| ANACOLUTHONS | • anacoluthons n. Plural of anacoluthon. • ANACOLUTHON n. a sentence or construction lacking grammatical sequence. |
| ANTHOPHILOUS | • anthophilous adj. Living or growing on flowers. • ANTHOPHILOUS adj. feeding upon or living among flowers e.g. the anthophilous parrots of Tasmania. |
| AUTOCHTHONAL | • autochthonal adj. Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous. • AUTOCHTHONAL adj. indigenous, aboriginal, also AUTOCHTHONIC, AUTOCHTHONOUS. |
| BUTTONHOLERS | • buttonholers n. Plural of buttonholer. • BUTTONHOLER n. a person or sewing-machine attachment that makes buttonholes. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| LUCKENBOOTHS | • LUCKENBOOTH n. (Scots) a shop or booth esp. in 18th century Edinburgh. |
| LUTEOTROPHIN | • luteotrophin n. Alternative form of luteotropin. • LUTEOTROPHIN n. another name for the hormone prolactin, also LUTEOTROPIN. |
| MULTIPHOTONS | Sorry, definition not available. |
| 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. |
| PHOTONUCLEAR | • photonuclear adj. (Physics) Of or relating to any nuclear reaction involving a photon. • PHOTONUCLEAR adj. relating to or caused by the incidence of radiant energy (as gamma rays) on atomic nuclei. |
| 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. |
| THOUSANDFOLD | • thousandfold adj. Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times. • thousandfold adj. Having one thousand parts or members. • thousandfold adv. By a factor of a thousand. |
| UNORTHODOXLY | • unorthodoxly adv. In an unorthodox manner, unconventionally. • UNORTHODOX adv. not orthodox. |