| DAUPHIN | • dauphin n. The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France… • dauphin n. (Allegorical): An eldest son. • Dauphin prop.n. A placename. |
| DELPHIN | • delphin n. (Organic chemistry) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise. • Delphin adj. Relating to the dauphin of France. • DELPHIN n. an archaic word for dolphin; a fatty substance made from dolphin oil. |
| DOLPHIN | • dolphin n. A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of order Cetacea, famed for its intelligence… • dolphin n. A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the… • dolphin n. (Heraldry) A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed. |
| MORPHIN | • morphin n. Obsolete form of morphine. • MORPHIN n. the principal alkaloid in opium, also MORPHINE. |
| PHOSPHIN | • phosphin n. Obsolete form of phosphine. • PHOSPHIN n. a colorless gas analogous to ammonia, and having a disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic, also PHOSPHINE. |
| SERAPHIN | • seraphin n. Alternative form of xeraphim. • SERAPHIN n. (Portuguese) a former silver coin of Goa, also SERAFIN, XERAFIN, XERAPHIN. |
| WHOLPHIN | • wholphin n. The fertile hybrid produced by cross-breeding a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (mother), and… • WHOLPHIN n. a hybrid of a whale and a dolphin. |
| XERAPHIN | • xeraphin n. Alternative form of xeraphim. • XERAPHIN n. (Portuguese) a former silver coin of Goa, also SERAFIN, SERAPHIN, XERAFIN. |
| DYNORPHIN | • dynorphin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of opioid peptides that arise from the precursor protein prodynorphin. • DYNORPHIN n. a drug used to treat cocaine addiction. |
| ENDORPHIN | • endorphin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters… • ENDORPHIN n. any of a group of peptides that occur in the brain and bind to the same receptors as morphine, thereby inhibiting pain. |
| DYSTROPHIN | • dystrophin n. (Biochemistry) A cytoplasmic structural protein that is deficient in some forms of muscular dystrophy. • DYSTROPHIN n. a protein essential to normal muscle function, found to be lacking in muscular dystrophy sufferers. |
| LUTEOTROPHIN | • luteotrophin n. Alternative form of luteotropin. • LUTEOTROPHIN n. another name for the hormone prolactin, also LUTEOTROPIN. |
| THYROTROPHIN | • thyrotrophin n. Alternative form of thyrotropin. • THYROTROPHIN n. a hormone, produced in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, which stimulates the thyroid, also THYROTROPIN. |
| GONADOTROPHIN | • gonadotrophin n. Any of a group of protein hormones secreted by gonadotrope cells of the pituitary gland of vertebrates. • GONADOTROPHIN n. a substance that stimulates the gonads. |
| SOMATOTROPHIN | • somatotrophin n. Alternative spelling of somatotropin. • SOMATOTROPHIN n. a polypeptide growth hormone, also SOMATOTROPIN, SOMATOTROPINE. |
| CORTICOTROPHIN | • corticotrophin n. Alternative form of corticotropin. • CORTICOTROPHIN n. a hormone that stimulates the adrenal gland, also CORTICOTROPIN. |