(zoology) Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
coryphaenoididae
cryptobranchidae
cylindrocephalic
dehydrosparteine
demonstratorship
demonstratorship
noun
A position as a demonstrator (at a university etc.).
demorphinization
demorphinization
noun
The gradual reduction in the dose of morphine to a person who is addicted to it
derencephalocele
desulphurization
desulphurization
noun
(Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of desulfurization
diacetylmorphine
diacetylmorphine
noun
(pharmacology) The INN name for the drug heroin.
diphenylthiourea
endocrinotherapy
endocrinotherapy
noun
(medicine) The treatment of disease by administration of hormones produced by the endocrine glands
enteradenography
frontosphenoidal
gynandromorphism
gynandromorphism
noun
The condition of being a gynandromorph.
gynandromorphous
gynandromorphous
adj
Alternative form of gynandromorphic
hydropneumatosis
hyperadrenalemia
hyperdeification
hyperdeterminant
hyperdeterminant
noun
(mathematics) A generalisation of a determinant in a higher dimension.
hyperdiatessaron
hyperdimensional
hyperdimensional
adj
Of or pertaining to a system having more dimensions than naturally observed in our universe.
hypertetrahedron
hypertetrahedron
noun
(geometry) An analog of a tetrahedron that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
hypochondriacism
hypochondriacism
noun
(medicine) hypochondriasis
hypocotyledonary
hypocotyledonary
adj
(anatomy) Beneath the cotyledons
orbitosphenoidal
orbitosphenoidal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the orbitosphenoid bone.
overhandicapping
overhandicapping
verb
present participle of overhandicap
palaeotheriodont
parthenogonidium
pentadecahydrate
pentadecahydrate
noun
(chemistry) A hydrate containing fifteen molecules of water per molecule or unit cell.
perhydrogenation
phagodynamometer
phagodynamometer
noun
An instrument that measures the force required to crush a given food in masticating.
pharmacodynamics
pharmacodynamics
noun
(pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that studies the effects and modes of action of drugs upon the body.
phoenicopteridae
phonocardiograph
phonocardiograph
noun
(medicine) A device that records and displays the sounds made by the heart.
phonodynamograph
pithecanthropoid
pithecanthropoid
adj
Pertaining to or characteristic of the pithecanthropoids.
noun
One of the first species of hominid that is considered truly human, originally classed as genus Pithecanthropus but now classed as genus Homo.
pseudoanthropoid
pseudobranchiate
pseudoparenchyma
pseudoparenchyme
radioanaphylaxis
radiotelephoning
radiotelephoning
verb
present participle of radiotelephone
residentiaryship
residentiaryship
noun
The rank or office of a residentiary.
saccopharyngidae
sphenomandibular
sphenomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a ligament connecting the sphenoid bone and mandibular foramen that limits distension of the mandible in an inferior direction.
spondylarthritis
spondylarthritis
noun
Alternative form of spondyloarthritis.
subcommandership
superdreadnought
superdreadnought
noun
A battleship of a class more powerful than the earlier dreadnoughts.