| AMYLOSE | • amylose n. (Biochemistry) The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose. • AMYLOSE n. the relatively soluble component of starch, also AMYLOGEN. |
| ANYMORE | • anymore adv. (Especially US) Alternative form of any more. • any␣more adv. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any, more. • any␣more adv. (In negative or interrogative constructions) From a given time onwards; longer, again. |
| ATEMOYA | • atemoya n. A hybrid between a cherimoya and a sweetsop. • atemoya n. The tree that bears this fruit. • ATEMOYA n. a tropical fruit of a tree that is a hybrid of the sweetsop and the cherimoya. |
| EXOGAMY | • exogamy n. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one’s own as required by custom or law. • exogamy n. (Biology) the fusion of two unrelated gametes. • EXOGAMY n. marriage outside a particular group. |
| GAYSOME | • gaysome adj. Characterised or marked by gaiety; cheerful; gladsome. • GAYSOME adj. full of gaiety. |
| HAEMONY | • haemony n. (Rare) A magical plant mentioned by John Milton, said to be good against enchantments. • Hæmony n. Archaic form of haemony. • HAEMONY n. a plant which could act against magic. |
| MAYPOLE | • maypole n. A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day. • maypole n. (Idiomatic) A very tall girl or young lady. • maypole n. (Ornithology) A maypole-like structure of sticks placed about a sapling in the bowers of certain species of bowerbird. |
| MEADOWY | • meadowy adj. Of or pertaining to meadows. • meadowy adj. Resembling or composed of meadows. • MEADOWY adj. of or pertaining to meadows. |
| MYELOMA | • myeloma n. (Pathology, oncology) A malignant tumour arising from cells of the bone marrow, specifically plasma cells. • MYELOMA n. (Greek) a tumour of the bone marrow. |
| ROMNEYA | • romneya n. (Botany) Any of the genus Romneya of flowering plants of the poppy family, perennial subshrubs with… • ROMNEYA n. a plant with large white flowers. |
| SAMOYED | • samoyed n. Alternative letter-case form of Samoyed (dog). • Samoyed n. (Anthropology) A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages. • Samoyed n. (Zoology) A hardy breed of dog from Siberia. |
| SOMEDAY | • someday adv. Sometime; at some unspecified time in the future. • some␣day adv. An unspecified day in the future. • SOMEDAY adv. at some future time. |
| SOMEWAY | • someway adv. (Now chiefly US colloquial) Somehow. • SOMEWAY adv. in some way, somehow, also SOMEWAYS, SOMEWISE. |
| SOYMEAL | • soymeal n. The meal (coarse flour) of soybeans. • SOYMEAL n. the residue of the extraction of oil from soybean seeds. |