| ANEMOPHILOUS | • anemophilous adj. (Botany) Pollinated by the wind. • ANEMOPHILOUS adj. pollinated by wind. |
| ANTHOPHILOUS | • anthophilous adj. Living or growing on flowers. • ANTHOPHILOUS adj. feeding upon or living among flowers e.g. the anthophilous parrots of Tasmania. |
| BUTTONHOLING | • buttonholing v. Present participle of buttonhole. • buttonholing n. The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will. • BUTTONHOLE v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLD. |
| CHLOROQUINES | • chloroquines n. Plural of chloroquine. • CHLOROQUINE n. a drug used to suppress malaria, also CHLOROQUIN. |
| EUPHONIOUSLY | • euphoniously adv. In a euphonious manner. • EUPHONIOUS adv. agreeable in sound, also EUPHONIC, EUPHONICAL. |
| HARMONIOUSLY | • harmoniously adv. In a harmonious manner; coordinately. • HARMONIOUS adv. musically concordant. |
| HEMODILUTION | • hemodilution n. (Pathology) An increase in the fluid content of blood (and thus a diminution of the number of cells). • HEMODILUTION n. decreased concentration of cells and solids in the blood resulting from gain of fluid, also HAEMODILUTION. |
| HOLOTHURIANS | • holothurians n. Plural of holothurian. • HOLOTHURIAN n. any member of a class of wormlike unarmoured echinoderms, aka sea cucumbers. |
| HYDROQUINOLS | • HYDROQUINOL n. a white crystalline soluble phenol used as a photographic developer. |
| LIMNOPHILOUS | • limnophilous adj. Loving or having an affinity towards lakes. • LIMNOPHILOUS adj. living in ponds or marshes. |
| LUTEOTROPHIN | • luteotrophin n. Alternative form of luteotropin. • LUTEOTROPHIN n. another name for the hormone prolactin, also LUTEOTROPIN. |
| MULTIPHOTONS | Sorry, definition not available. |
| NECROPHILOUS | • necrophilous adj. Thriving on death or on dead things. • NECROPHILOUS adj. loving corpses. |
| NITROPHILOUS | • nitrophilous adj. (Botany, of a plant) Thriving in a habitat rich in nitrogen. • nitrophilous adj. (Ecology, of a habitat) Rich in nitrogen. • NITROPHILOUS adj. of plants, growing in a place where there is a good supply of nitrogen. |
| ORNITHOGALUM | • Ornithogalum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – plants called star-of-Bethlehem and close relatives. • ORNITHOGALUM n. a plant of a large genus of herbs of the family Liliaceae. |
| SULPHONATION | • sulphonation n. Alternative spelling of sulfonation. • SULPHONATION n. the act of sulphonating. |
| TECHNICOLOUR | • technicolour adj. (British spelling) Alternative form of technicolor. • technicolour n. (British spelling) Alternative form of technicolor. • TECHNICOLOUR adj. in artificially or exaggeratedly bright colours, also TECHNICOLOURED. |
| UNLIKELIHOOD | • unlikelihood n. Absence of likelihood; the state of being unlikely or improbable; improbability. • UNLIKELIHOOD n. the state of being unlikely. |