ADHESION | • adhesion n. The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance. • adhesion n. Persistent attachment or loyalty. • adhesion n. An agreement to adhere. |
ANECHOIC | • anechoic adj. (Acoustics) Lacking echoes; that absorbs sound. • ANECHOIC adj. free from echoes and reverberations. |
ANTIHERO | • antihero n. (Literature, role-playing games) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal… • anti-hero n. Alternative form of antihero. • ANTIHERO n. a character with qualities opposite to those of the (conventional) hero. |
APHELION | • aphelion n. (Astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, etc., where it is farthest from the Sun. • APHELION n. (Greek) the farthest point of a planet's orbit from the sun. |
APHONIES | • aphonies n. Plural of aphony. • APHONY n. loss of voice. |
BOHEMIAN | • bohemian n. An unconventional or nonconformist artist or writer. • bohemian adj. Unconventional, especially in habit or dress. • Bohemian n. A native or resident of Bohemia. |
DIAPHONE | • diaphone n. A kind of organ pipe. • diaphone n. A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air. • diaphone n. (Phonology) A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme; all the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered… |
ETHANOIC | • ethanoic adj. (Organic chemistry) Having the group CH3COO-. • ETHANOIC adj. as in ethanoic acid, the same as acetic acid. |
EUPHONIA | • euphonia n. Any of the birds of the genus Euphonia. • euphonia n. Euphony. • Euphonia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fringillidae. |
HEXANOIC | • hexanoic adj. Of or pertaining to hexanoic acid or its derivatives; caproic. • HEXANOIC adj. as in hexanoic acid, a component of palm oil. |
HYOIDEAN | • hyoidean adj. (Anatomy, zootomy, relational) Synonym of hyoid. • HYOIDEAN adj. pertaining to the hyoid, a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue, also HYOIDAL. |
INCHOATE | • inchoate adj. Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature. • inchoate adj. Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling. • inchoate adj. (Law) Of a crime, imposing criminal liability for an incompleted act. |
LIONHEAD | • lionhead n. A lionhead rabbit. • lionhead n. A lionhead cichlid. • LIONHEAD n. a small long-tailed breed of rabbit. |
OBEAHING | • obeahing v. Present participle of obeah. • OBEAH v. to bewitch. |
PHELONIA | • phelonia n. Plural of phelonion. • PHELONION n. a liturgical vestment, also PHAELONION. |
THIONATE | • thionate n. (Chemistry) Any salt or ester of a thionic acid. • THIONATE n. a sulphur compound. |