| CLAUSTROPHILIA | • claustrophilia n. The love or arousal of enclosed, tight places. • CLAUSTROPHILIA n. abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBES | • claustrophobes n. Plural of claustrophobe. • CLAUSTROPHOBE n. one with a fear of confined spaces. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIA | • claustrophobia n. The fear of closed, tight places. • CLAUSTROPHOBIA n. fear of closed spaces. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIC | • claustrophobic adj. (Psychology) Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space. • claustrophobic adj. Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia. • claustrophobic n. Someone with claustrophobia. |
| DESULPHURATION | • desulphuration n. The act or process of depriving of sulfur. • DESULPHURATION n. the act of desulphuring. |
| GALACTOPHOROUS | • galactophorous adj. (Anatomy) Milk-carrying; applied to the ducts of mammary glands. • GALACTOPHOROUS adj. bearing milk. |
| HETERODUPLEXES | • heteroduplexes n. Plural of heteroduplex. • HETERODUPLEX n. a nucleic-acid molecule, such as DNA, composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule. |
| HETEROPHYLLOUS | • heterophyllous adj. (Botany) Having leaves of different types upon the same plant. • HETEROPHYLLOUS adj. having the foliage leaves of more than one form on the same plant or stem. |
| HYDROSULPHATES | • hydrosulphates n. Plural of hydrosulphate. • HYDROSULPHATE n. any quaternary acid salt formed by addition of an organic base to sulphuric acid, such as aniline hydrosulphate. |
| HYDROSULPHITES | • hydrosulphites n. Plural of hydrosulphite. • HYDROSULPHITE n. a salt of hydrosulphurous acid; esp. the sodium salt, used as a reagent. |
| LEUKODYSTROPHY | • leukodystrophy n. (Medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter… • LEUKODYSTROPHY n. any of several genetically determined diseases characterized by progressive degeneration of myelin in the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. |
| ORNITHOPHILOUS | • ornithophilous adj. Thriving in the presence of birds. • ornithophilous adj. (Botany) Pollinated by birds. • ORNITHOPHILOUS adj. of flowers, pollinated by birds. |
| ORTHOCEPHALOUS | • orthocephalous adj. Alternative form of orthocephalic. • ORTHOCEPHALOUS adj. having a skull whose breadth is between 70 and 75 per cent of its length, also ORTHOCEPHALIC. |
| PERITRICHOUSLY | • peritrichously adv. In a peritrichous manner. • PERITRICHOUS adv. having flagella uniformly distributed over the body. |
| PROLOCUTORSHIP | • prolocutorship n. The rank or office of a prolocutor. • PROLOCUTORSHIP n. the office of a prolocutor, a spokesman. |
| REUPHOLSTERING | • reupholstering v. Present participle of reupholster. • re-upholstering v. Present participle of re-upholster. • REUPHOLSTER v. to upholster again. |
| SULPHURISATION | • SULPHURISATION n. the process of sulphurising, also SULPHURIZATION. |
| SULPHURIZATION | • sulphurization n. Alternative form of sulfurization. • SULPHURIZATION n. the process of sulphurizing, also SULPHURISATION. |
| THERMOPHYLLOUS | • THERMOPHYLLOUS adj. having leaves only in the warmer part of the year, deciduous. |