ARTHROPLASTY | • arthroplasty n. (Surgery) The surgical repair of a joint, or creation of an artificial joint, such as a hip replacement. • ARTHROPLASTY n. surgical reconstruction of a joint. |
CHARTERPARTY | • charterparty n. A contract between a shipowner and a merchant, under which a ship is hired for the conveyance of goods etc. • CHARTERPARTY n. the common written form in which a contract of affreightment is expressed. |
CRYPTARITHMS | • cryptarithms n. Plural of cryptarithm. • CRYPTARITHM n. an arithmetic problem in which letters have been substituted for numbers and which is solved by finding all possible pairings of digits with letters that produce a numerically correct answer. |
HAIRSPLITTER | • hairsplitter n. A stickler person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something… • hair-splitter n. Alternative form of hairsplitter. • HAIRSPLITTER n. one that makes excessively fine distinctions in reasoning. |
HETEROPTERAN | • heteropteran n. (Biology) Any of very many insects of the suborder Heteroptera. • HETEROPTERAN adj. relating to the Heteroptera, a suborder of hemipterous insects, including bedbugs, water bugs, etc., also HETEROPTEROUS. • HETEROPTERAN n. a member of the Heteroptera. |
INTERCHAPTER | • interchapter n. An intervening or inserted chapter. • interchapter adj. Between chapters. • INTERCHAPTER n. an intercalary chapter in a book, not numbered in the general sequence. |
ORTHOPTERANS | • orthopterans n. Plural of orthopteran. • ORTHOPTERAN n. any member of the Orthoptera, an order of mandibulate insects, also ORTHOPTERON. |
PANARTHRITIS | • panarthritis n. (Medicine) arthritis in all of the joints. • panarthritis n. (Medicine) inflammation of all the structures of a joint. • PANARTHRITIS n. arthritis of all joints of body, or of the whole of one joint. |
PATRIARCHATE | • patriarchate n. (Christianity) The term of office of a Christian patriarch. • patriarchate n. The office or ecclesial jurisdiction of such a patriarch. • patriarchate n. The office-space occupied by a patriarch and his staff. |
PROSTANTHERA | • Prostanthera prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – mintbushes. • PROSTANTHERA n. an Australian bush, with strongly scented leaves and red or white flowers. |
PROTHONOTARY | • prothonotary n. (Obsolete, historical) A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome. • prothonotary n. (Roman Catholicism) One of the seven prelates, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office… • prothonotary n. A registrar or chief clerk in various courts of law, especially (US) in a county court, (Australia)… |
PROTOTHERIAN | • prototherian adj. Belonging or pertaining to the subclass Prototheria of monotremes. • prototherian n. Any of the egg-laying mammals of the subclass Prototheria; a monotreme. • PROTOTHERIAN adj. pertaining to a member of Prototheria, which comprises the order Monotremata and related fossil forms. |
SHATTERPROOF | • shatterproof adj. Resistant to shattering; difficult to break. • shatterproof v. (Transitive) To make resistant to shattering. • SHATTERPROOF adj. proof against shattering. |
STRATIGRAPHY | • stratigraphy n. (Geology) The study of rock layers and the layering process (stratification). • stratigraphy n. (Archaeology) The layering of deposits, with newer remains overlaying older ones, forming a chronology of the site. • STRATIGRAPHY n. the study of geological layers or strata. |
STRATOSPHERE | • stratosphere n. (Geology, obsolete) Collectively, those layers of the Earth’s crust which primarily comprise stratified deposits. • stratosphere n. (Meteorology) The region of the uppermost atmosphere where temperature increases along with the altitude… • STRATOSPHERE n. a region of the atmosphere beginning about 4.5 to 10 miles up, in which temperature does not fall as altitude increases. |
TETRAMORPHIC | • tetramorphic adj. Having four forms. • tetramorphic adj. Relating to a tetramorph. • TETRAMORPHIC adj. having four forms. |
TRACHYPTERUS | • TRACHYPTERUS n. any member of the dealfish genus Trachypterus. |
TRAITORSHIPS | • TRAITORSHIP n. the state of being a traitor. |
TRAPSHOOTERS | • trapshooters n. Plural of trapshooter. • TRAPSHOOTER n. a person who engages in trapshooting. |
TRICHOPTERAN | • trichopteran n. Any insect of the order Trichoptera. • trichopteran adj. Trichopterous. • TRICHOPTERAN n. any member of the Trichoptera, caddis flies. |