DETHRONEMENT | • dethronement n. The act of being dethroned; the state of having been dethroned or removed from a superior place in a hierarchy. • DETHRONEMENT n. the act of dethroning. |
ENTHRONEMENT | • enthronement n. The act of enthroning or the state of being enthroned. • ENTHRONEMENT n. the act of enthroning. |
ETHNOCENTRIC | • ethnocentric adj. Of or pertaining to ethnocentrism. • ETHNOCENTRIC adj. characterized by or based on the attitude that one's own group is superior. |
HETEROKONTAN | • heterokontan adj. Belonging to the heterokonts. • HETEROKONTAN adj. of or like a heterokont, a kind of yellow-green alga. |
NITROMETHANE | • nitromethane n. A colourless oily liquid used in organic synthesis, and as a fuel for rockets, racing cars and model aircraft. • nitromethane n. (Chemistry) the simplest nitroparaffin, CH3NO2. • NITROMETHANE n. a liquid nitroparaffin used as an industrial solvent and as a fuel for rockets and high-performance engines. |
NONARCHITECT | • nonarchitect n. One who is not an architect. • NONARCHITECT n. one who is not an architect. |
NORTHEASTERN | • northeastern adj. Of, related to, located in, or from the northeast. • north-eastern adj. (Chiefly UK) Alternative form of northeastern. • NORTHEASTERN adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated northeast. |
NORTHERNMOST | • northernmost adj. Farthest north. • NORTHERNMOST adj. most northerly, also NORTHERMOST, NORTHMOST. |
NORTHWESTERN | • northwestern adj. Of or pertaining to the northwest; from or to in such a direction. • northwestern adj. (Of wind) Blowing from that direction. • northwestern n. A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the northwest of North America. |
PHOTONEUTRON | • photoneutron n. (Physics) Any neutron produced by a photonuclear reaction. • PHOTONEUTRON n. a neutron emitted from a nucleus as a result of photodisintegration. |
TECHNETRONIC | • technetronic adj. Relating to computers and communications technologies as a means of transforming society. • TECHNETRONIC adj. shaped or influenced by the changes wrought by advances in technology and communications. |
THUNDERSTONE | • thunderstone n. (Archaic) A thunderbolt. • thunderstone n. A stone or fossil thought to be, or be caused by, a thunderbolt striking the earth. • thunderstone n. A belemnite. |
TREPHINATION | • trephination n. The surgical procedure in which a hole is drilled in the skull and a circular piece of bone removed. • TREPHINATION n. a surgical cutting open of the skull, also TREPANATION. |
XANTHOPTERIN | • xanthopterin n. A yellow crystalline solid that occurs mainly in the wings of butterflies and in the urine of mammals… • XANTHOPTERIN n. a yellow pigment obtainable from the wings of yellow butterflies and the urine of mammals, also XANTHOPTERINE. |