| ACOTYLEDON | • acotyledon n. (Botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants. • ACOTYLEDON n. a plant without differentiated seed lobes. |
| AMOEBOCYTE | • amoebocyte n. Any cell that has the form or motion of an amoeba. • amoebocyte n. A leukocyte, especially in an in vitro culture. • amœbocyte n. Obsolete form of amoebocyte. |
| ARCHEOLOGY | • archeology n. (American spelling) Alternative form of archaeology. • ARCHEOLOGY n. the study of ancient human artefacts, also ARCHAEOLOGY. |
| AUTECOLOGY | • autecology n. One of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species. • AUTECOLOGY n. the study of the ecology of one species. |
| CHOANOCYTE | • choanocyte n. (Cytology) any of the cells in sponges that contain a flagellum, and are used to control the movement of water. • CHOANOCYTE n. a cell in which the flagellum is surrounded by a sheath of protoplasm. |
| CHOCOLATEY | • chocolatey adj. Alternative spelling of chocolaty. • CHOCOLATEY adj. of or like chocolate, also CHOCOLATY. |
| COMATOSELY | • comatosely adv. In, or as if in, a coma; in a manner that is sluggish, oblivious, etc. • COMATOSE adv. relating to, or resembling, coma. |
| ESCAPOLOGY | • escapology n. The study or art of escaping from a physical restraint, enclosure, or constriction, such as a rope… • escapology n. (Figurative) Escape from a difficult situation. • ESCAPOLOGY n. the study of freeing oneself from constraints. |
| MYCETOZOAN | • mycetozoan n. Any member of the Mycetozoa. • MYCETOZOAN n. slime mold. |
| MYCOFLORAE | • mycoflorae n. Plural of mycoflora. • MYCOFLORA n. the fungi characteristic of a region. |
| OCEANOLOGY | • oceanology n. Oceanography. • OCEANOLOGY n. the science of the oceans. |
| OCTOGENARY | • octogenary adj. (Obsolete) Of or related to the number 80, particularly. • octogenary n. (Obsolete) Synonym of eightysomething: a person 80 to 89 years old. • OCTOGENARY adj. of eighty years of age. |
| OVERCANOPY | • overcanopy v. (Transitive) To form a canopy over. • OVERCANOPY v. to cover as with a canopy. |
| PROCARYOTE | • procaryote n. Alternative spelling of prokaryote. • PROCARYOTE n. a bacterium or blue-green algae whose nucleus lacks a limiting membrane, also PROKARYOT, PROKARYOTE. |
| REVOCATORY | • revocatory adj. Of or pertaining to revocation; revocative; tending to revoke or recall. • REVOCATORY adj. of or pertaining to revocation. |
| TYCOONATES | • tycoonates n. Plural of tycoonate. • TYCOONATE n. the shogunate, the office or dignity of a shogun, a hereditary military governor of Japan. |