AKOLOUTHOSES | • AKOLOUTHOS n. (historical) the head of the Varangian guard of the Byzantine emperors, also ACOLOUTHOS, AKOLUTHOS. |
BUTTONHOOKED | • buttonhooked v. Simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook. • BUTTONHOOK v. to make a kind of offensive play in American football. |
ELECTROSHOCK | • electroshock n. (An) electric shock. • electroshock n. (Medicine) Electroconvulsive therapy. • electroshock v. (Medicine) To administer electroconvulsive therapy. |
HETEROKARYON | • heterokaryon n. (Biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei. • HETEROKARYON n. a cell, as in the mycelium of a fungus, that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei. |
HETEROKONTAN | • heterokontan adj. Belonging to the heterokonts. • HETEROKONTAN adj. of or like a heterokont, a kind of yellow-green alga. |
KINETOCHORES | • kinetochores n. Plural of kinetochore. • KINETOCHORE n. a structure forming at the centromere during mitosis for binding microtubules. |
LUCKENBOOTHS | • LUCKENBOOTH n. (Scots) a shop or booth esp. in 18th century Edinburgh. |
PHOTOKINESES | • photokineses n. Plural of photokinesis. • PHOTOKINESIS n. motion or activity induced by light. |
PHOTOKINESIS | • photokinesis n. Any movement that is in response to light. • photokinesis n. (Parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate light. • PHOTOKINESIS n. motion or activity induced by light. |
PHOTOKINETIC | • photokinetic adj. Of or pertaining to photokinesis. • PHOTOKINETIC adj. relating to photokinesis. |
POCKETPHONES | • pocketphones n. Plural of pocketphone. • POCKETPHONE n. a mobile phone. |
POIKILOTHERM | • poikilotherm adj. Cold-blooded. • poikilotherm n. A cold-blooded animal. • POIKILOTHERM n. an organism that takes on the temperature of its surroundings. |
STOCKHOLDERS | • stockholders n. Plural of stockholder. • STOCKHOLDER n. an owner of corporate stock. |