AUTOSCHEDIASTIC | • autoschediastic adj. (Dated) impromptu, improvised, ex tempore or offhand. • AUTOSCHEDIASTIC adj. impromptu; on the spur of the moment. |
AUTOSCHEDIAZING | • AUTOSCHEDIAZE v. to improvise. |
COUNTERSHADINGS | • countershadings n. Plural of countershading. • 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. |
DEHUMANISATIONS | • dehumanisations n. Plural of dehumanisation. • DEHUMANISATION n. the process of dehumanising, also DEHUMANIZATION. |
DEHUMANIZATIONS | • dehumanizations n. Plural of dehumanization. • DEHUMANIZATION n. the act of dehumanizing, also DEHUMANISATION. |
DESULPHURATIONS | • desulphurations n. Plural of desulphuration. • DESULPHURATION n. the act of desulphuring. |
DRAUGHTSPERSONS | • draughtspersons n. Plural of draughtsperson. • DRAUGHTSPERSON n. a gender-neutral term for draughtsman or draughtswoman. |
ECHINODERMATOUS | • echinodermatous adj. (Zoology) Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal. • ECHINODERMATOUS adj. of or like an echinoderm. |
EDRIOPHTHALMOUS | • edriophthalmous adj. (Zoology) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma, a former classification of peracarids. • EDRIOPHTHALMOUS adj. of crustaceans, with stalkless eyes, also EDRIOPHTHALMIAN, EDRIOPHTHALMIC. |
ENCHONDROMATOUS | • enchondromatous adj. Relating to enchondroma. • ENCHONDROMATOUS adj. of or like an enchondroma, an abnormal cartilaginous growth. |
HETERODACTYLOUS | • heterodactylous adj. (Zoology) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons. • HETERODACTYLOUS adj. having the first and second toes turned backwards, as in trogons, and not the first and fourth as in parrots. |
HYPERFASTIDIOUS | • hyperfastidious adj. Extremely fastidious. • HYPERFASTIDIOUS adj. excessively fastidious. |
PHOTODUPLICATES | • photoduplicates n. Plural of photoduplicate. • PHOTODUPLICATE v. to duplicate by photocopier. |
PSEUDOARTHROSES | • pseudoarthroses n. Plural of pseudoarthrosis. • PSEUDOARTHROSIS 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 PSEUDARTHROSIS. |
PSEUDOARTHROSIS | • pseudoarthrosis n. Alternative form of pseudarthrosis. • PSEUDOARTHROSIS 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 PSEUDARTHROSIS. |
RADICULOPATHIES | • radiculopathies n. Plural of radiculopathy. |
SOUTHWESTWARDLY | • southwestwardly adv. Toward the southwest. • SOUTHWESTWARDLY adv. in a southwesterly direction. |
UNSOPHISTICATED | • unsophisticated adj. Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication. • UNSOPHISTICATED adj. not sophisticated. |