| ANTIPHONAL | • antiphonal n. A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner. • antiphonal n. An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner. • antiphonal adj. (Music) Characterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by… |
| ANTIPHONER | • antiphoner n. An antiphonal. • ANTIPHONER n. a book of antiphons or of anthems, also ANTIPHONAL, ANTIPHONARY. |
| ANTIPHONIC | • antiphonic adj. Having the presence of an antiphon between two choirs with a call and a response in song or in chant… • ANTIPHONIC adj. mutually responsive, also ANTIPHONICAL. |
| AUDIPHONES | • audiphones n. Plural of audiphone. • AUDIPHONE n. an instrument which, pressed against the teeth, communicates sounds through the bones to the ears. |
| DIPHOSGENE | • diphosgene n. (Organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic… • DIPHOSGENE n. a liquid compound used as a poisonous gas. |
| EPIPHONEMA | • epiphonema n. (Rhetoric) An exclamation or reflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse. • EPIPHONEMA n. an exclamation, finishing phrase or reflection. |
| KNIPHOFIAS | • kniphofias n. Plural of kniphofia. • KNIPHOFIA n. any plant of the Kniphofia genus, the red-hot poker. |
| ODORIPHORE | • ODORIPHORE n. the group of atoms in an odorous molecule responsible for its odour. |
| PERIPHONIC | • PERIPHONIC adj. relating to a sound system with many speakers. |
| SIPHONAGES | • siphonages n. Plural of siphonage. • SIPHONAGE n. the action of a siphon, also SYPHONAGE. |
| SIPHONOGAM | • SIPHONOGAM n. a plant reproducing by seed. |
| TOXIPHOBIA | • toxiphobia n. Alternative form of toxicophobia. • TOXIPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of poisoning, also TOXICOPHOBIA. |
| XIPHOPAGIC | • xiphopagic adj. (Rare) Synonym of xiphopagus. • XIPHOPAGIC adj. relating to a xiphopagus. |
| XIPHOPAGUS | • xiphopagus adj. (Of conjoined twins) United at the xiphoid process. • xiphopagus n. (Countable) Either of a pair of congenitally joined twins (Siamese twin) united at the xiphoid process. • xiphopagus n. (Uncountable) The condition of being such a twin. |
| XIPHOSURAN | • xiphosuran n. (Zoology) Any member of the order Xiphosura, including horseshoe crabs. • xiphosuran adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the order Xiphosura. • XIPHOSURAN adj. belonging to the Xiphosura, an order of Arthropoda of which the only survivors are the king crabs. |