English words containing zoomania:

verb

Misidentify (a signal frequency), introducing distortion or error.

Usage examples:

Fringes at higher spatial frequency are aliased by the sensor

adverb

Used to indicate that a named person is also known or more familiar under another specified name.

Usage examples:

Eric blair, alias george orwell

noun

A false or assumed identity.

Usage examples:

A spy operating under the alias barsad

verb

In a running race, to run faster than someone else at the end of the race

Usage examples:

She was in fourth place at the beginning of the straight but outkicked everyone to win., he likes t…

noun

A rich outer robe or shawl worn by women in ancient greece, hanging in loose folds and sometimes drawn over the head.

Usage examples:

Women of athens wove the peplos or robe to be presented to the statue of athena polias on the acrop…

adjective

Showing a fondness for practical jokes or mischievous acts.

Usage examples:

Flashes of prankish humour

adjective

Involving or relating to a prank (= a trick that is intended to be funny, but not to cause harm or damage)

Usage examples:

She has a very prankish sense of humour., stuntmen tend to be fun-loving and imaginatively prankish.

noun

The period of about six weeks after childbirth during which the mother's reproductive organs return to their original non-pregnant condition.

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Common predisposing factors that require prophylaxis include surgery, immobilisation, pregnancy and…