| APOTHECARY | • apothecary n. (Archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical)… • apothecary n. (Archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary’s shop, a drugstore. • apothecary n. (Uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine. |
| APOTHECIAL | • apothecial adj. (Lichenology) Relating to the apothecium. • APOTHECIAL adj. relating to an apothecium, an open cup- or disc-shaped fruiting body borne by many lichens. |
| APOTHECIUM | • apothecium n. (Lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures… • APOTHECIUM n. the spore-producing organ of certain fungi, also APOTHECE. |
| APOTHEOSES | • apotheoses n. Plural of apotheosis. • APOTHEOSIS n. a perfect example of its type. |
| APOTHEOSIS | • apotheosis n. The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification. • apotheosis n. Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status. • apotheosis n. A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief). |
| HYPOTHECAE | • hypothecae n. Plural of hypotheca. • HYPOTHECA n. the inner and younger layer of the cell wall of a diatom. |
| HYPOTHESES | • hypotheses n. Plural of hypothesis. • HYPOTHESIS n. a supposition, an assumption. |
| HYPOTHESIS | • hypothesis n. (Sciences) Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific… • hypothesis n. (General) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation. • hypothesis n. (Grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement. |
| HYPOTHETIC | • hypothetic adj. Based on hypothesis or theory; hypothetical. • hypothetic adj. Existing as an abstract concept rather than a concrete reality. • HYPOTHETIC adj. of the nature of a hypothesis, also HYPOTHETICAL. |
| HYPOTHYMIA | • HYPOTHYMIA n. a state of depression; a diminished emotional response. |
| OPOTHERAPY | • opotherapy n. Organotherapy. • OPOTHERAPY n. treatment by administration of extracts of animal organs, esp. ductless glands. |
| POTHERIEST | • POTHERY adj. confused, in turmoil. |
| POTHOLDERS | • potholders n. Plural of potholder. • pot␣holders n. Plural of pot holder. • POTHOLDER n. a piece of material used to protect the hands while lifting a pot from the oven. |
| POTHOLINGS | • POTHOLING n. the sport of exploring potholes. |
| POTHUNTERS | • pothunters n. Plural of pothunter. • POTHUNTER n. someone who hunts for the pot; someone who competes merely to get trophies. |
| POTHUNTING | • pothunting n. The hunting of animals to be cooked as food. • pothunting n. Careless, profiteering archeology. • POTHUNTING n. going round to athletic meetings to win trophies. |
| TYPOTHETAE | • typothetae n. (Obsolete) printers. • TYPOTHETAE n. printers collectively; used in the names of organized associations, as of master printers. |