| ANNIHILATORY | • annihilatory adj. Causing annihilation. • ANNIHILATORY adj. tending to annihilate. |
| ANTIHYDROGEN | • antihydrogen n. (Physics, uncountable) The antimatter equivalent of hydrogen, consisting of an antiproton and an positron… • antihydrogen n. (Physics, countable) An atom of the antimatter equivalent of hydrogen. • ANTIHYDROGEN n. an antimatter form of hydrogen. |
| CACHINNATORY | • cachinnatory adj. Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter. • CACHINNATORY adj. like loud laughter. |
| HEARTENINGLY | • hearteningly adv. In a heartening way; cheeringly. • HEARTENING adv. HEARTEN, to give courage to, also HARTEN. |
| HETERODYNING | • heterodyning v. Present participle of heterodyne. • HETERODYNE v. to change the frequency of (a signal) by imposing on a continuous wave another of slightly different length to produce beats. |
| HYDRASTININE | • hydrastinine n. (Organic chemistry) A semisynthetic alkaloid resulting from the hydrolysis of hydrastine. • HYDRASTININE n. a colourless crystalline water-soluble compound whose pharmacological action resembles that of hydrastine. |
| HYPERINTENSE | • hyperintense adj. (Especially of an image) More than usually intense. • HYPERINTENSE adj. excessively intense. |
| HYPERTENSION | • hypertension n. (Pathology) The disease or disorder of abnormally high blood pressure. • HYPERTENSION n. abnormally or excessively high pressure of arterial blood. |
| INCOHERENTLY | • incoherently adv. In an incoherent manner. • INCOHERENT adv. lacking coherence. |
| LABYRINTHIAN | • labyrinthian adj. Mazelike, having long corridors and passageways that seemingly have no exit. • LABYRINTHIAN adj. of or like a labyrinth, also LABYRINTHAL, LABYRINTHIC, LABYRINTHINE. |
| LABYRINTHINE | • labyrinthine adj. Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze. • labyrinthine adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the labyrinth of the inner ear. • labyrinthine adj. (Figurative) Convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing. |
| NONRHOTICITY | • nonrhoticity n. (Rare) The state or condition of being nonrhotic. • NONRHOTICITY n. the state of being nonrhotic, denoting or speaking a dialect of English in which preconsonantal r's are not pronounced. |
| ORNITHOMANCY | • ornithomancy n. Divination by means of birds, especially from their behaviour, flight, vocalisations, etc. • ORNITHOMANCY n. divination by observing flight of birds. |
| PERICYNTHION | • pericynthion n. The point in an elliptical orbit around the moon that passes closest to the moon. • PERICYNTHION n. the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is nearest to the moon. |
| STRYCHNINING | • STRYCHNINE v. to poison with strychnine, a very poisonous alkaloid obtained from the seeds of the nux vomica plant. |
| STRYCHNINISM | • strychninism n. Strychnine poisoning. • STRYCHNINISM n. strychnine poisoning, also STRYCHNISM. |
| SYNCHRONEITY | • synchroneity n. The state or characteristic of being synchronous or synchronized. • SYNCHRONEITY n. the state of being synchronous. |
| THUNDERINGLY | • thunderingly adv. In a thundering way; with great noise or fury. • thunderingly adv. (Informal) Extremely; marvellously. • THUNDERING adv. resounding. |