| hypoesthesia | (n) impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity, Syn. hypesthesia |
| koestler | (n) British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983), Syn. Arthur Koestler |
| loestrin | (n) trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone |
| oestridae | (n) warble flies, Syn. Hypodermatidae, family Hypodermatidae, family Oestridae |
| oestrus | (n) type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies, Syn. genus Oestrus |
| shoestring | (n) a small amount of money, Syn. shoe string |
| shoestring catch | (n) (baseball) a running catch made near the ground |
| shoestring fungus | (n) any of several fungi of the genus Armillaria that form brown stringy rhizomorphs and cause destructive rot of the roots of some trees such as apples or maples |
| anestrous | (adj) of or relating to anestrus, Syn. anoestrous, anestric |
| anestrus | (n) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus, Syn. anoestrum, anestrum, anoestrus, Ant. estrus |
| austria | (n) a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century, Syn. Oesterreich, Republic of Austria |
| diestrous | (adj) (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity, Syn. dioestrual, dioestrous, diestrual |
| diethylstilbestrol | (n) a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry, Syn. stilboestrol, DES, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol |
| estradiol | (n) the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer, Syn. oestradiol |
| estriol | (n) a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency, Syn. oestriol |
| estrogen | (n) a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics, Syn. oestrogen |
| estrone | (n) a naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency, Syn. theelin, Estronol, oestrone |
| estrus | (n) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity, Syn. rut, heat, oestrus, Ant. anestrus |
| monestrous | (adj) having one estrous cycle per year, Syn. monoestrous |
| polyestrous | (adj) having more than one period of estrus per year, Syn. polyoestrous |
| sheep botfly | (n) larvae are parasitic on sheep, Syn. sheep gadfly, Oestrus ovis |
| shoelace | (n) a lace used for fastening shoes, Syn. shoe lace, shoe string, shoestring |
| Coestablishment | n. Joint establishment. Bp. Watson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Coestate | n. Joint estate. Smolett. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| dioestrual | adj. in a period of sexual inactivity; -- of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season.
Syn. -- diestrous, diestrual. [ WordNet 1.5 ] Variants: dioestrous |
| oestrian | a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the gadflies. -- n. A gadfly. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| oestrual | a. [ See oestrus. ] (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to sexual desire; -- mostly applied to brute animals; as, the oestrual period; oestrual influence. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| oestruation | n. (Physiol.) The state of being under oestrual influence, or of having sexual desire. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| oestrus | ‖n. [ L., a gadfly; also, frenzy, fr. Gr. &unr_; gadfly; hence, sting, fury, insane desire, frenzy. ] 1. (Zool.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A vehement desire. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Specifically: (Physiol.) The periodical sexual impulse of animals; the period during which female animals are most receptive to males; heat; rut. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] |
| Roestone | n. (Min.) Same as Oolite. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Shoestring | n. 1. same as shoelace. [ PJC ] 2. a sum of money, inadequate or barely adequate for the purpose to which it is put to use; as, to start up an enterprise on a shoestring. [ PJC ] |
| 雌激素 | [cí jī sù, ㄘˊ ㄐㄧ ㄙㄨˋ, 雌 激 素] estrogen (oestrogen) #16,404 [Add to Longdo] |
| 发情 | [fā qíng, ㄈㄚ ㄑㄧㄥˊ, 发 情 / 發 情] oestrus (sexual receptivity in female mammals) #26,542 [Add to Longdo] |
| 小本 | [xiǎo běn, ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇ, 小 本] small capital; on a shoestring #41,592 [Add to Longdo] |
| 催情 | [cuī qíng, ㄘㄨㄟ ㄑㄧㄥˊ, 催 情] to promote oestrus; to bring an animal to heat by artifial means #53,262 [Add to Longdo] |
| 发情期 | [fā qíng qī, ㄈㄚ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧ, 发 情 期 / 發 情 期] the breeding season (zool.); oestrus (period of sexual receptivity of female mammals) #62,866 [Add to Longdo] |
| 动情激素 | [dòng qíng jī sù, ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧ ㄙㄨˋ, 动 情 激 素 / 動 情 激 素] estrogen (oestrogen) [Add to Longdo] |
| 千葉 | [ちば, chiba] (Praefektur_oestlich_von_Tokyo) [Add to Longdo] |
| 慰める | [なぐさめる, nagusameru] troesten, ablenken, unterhalten [Add to Longdo] |
| 東方 | [とうほう, touhou] oestliche_Richtung, -Osten [Add to Longdo] |
| 滋賀県 | [しがけん, shigaken] (Praefektur nordoestlich von Kyoto) [Add to Longdo] |
| 焼き芋 | [やきいも, yakiimo] geroestete_Suesskartoffeln [Add to Longdo] |
| 焼く | [やく, yaku] (etwas)(ver)brennen, braten, roesten, backen [Add to Longdo] |
| 賄う | [まかなう, makanau] bekoestigen, versorgen, bezahlen [Add to Longdo] |
| 黒潮 | [くろしお, kuroshio] (warme Meeresstroemung suedoestl. Japans) [Add to Longdo] |
