| APIOLOGY | • apiology n. The scientific study of bees and honey-making. • APIOLOGY n. the study of bees. |
| APOPHONY | • apophony n. (Phonetics) Alternation of sounds within a word that indicates grammatical information (often inflectional). • APOPHONY n. a change in root vowels of verb forms. |
| APOSPORY | • apospory n. (Biology) The ability of a plant’s sporophytes to form a plant that looks like a gametophyte but has… • APOSPORY n. reproduction without spore formation. |
| HYPONOIA | • hyponoia n. The thought or idea that underlies a myth. • HYPONOIA n. a dulled mental activity, also HYPONEA. |
| OCTAPODY | • octapody n. (Prosody) A metre or verse of eight feet. • OCTAPODY n. in verse, a line of eight feet. |
| OMOPHAGY | • omophagy n. The eating of raw flesh. • OMOPHAGY n. the eating of raw flesh. |
| PLAYBOOK | • playbook n. A book containing the text of a play or plays. • playbook n. A book of games and amusements for children. • playbook n. (US, American football) A book of strategies (plays) for use in American football (and by extension… |
| PLAYROOM | • playroom n. A room, allocated as a children’s play area, in which noisy or boisterous activities are tolerated. • playroom n. (BDSM) A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity. • PLAYROOM n. a recreation room. |
| POLYAXON | • polyaxon n. (Zoology) In a sponge, a spicule that has more than four centered axes. • POLYAXON n. a nerve cell with multiple branches. |
| POLYOMAS | • polyomas n. Plural of polyoma. • POLYOMA n. a small DNA virus that causes tumours in mice. |
| POLYZOAN | • polyzoan adj. (Zoology, obsolete) bryozoan. • polyzoan n. (Zoology, obsolete) A bryozoan. • POLYZOAN n. a bryozoan, a moss or liverwort. |
| POROGAMY | • porogamy n. (Botany) The property of having the pollen tube in a seed plant enter the ovule by way of the micropyle. • POROGAMY n. the entry of the pollen-tube through the micropyle. |
| POTATORY | • potatory adj. Of or pertaining to drinking. • POTATORY adj. pertaining to (excessive) drinking. |
| ZOOPATHY | • zoopathy n. A delusional condition in which the sufferer believes he/she is infested with animals. • zoopathy n. The purported ability to communicate with and, in some instances, control animals. • ZOOPATHY n. animal pathology. |
| ZOOPHAGY | • zoophagy n. (Rare) The feeding on animals. • zoöphagy n. Alternative spelling of zoophagy. • ZOOPHAGY n. the practice of feeding on animals. |