(organic chemistry) 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone, a stimulant laxative formally derived from anthraquinone.
chrysenic
chrysogen
chrysogen
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene.
chrysorin
chymosins
chymosins
noun
plural of chymosin
cyphonism
cyphonism
noun
(formerly, by confusion) An ancient punishment in which the criminal was smeared with honey and exposed to insects.
An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
duncishly
duncishly
adv
In a duncish manner.
dysphonic
dysphonic
adj
Having or relating to dysphonia.
noun
A person who has dysphonia.
echinomys
eschynite
eschynite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium.
hesitancy
hesitancy
noun
A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.
honeysuck
honeysuck
noun
(dialect, archaic) honeysuckle
hyacinths
hyacinths
noun
plural of hyacinth
hygienics
hygienics
noun
The science of hygiene
hyoscines
hyoscines
noun
plural of hyoscine
hypnocyst
hypnocyst
noun
(biology) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily enclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food.
hypnotics
hypnotics
noun
plural of hypnotic
hypochnus
isochrony
isochrony
noun
The state of being isochronous.
lychnises
lychnises
noun
plural of lychnis
lynchings
lynchings
noun
plural of lynching
mischancy
mischancy
adj
(archaic, Scotland) dangerous
(archaic, Scotland) unfortunate
namaycush
namaycush
noun
(Canada, US) The togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.
onychitis
onychitis
noun
Synonym of onychia
onychosis
onychosis
noun
(pathology) Any disease or disorder of the fingernails or toenails.
pachynsis
physician
physician
noun
A medical doctor trained in human medicine.
A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery.
rhynchops
schynbald
schynbald
noun
(historical) A piece of plate armor (from the 1200s to the 1400s) for the lower leg (shin): a metal plate, often strapped over mail or padding, now especially one which did not completely enclose the lower leg like a greave might.
scytheman
scytheman
noun
One who uses a scythe; a mower.
snatchily
snatchily
adv
In a snatchy manner.
staunchly
staunchly
adv
In a staunch manner.
strychnia
strychnia
noun
(archaic, chemistry) strychnine
strychnic
strychnic
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to strychnine.
strychnin
strychnin
noun
Obsolete form of strychnine.
strychnol
strychnos
sycophant
sycophant
noun
(obsolete) An informer; a talebearer.
One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
(transitive, rare) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
symbranch
symphonic
symphonic
adj
(music) Characteristic of a symphony
synanthic
synchitic
synchrone
synchrony
synchrony
noun
synchronicity, the state of two or more events occurring at the same time.
synchysis
synchysis
noun
(poetics) A complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil and his contemporaries.
(rhetoric) Confused arrangement of words in a sentence
A confused mixture.
Fluidity of the vitreous humour of the eye.
synechiae
synechiae
noun
plural of synechia
synechist
synethnic
synochoid
synochoid
adj
(medicine, obsolete) synochal
synochous
synthetic
synthetic
adj
(chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
(grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic).
(linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships (compare analytic).
(medicine) Produced by synthesis, thought to have the same effect as its natural counterpart, but chemically different from it.