| 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. |
| AUTOGRAPHY | • autography n. Writing in one’s own handwriting. • autography n. A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone. • autography n. (Countable, rare) An autobiography. |
| AUTOLYSING | • autolysing v. Present participle of autolyse. • AUTOLYSE v. to break down tissue by enzyme action, also AUTOLYZE. |
| AUTOLYZING | • autolyzing v. Present participle of autolyze. • AUTOLYZE v. to break down tissue by enzyme action, also AUTOLYSE. |
| AUTOPSYING | • autopsying v. Present participle of autopsy. • AUTOPSY v. to carry out a postmortem examination of a corpse. |
| AUTOTYPING | • autotyping v. Present participle of autotype. • AUTOTYPE v. to reproduce by a photographic process. |
| FUMIGATORY | • fumigatory adj. Having the quality of purifying by smoke. • FUMIGATORY adj. having the quality of purifying by smoke. |
| MYSTAGOGUE | • mystagogue n. A person who prepares an initiate for entry into a mystery cult, or who teaches mystical doctrines. • mystagogue n. One who keeps and shows church relics. • MYSTAGOGUE n. one who teaches mystical doctrines or one who initiates others into religious cults, also MYSTAGOG, MYSTAGOGUS. |
| MYSTAGOGUS | • mystagogus n. (Archaic) A mystagogue. • MYSTAGOGUS n. one who teaches mystical doctrines or one who initiates others into religious cults, also MYSTAGOG, MYSTAGOGUE. |
| OUTPLAYING | • outplaying v. Present participle of outplay. • OUTPLAY v. to excel or defeat in a game. |
| OUTPRAYING | • outpraying v. Present participle of outpray. • OUTPRAY v. to surpass in praying. |
| OUTSTAYING | • outstaying v. Present participle of outstay. • OUTSTAY v. to surpass in staying power. |
| REGULATORY | • regulatory adj. Of or pertaining to regulation. • REGULATORY adj. relating to the act of regulation. |
| THOUGHTWAY | • thoughtway n. The practices and underlying assumptions dictating how the members of a given society or culture think. • THOUGHTWAY n. a way of thinking that is characteristic of a particular group or culture. |
| THROUGHWAY | • throughway n. (US) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare. • THROUGHWAY n. (US) a motorway, also THRUWAY. |
| ZYGOCACTUS | • zygocactus n. Any cactus in the genus Schlumbergera (previously Zygocactus). • Zygocactus prop.n. (Obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – now Schlumbergera. • ZYGOCACTUS n. a genus of Brazilian cactus, aka the Christmas cactus. |