Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.
butterflyfishes
butterflyfishes
noun
plural of butterflyfish
chlamydobacteriaceous
chlamydobacteriales
cohesibility
cohesibility
noun
The state of being cohesible.
comprehensibility
comprehensibility
noun
The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity.
diethylstilbestrol
diethylstilbestrol
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic estrogen drug C₁₈H₂₀O₂ used formerly to prevent miscarriage or premature delivery in humans and to promote growth in livestock. The medical use of diethystilbestrol was discontinued in the U.S. during the early 1970s due to its association with serious side effects (such as reproductive tract abnormalities and increased rates of infertility) in offspring exposed to the drug while developing in the uterus. It is no longer commercially available in the U.S. and its use is currently limited to specially compounded formulations for veterinary care.
diethylstilboestrol
diethylstilboestrol
noun
(pharmacology) UK spelling of diethylstilbestrol.
endolabyrinthitis
erythroblastic
erythroblastic
adj
Relating to erythroblasts.
erythroblastosis
erythroblastosis
noun
(pathology) A medical condition in which erythroblasts are abnormally found in the blood
erythroblastotic
erythroblastotic
adj
Exhibiting, or relating to, erythroblastosis.
exhaustibility
exhaustibility
noun
The property of being exhaustible.
haemocytoblastic
hebraistically
hebraistically
Adverb
In a Hebraistic sense or form.
hemocytoblastic
heptasyllabic
heptasyllabic
Adjective
Having seven syllables.
heteroblastically
heteroblastically
adv
In a heteroblastic manner.
heterosyllabic
heterosyllabic
adj
(linguistics) Not occurring in the same syllable.
hyperbolist
hyperbolist
noun
One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
hyperbolists
hyperbolists
noun
plural of hyperbolist
hypercatabolism
hypercatabolism
noun
An increased rate of catabolism.
hyperexcitableness
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
hypermetabolism
hypermetabolism
noun
(biochemistry) The physiological state of increased metabolic activity, typically occurring after significant damage to the body
hyperobtrusively
hypersensibility
hypersensibility
noun
hyperesthesia
hypersuggestibility
hypersuggestibility
noun
The quality of being hypersuggestible.
hypersuggestible
hypersuggestible
adj
Extremely suggestible.
hypersuggestibleness
hypersuggestibly
hypersusceptibility
hypersusceptibility
noun
A greater than normal susceptibility to something, such as light or infection.
hypersusceptible
hypersusceptible
adj
(medicine) Extremely susceptible; having an elevated susceptibility
hypnotisable
hypnotisable
adj
Alternative spelling of hypnotizable
hypostilbite
imperishability
imperishability
noun
The quality of being imperishable.
inapprehensibility
inapprehensibility
noun
The quality of being inapprehensible.
incomprehensibility
incomprehensibility
noun
(countable) Something that cannot be understood.
(uncountable) The condition of being incomprehensible.
inexhaustibility
inexhaustibility
noun
The state or condition of being inexhaustible.
inexhaustibly
inexhaustibly
adv
In an inexhaustible manner.
To an inexhaustible degree.
inextinguishability
inextinguishability
noun
The state of not being extinguishable.
inextinguishably
inextinguishably
adv
In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
irreprehensibility
isobathythermal
isobutyraldehyde
isobutyraldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The aldehyde 2-methylpropanal derived from isobutanol
lymhpangiophlebitis
merchandisability
merchandisability
noun
The quality of being merchandisable.
nonapprehensibility
nonreprehensibility
perilabyrinthitis
peripylephlebitis
perishability
perishability
noun
The quality of being perishable.
perishabilty
phlebarteriodialysis
prehensibility
prehensibility
noun
The condition of being prehensible
pseudocharitably
pylephlebitis
pylephlebitis
noun
infective suppurative thrombosis of the portal vein
pylethrombophlebitis
pylethrombosis
reprehensibility
reprehensibility
noun
The property of being reprehensible.
shareability
shareability
noun
The quality or state of being shareable.
sketchability
sketchability
noun
The quality of being sketchable.
stibethyl
strephosymbolia
strephosymbolia
noun
A tendency, associated with word blindness, to twist or invert certain similar letters (such as b and d) when reading.
stretchability
stretchability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is stretchable
(uncountable) The state of being stretchable
submetaphorically
subprehensility
thelyblastic
thermostability
thermostability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is thermostable
