| 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. |
| CORDUROYING | • corduroying v. Present participle of corduroy. • CORDUROY v. to build a road reinforced with transverse logs. |
| CRYOSURGEON | • cryosurgeon n. One who performs cryosurgery. • CRYOSURGEON n. a surgeon who uses freezing techniques. |
| ERRONEOUSLY | • erroneously adv. In an erroneous manner. • erroneously adv. Incorrectly. • ERRONEOUS adv. wrong. |
| FLUOROMETRY | • fluorometry n. (Chemistry, physics) An analytical technique that uses fluorescence to detect and identify small samples… • FLUOROMETRY n. measurement by fluorometer, also FLUORIMETRY. |
| HYPERCOLOUR | • hypercolour n. Alternative form of hypercolor. • HYPERCOLOUR n. a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature. |
| JOURNEYWORK | • journeywork n. (Obsolete) Work done by the day. • journeywork n. Work done by a journeyman at his trade. • JOURNEYWORK n. work done by a journeyman. |
| NEUROTROPHY | • neurotrophy n. (Biology) The nutrition and metabolism of tissues regulated by nerves. • NEUROTROPHY n. nutrition of the nervous system; the influence of the nervous system on nutrition. |
| OBJURGATORY | • objurgatory adj. Strongly rebuking or scolding. • OBJURGATORY adj. chiding, scolding, also OBJURGATIVE. |
| PROCURATORY | • procuratory adj. Tending to, or authorizing, procuration. • PROCURATORY n. authorization to act for another. |
| PYROPHOROUS | • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) light-producing. • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) of or relating to pyrophorus. • PYROPHOROUS adj. spontaneously igniting in air, also PYROPHORIC. |
| RANCOROUSLY | • rancorously adv. In a rancorous manner. • RANCOROUS adv. full of rancour. |
| SORROWFULLY | • sorrowfully adv. In a sorrowful manner; with sorrow and regret. • SORROWFUL adv. sad. |
| TORTUROUSLY | • torturously adv. In a torturous fashion, or as if in torture. • TORTUROUS adv. involving, or pertaining to, torture. |
| YARBOROUGHS | • yarboroughs n. Plural of yarborough. • Yarboroughs prop.n. Plural of Yarborough. • Yarboroughs n. Plural of Yarborough. |