| BORBORYGMUS | • borborygmus n. A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines. • borborygmus n. (Figurative) Something resembling borborygmus. • BORBORYGMUS n. (Greek) a rumbling noise produced by the movement of gas through the intestines. |
| CARDIOPULMONARY | • cardiopulmonary adj. (Medicine) Of or pertaining to both the heart and the lungs. • CARDIOPULMONARY adj. of or relating to the heart and lungs. |
| CIRCUMLOCUTORY | • circumlocutory adj. Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic; verbose. • CIRCUMLOCUTORY adj. relating to circumlocution. |
| CIRCUMVOLUTORY | • circumvolutory adj. Exhibiting or relating to circumvolution. • CIRCUMVOLUTORY adj. winding around. |
| COMPURGATORY | • compurgatory adj. Compurgatorial. • COMPURGATORY adj. relating to compurgation, the clearing of an accused person by means of oaths. |
| CRYPTOSPORIDIUM | • cryptosporidium n. Any protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, intestinal parasites of humans and other vertebrates that… • Cryptosporidium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cryptosporidiidae – coccidian protozoan parasites causing the disease… • CRYPTOSPORIDIUM n. any of a genus of protozoans parasitic in the gut of vertebrates including humans and sometimes causing diarrhea. |
| DEMERITORIOUSLY | • DEMERITORIOUS adv. not meritorious. |
| FERROMOLYBDENUM | • ferromolybdenum n. An iron-molybdenum alloy. • FERROMOLYBDENUM n. an alloy of iron with molybdenum. |
| FLUOROMETRY | • fluorometry n. (Chemistry, physics) An analytical technique that uses fluorescence to detect and identify small samples… • FLUOROMETRY n. measurement by fluorometer, also FLUORIMETRY. |
| MERITORIOUSLY | • meritoriously adv. In a meritorious manner. • MERITORIOUS adv. deserving of honor or esteem. |
| MYRISTICIVOROUS | • MYRISTICIVOROUS adj. feeding upon nutmegs. |
| NORTHCOUNTRYMAN | • north␣countryman n. Someone from the north of England. • NORTHCOUNTRYMAN n. one living in the north. |
| NORTHCOUNTRYMEN | • north␣countrymen n. Plural of north countryman. • NORTHCOUNTRYMAN n. one living in the north. |
| ORTHOMYXOVIRUS | • orthomyxovirus n. (Virology) Any RNA virus of Orthomyxoviridae family characterised by having two long glycoprotein spikes. |
| OSMOREGULATORY | • osmoregulatory adj. Of or pertaining to osmoregulation. • OSMOREGULATORY adj. relating to osmoregulation. |
| PITYROSPORUM | • Pityrosporum prop.n. Former name of Malassezia (“fungus genus”). • PITYROSPORUM n. a yeastlike fungus which can cause pityriasis. |
| PITYROSPORUMS | • PITYROSPORUM n. a yeastlike fungus which can cause pityriasis. |
| ULTRAMICROSCOPY | • ultramicroscopy n. The scientific use of the ultramicroscope. • ULTRAMICROSCOPY n. microscopy using an ultramicroscope. |
| ULTRAMICROTOMY | • ultramicrotomy n. Microtomy using an ultramicrotome. • ULTRAMICROTOMY n. the use of an ultramicrotome. |
| UNCONTEMPORARY | • uncontemporary adj. Not contemporary. • UNCONTEMPORARY adj. not contemporary. |