Definitions
nociceptor: (n) A sensory receptor that responds to painful or potentially injurious stimuli.
brunneous: (adj) Dark brown - mostly in Entomology.
schottische: (n) A dance of foreign origin resembling the polka, first introduced in England in 1848. Also the music for such a dance.
pulchritude: (n) 1. Beauty.
2. As a count noun. A beauty; a beautiful quality or feature.
solivagant: (adj) Wandering about alone; characterized by going alone.
(n) One who wanders about alone.
strophulus: A papular eruption on the skin of infants; it has several varieties, known popularly as red-gum, white-gum, tooth-rash, etc.
murenger: (n) An officer responsible for keeping the walls of a city in good repair.
xanthoma: (n) An affection of the skin, characterized by the growth of yellowish patches or tubercles. Also, especially in modern use, such a patch or tubercle.
bhalu: (n) Nepali word for whore,slut, bitch.
tichorhine: (adj) Having an ossified nasal septum; the English form of the specific name of the Woolly Rhinoceros.
ossify: (v) 1. To convert into bone; to harden, to make like bone.
2. To undergo ossification.
3. To harden; to cause to become emotionally callous; to cause to become rigid or fixed.
4. To become emotionally hardened or callous; to become rigid or fixed in attitude, etc.
hypertrophic: (adj) 1. Of the nature of, affected with, or producing hypertrophy.
2. In Grammar: Characterized by excess of expression.
hypertrophy: (n) 1. Enlargement of a part or organ of an animal or plant, produced by excessive nutrition; excessive growth or development.
2. Overgrowth.
vinculum: (n) 1. A bond of union; a tie.
2. In Mathematics: A straight line drawn over two or more terms, denoting that these are to be considered as subject to the same operations of multiplication, division, etc., by another term.
3. In Anatomy: A ligament or frenum.
carmagnole: (n) 1. Name of a lively song and dance, popular among the French revolutionists in 1793.
2. A nickname for a soldier in the French revolutionary army; applied by Burns to the devil, as the author of mischief or ruin.
3. The bombastic style adopted in reporting the successes of the French revolutionary army.
xanthosis: (n) the yellow discolouration often observed in cancerous tumours; the formation of a yellow skin or pigment.
maculature: (n) 1. In Printing: A sheet of waste paper or blotting paper; waste material.
2. In Engraving: An impression taken from a block or print in order to remove residual ink from it before re-inking.
fibranne: (n) A linenlike fabric made of spun-rayon yarn.
vivisepulture: (n) The practice of burying someone alive; the state of being buried alive
brunneous: (adj) Dark brown - mostly in Entomology.
schottische: (n) A dance of foreign origin resembling the polka, first introduced in England in 1848. Also the music for such a dance.
pulchritude: (n) 1. Beauty.
2. As a count noun. A beauty; a beautiful quality or feature.
solivagant: (adj) Wandering about alone; characterized by going alone.
(n) One who wanders about alone.
strophulus: A papular eruption on the skin of infants; it has several varieties, known popularly as red-gum, white-gum, tooth-rash, etc.
murenger: (n) An officer responsible for keeping the walls of a city in good repair.
xanthoma: (n) An affection of the skin, characterized by the growth of yellowish patches or tubercles. Also, especially in modern use, such a patch or tubercle.
bhalu: (n) Nepali word for whore,slut, bitch.
tichorhine: (adj) Having an ossified nasal septum; the English form of the specific name of the Woolly Rhinoceros.
ossify: (v) 1. To convert into bone; to harden, to make like bone.
2. To undergo ossification.
3. To harden; to cause to become emotionally callous; to cause to become rigid or fixed.
4. To become emotionally hardened or callous; to become rigid or fixed in attitude, etc.
hypertrophic: (adj) 1. Of the nature of, affected with, or producing hypertrophy.
2. In Grammar: Characterized by excess of expression.
hypertrophy: (n) 1. Enlargement of a part or organ of an animal or plant, produced by excessive nutrition; excessive growth or development.
2. Overgrowth.
vinculum: (n) 1. A bond of union; a tie.
2. In Mathematics: A straight line drawn over two or more terms, denoting that these are to be considered as subject to the same operations of multiplication, division, etc., by another term.
3. In Anatomy: A ligament or frenum.
carmagnole: (n) 1. Name of a lively song and dance, popular among the French revolutionists in 1793.
2. A nickname for a soldier in the French revolutionary army; applied by Burns to the devil, as the author of mischief or ruin.
3. The bombastic style adopted in reporting the successes of the French revolutionary army.
xanthosis: (n) the yellow discolouration often observed in cancerous tumours; the formation of a yellow skin or pigment.
maculature: (n) 1. In Printing: A sheet of waste paper or blotting paper; waste material.
2. In Engraving: An impression taken from a block or print in order to remove residual ink from it before re-inking.
fibranne: (n) A linenlike fabric made of spun-rayon yarn.
vivisepulture: (n) The practice of burying someone alive; the state of being buried alive