ADIATHERMANOUS | • ADIATHERMANOUS adj. not permeable by or able to conduct radiant heat. |
ANDROCEPHALOUS | • androcephalous adj. Having a human head (upon an animal’s body), like the Egyptian sphinx. • ANDROCEPHALOUS adj. with a human head. |
BOARDINGHOUSES | • boardinghouses n. Plural of boardinghouse. • boarding␣houses n. Plural of boarding house. • BOARDINGHOUSE n. a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests. |
COUNTERSHADING | • countershading n. A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation… • COUNTERSHADING n. cryptic coloration of an animal with parts normally in shadow being light and parts normally illuminated being dark thereby reducing shadows and contours. |
DAUGHTERBOARDS | • daughterboards n. Plural of daughterboard. • DAUGHTERBOARD n. a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer. |
DESULPHURATION | • desulphuration n. The act or process of depriving of sulfur. • DESULPHURATION n. the act of desulphuring. |
DRAUGHTSPERSON | • draughtsperson n. Alternative spelling of draftsperson. • DRAUGHTSPERSON n. a gender-neutral term for draughtsman or draughtswoman. |
HYALURONIDASES | • hyaluronidases n. Plural of hyaluronidase. • HYALURONIDASE n. a mucolytic enzyme that facilitates the spread of fluids through tissues by lowering the viscosity of hyaluronic acid. |
HYDROCEPHALOUS | • hydrocephalous adj. Having a swollen head. • hydrocephalous adj. (Medicine) Afflicted with hydrocephalus. • HYDROCEPHALOUS adj. suffering from hydrocephaly, also HYDROCEPHALIC. |
HYDROSULPHATES | • hydrosulphates n. Plural of hydrosulphate. • HYDROSULPHATE n. any quaternary acid salt formed by addition of an organic base to sulphuric acid, such as aniline hydrosulphate. |
PACHYDERMATOUS | • pachydermatous adj. Of or relating to the pachyderms. • pachydermatous adj. Like an elephant. • pachydermatous adj. (Humorous) Thick-skinned; insensitive. |
PSEUDARTHROSES | • pseudarthroses n. Plural of pseudarthrosis. • PSEUDARTHROSIS n. a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united, also PSEUDOARTHROSIS. |
PSEUDARTHROSIS | • pseudarthrosis n. (Pathology) A bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture. • pseudarthrosis n. (Surgery) A failed fusion after an arthrodesis surgery. • pseudarthrosis n. (Architecture) A groove in a block of stone that simulates a joint. |
PSEUDOGRAPHIES | • pseudographies n. Plural of pseudography. • PSEUDOGRAPHY n. unsatisfactory spelling. |
SOUTHEASTWARDS | • southeastwards adj. Southeastward. • southeastwards adv. Southeastward. • SOUTHEASTWARDS adv. in a southeasterly direction, also SOUTHEASTWARD. |
SOUTHWESTWARDS | • southwestwards adj. Southwestward. • southwestwards adv. Southwestward. • SOUTHWESTWARDS adv. in a southwesterly direction, also SOUTHWESTWARD. |
STOUTHEARTEDLY | • stoutheartedly adv. Bravely, courageously. • stoutheartedly adv. Resolutely. • stout-heartedly adv. Alternative form of stoutheartedly. |