| ABRANCHIATE | • abranchiate adj. (Zoology) Without gills. • abranchiate n. (Zoology) An organism that does not have gills. • ABRANCHIATE adj. lacking gills, also ABRANCHIAL. |
| BATRACHIANS | • batrachians n. Plural of batrachian. • BATRACHIAN n. a frog or toad. |
| BRACHIATING | • brachiating adj. That moves by the use of limbs; especially by swinging through the trees using the arms. • brachiating v. Present participle of brachiate. • BRACHIATE v. to progress by swinging hand over hand, like a gibbon. |
| BRACHIATION | • brachiation n. (Zoology) Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next. • BRACHIATION n. the act of swinging by one's arms from place to place. |
| BRACHIATORS | • brachiators n. Plural of brachiator. • BRACHIATOR n. an animal, such as a gibbon, that progresses by brachiation. |
| BRONCHIALLY | • bronchially adv. In a bronchial way. • BRONCHIAL adv. belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs. |
| CHIAROSCURO | • chiaroscuro n. (Painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts… • chiaroscuro n. (Painting) A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color. • chiaroscuro n. (Art) A woodcut technique in which several woodcut blocks are used to print different shades of a color… |
| CHIASTOLITE | • chiastolite n. (Mineralogy) An aluminosilicate mineral having carbon inclusions, a variety of andalusite. • CHIASTOLITE n. a form of andalusite, a silicate of aluminium. |
| MONOMACHIAS | • monomachias n. Plural of monomachia. • MONOMACHIA n. single combat; a duel, also MONOMACHY. |
| MOUSTACHIAL | • moustachial adj. (Zoology) Resembling a moustache; applied to certain markings on birds. • MOUSTACHIAL adj. related to a moustache. |
| PAROCHIALLY | • parochially adv. In a parochial manner. • PAROCHIAL adv. local; confined to one region. |
| PARONYCHIAL | • paronychial adj. Relating to paronychia. • PARONYCHIAL adj. relating to a paronychia, a whitlow. |
| PARONYCHIAS | • paronychias n. Plural of paronychia. • PARONYCHIA n. a whitlow, or felon. |
| PERIONYCHIA | • PERIONYCHIUM n. tissue surrounding a nail. |
| PSYCHIATERS | • psychiaters n. Plural of psychiater. • PSYCHIATER n. (archaic) a psychiatrist, also PSYCHIATRIST. |
| PSYCHIATRIC | • psychiatric adj. Of, or relating to, psychiatry. • psychiatric n. (Dated) A person who has a psychiatric disorder. • PSYCHIATRIC adj. relating to psychiatry, also PSYCHIATRICAL. |
| SAURISCHIAN | • saurischian n. Any dinosaur of the order Saurischia. • saurischian adj. Characteristic of the dinosaurs of the order Saurischia. • SAURISCHIAN n. any dinosaur of the Saurischia. |
| TRIBRACHIAL | • TRIBRACHIAL adj. of or like a tribrach, also TRIBRACHIC. |
| WELWITSCHIA | • welwitschia n. Welwitschia mirabilis, a desert plant of southwest Africa. • WELWITSCHIA n. a plant of a SW African genus of one species, with one pair of leaves that grow indefinitely. |