(pharmacology) An ergot alkaloid used to treat migraines, believed to act upon serotonin receptors.
diminishingturns
draughtman
draughtman
noun
Archaic form of draughtsman. (one who draws architectural or engineering plans)
draughtmanship
draughtmanship
noun
Alternative form of draughtsmanship
draughtsman
draughtsman
noun
(obsolete) A book illustrator.
(obsolete) One who drinks drams; a tippler.
A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.
A piece in the game of draughts (checkers).
draughtsmanship
draughtsmanship
noun
UK standard spelling of draftsmanship.
draughtsmen
draughtsmen
noun
plural of draughtsman
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
dromaeognathae
dromaeognathism
dromaeognathous
dromaeognathous
adj
(ornithology) Possessing a palatal structure akin to the emu and the other (now extinct) species of the genus Dromaius.
ergatandromorph
ergatandromorph
noun
(biology) An andromorph ant that is also a worker
ergatandromorphic
gandertmeeth
ginglymoarthrodia
ginglymoarthrodial
godmothering
godmothering
verb
present participle of godmother
grandmother
grandmother
noun
A female ancestor or progenitor.
A mother of someone's parent.
grandmotherhood
grandmotherhood
noun
The state of being a grandmother.
grandmotherism
grandmotherism
noun
grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism
grandmotherliness
grandmotherliness
noun
The quality of being grandmotherly.
grandmotherly
grandmotherly
adj
Having the characteristics of a grandmother.
In the manner of a grandmother.
grandmothers
grandmothers
noun
plural of grandmother
greenthumbed
hamstringed
hydrogymnastics
hydrogymnastics
noun
therapeutic gymnastics performed in water
hydromagnesite
hydromagnesite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂.4H₂O, used as a fire retardant.
hydromagnetic
hydromagnetic
adj
Of or pertaining to hydromagnetics.
hydromagnetics
hydromagnetics
noun
magnetohydrodynamics
hydromeningitis
hyperpigmented
hyperpigmented
adj
Afflicted with hyperpigmentation.
infradiaphragmatic
infradiaphragmatic
adj
(medicine) Below the diaphragm.
magnetohydrodynamic
magnetohydrodynamic
adj
Of or pertaining to magnetohydrodynamics.
magnetohydrodynamically
magnetohydrodynamically
adv
In a magnetohydrodynamic way.
magnetohydrodynamics
magnetohydrodynamics
noun
(nautical, engineering) the study of the interaction of water with magnetic fields and its application
(physics) the study of the interaction of electrically conducting fluids with magnetic fields; as in the Earth's core
manganhedenbergite
matchboarding
matchboarding
noun
A type of softwood panelling formerly used for walls and ceilings.
megalornithidae
mithridatising
mithridatising
verb
present participle of mithridatise
mithridatizing
mithridatizing
verb
present participle of mithridatize
parathyroidectomizing
parathyroidectomizing
verb
present participle of parathyroidectomize
parthenogonidium
phagodynamometer
phagodynamometer
noun
An instrument that measures the force required to crush a given food in masticating.
pharyngoamygdalitis
premidnight
premidnight
adj
Before midnight.
radiocinematograph
radiocinematograph
noun
(medicine, historical) An X-ray machine with a camera, able to record moving pictures of the internal organs.
stepgrandmother
stepgrandmother
noun
The mother of one's stepmother or stepfather.
The stepmother of one's father or mother and the wife of one's grandfather, usually a woman that one's grandfather marries after the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandmother.
