNBROTHERLY adj. not brotherly. |