| BETROTHMENT | • betrothment n. The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed. • BETROTHMENT n. the state of being betrothed. |
| BROTHERHOOD | • brotherhood n. The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively). • brotherhood n. An association or people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity. • brotherhood n. All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession. |
| BROTHERLIER | • BROTHERLY adj. like a brother. |
| BROTHERLIKE | • brotherlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a brother. • BROTHERLIKE adj. like a brother. |
| HYDROTHECAE | • hydrothecae n. Plural of hydrotheca. • HYDROTHECA n. the horny cup of a hydranth. |
| HYDROTHORAX | • hydrothorax n. (Medicine) The presence of fluid in the pleural cavity. • HYDROTHORAX n. water liquid in the pleural cavity. |
| PROTHALAMIA | • prothalamia n. Plural of prothalamion. • prothalamia n. Plural of prothalamium. • PROTHALAMIUM n. (Spenser) a song in honour of a marriage, also PROTHALAMION. |
| PROTHALLIAL | • PROTHALLIAL adj. of or like the prothallium, the growth following a germinating spore, for the purpose of sexual reproduction, producing the antheridia and archegonia. |
| PROTHALLIUM | • prothallium n. A plant, usually a pteridophyte, in gametophyte stage in the metagenesis cycle. • prothallium n. The young gametophyte of a liverwort or peat moss. • PROTHALLIUM n. the free-living gametophyte of a fern or other vascular cryptogam, also PROTHALLUS. |
| PROTHALLOID | • PROTHALLOID adj. relating to the prothallus, the gametophyte or sexual generation in ferns and related plants. |
| PROTHORACES | • prothoraces n. Plural of prothorax. • PROTHORAX n. the first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. |
| PROTHORACIC | • prothoracic adj. Of or pertaining to the prothorax. • PROTHORACIC adj. of or relating to the prothorax. |
| PROTHORAXES | • prothoraxes n. Plural of prothorax. • PROTHORAX n. the first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. |
| PROTHROMBIN | • prothrombin n. (Biochemistry) A glycoprotein, produced in the liver, that is converted into thrombin during bleeding… • PROTHROMBIN n. a protein-like substance present in blood plasma. |
| SEROTHERAPY | • serotherapy n. (Medicine) The therapeutic use of sera or vaccines. • SEROTHERAPY n. treatment with a serum or antitoxin. |
| STEPBROTHER | • stepbrother n. The son of one’s stepparent who is not the son of either of one’s biological parents. • stepbrother n. The stepson of one’s parent who is not one’s half-brother. • step-brother n. Alternative form of stepbrother. |
| TROTHPLIGHT | • trothplight n. (Obsolete) The act of pledging one’s troth; betrothal. • trothplight v. (Obsolete) To betroth. • TROTHPLIGHT n. (archaic) betrothal. |
| TYROTHRICIN | • tyrothricin n. A mixture of the antibiotics tyrocidine and gramicidin, used topically to treat gram-positive bacterial infections. • TYROTHRICIN n. an antibiotic mixture consisting chiefly of tyrocidine and gramicidin and used topically especially against gram-positive bacteria. |
| UNBROTHERLY | • unbrotherly adj. Not brotherly; not befitting a brother. • UNBROTHERLY adj. not brotherly. |
| XEROTHERMIC | • xerothermic adj. (Sciences) Both hot and dry. • xerothermic adj. (Of an organism) That flourishes in hot, dry conditions. • XEROTHERMIC adj. of a region or climate, both dry and hot; of an animal or plant, living in a xerothermic environment. |