| DICHLOROMETHANE | • dichloromethane n. (Organic chemistry) The partially halogenated hydrocarbon CH2Cl2 widely used as a solvent. • DICHLOROMETHANE n. a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. |
| HOMOCENTRICALLY | • HOMOCENTRIC adv. having the same central or focal point. |
| HOMOTRANSPLANTS | • homotransplants n. Plural of homotransplant. • HOMOTRANSPLANT n. a graft of tissue from one individual to another of the same species. |
| MICROTECHNOLOGY | • microtechnology n. Any of several technologies concerned with material or devices whose size is measured in micrometres. • MICROTECHNOLOGY n. technology that makes use of microelectronics. |
| NEPHROBLASTOMAS | • nephroblastomas n. Plural of nephroblastoma. • NEPHROBLASTOMA n. a tumour on the kidneys. |
| NITROCHLOROFORM | • nitrochloroform n. Chlorpicrin. • NITROCHLOROFORM n. a toxic lachrymatory liquid used as a pesticide and a tear gas. |
| NONMETAPHORICAL | • nonmetaphorical adj. Not metaphorical. • NONMETAPHORICAL adj. not metaphorical. |
| PHOTOJOURNALISM | • photojournalism n. A form of journalism in which a story is told primarily through photographs and other images. • PHOTOJOURNALISM n. journalism in which written copy is subordinate to pictorial usually photographic presentation of news stories or in which a high proportion of pictorial presentation is used. |
| REMYTHOLOGISING | • REMYTHOLOGISE v. to mythologise again, also REMYTHOLOGIZE. |
| REMYTHOLOGIZING | • remythologizing v. Present participle of remythologize. • REMYTHOLOGIZE v. to mythologize again, also REMYTHOLOGISE. |
| RHINOSCLEROMATA | • rhinoscleromata n. Plural of rhinoscleroma. • RHINOSCLEROMA n. a disease with hard swelling in the nose etc. |
| SCHOOLMASTERING | • schoolmastering v. Present participle of schoolmaster. • schoolmastering n. The fact or activity of being a schoolmaster; teaching. • SCHOOLMASTER v. to act as a schoolmaster to. |
| THERMOELECTRONS | • thermoelectrons n. Plural of thermoelectron. • THERMOELECTRON n. an electron emitted at high temperature, such as one produced in a thermionic valve. |
| THROMBOPLASTINS | • thromboplastins n. Plural of thromboplastin. • THROMBOPLASTIN n. a complex enzyme found esp. in platelets that functions in the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin in the clotting of blood. |
| TRIBROMOETHANOL | • tribromoethanol n. An anaesthetic now mainly used in laboratory animals. • TRIBROMOETHANOL n. a soluble white crystalline compound with a slight aromatic odour, used as a general anaesthetic. |
| TRICHOMONACIDAL | • trichomonacidal adj. Destructive to trichomonads. • TRICHOMONACIDAL adj. relating to a trichomonacide, an agent used to destroy trichomonads. |