| DISHONESTLY | • dishonestly adv. In a dishonest manner. • DISHONEST adv. not honest. |
| DYSTROPHINS | • dystrophins n. Plural of dystrophin. • DYSTROPHIN n. a protein essential to normal muscle function, found to be lacking in muscular dystrophy sufferers. |
| ERYTHROSINS | • erythrosins n. Plural of erythrosin. • ERYTHROSIN n. a red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosine, also ERYTHROSINE. |
| HYPNOTISERS | • hypnotisers n. Plural of hypnotiser. • HYPNOTISER n. one who hypnotises, also HYPNOTIZER. |
| HYPONASTIES | • HYPONASTY n. a tendency in part of a plant to grow more rapidly on the underside, so that it curves upwards. |
| HYPOTENUSES | • hypotenuses n. Plural of hypotenuse. • HYPOTENUSE n. the longest side of a right-angled triangle, also HYPOTHENUSE. |
| NOTARYSHIPS | • notaryships n. Plural of notaryship. • NOTARYSHIP n. the office of notary. |
| ONYCHITISES | • ONYCHITIS n. inflammation of the root or side of the nail. |
| PHENOCRYSTS | • phenocrysts n. Plural of phenocryst. • PHENOCRYST n. a larger crystal in a porphyritic rock. |
| PYTHONESSES | • pythonesses n. Plural of pythoness. • Pythonesses n. Plural of Pythoness. • PYTHONESS n. a witch (with capital, the priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece). |
| SHANTYTOWNS | • shantytowns n. Plural of shantytown. • shanty␣towns n. Plural of shanty town. • SHANTYTOWN n. a usually poor town or section of a town consisting mostly of shanties. |
| SOOTHSAYING | • soothsaying n. A method of foretelling the future. • SOOTHSAYING n. the act of divining. |
| SOUTHSAYING | • southsaying n. Obsolete form of soothsaying. • SOUTHSAY v. to foretell, to divine, also SOOTHSAY. |
| STYLOPHONES | • stylophones n. Plural of stylophone. • STYLOPHONE n. a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped pen-like stylus. |
| SYMPHONISTS | • symphonists n. Plural of symphonist. • SYMPHONIST n. a composer or (rarely) performer of symphonies. |
| SYNGNATHOUS | • syngnathous adj. (Zoology) Relating to the Syngnathi. • SYNGNATHOUS adj. of certain fish, having the jaws fused to form a tubular structure. |
| THYSANUROUS | • thysanurous adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Thysanura (now Zygentoma), an order of insects with three long caudal filaments. • THYSANUROUS adj. relating to a thysanuran, a bristletail. |