| ACHROMATOUS | • achromatous adj. Lacking normal colour; colourless. • ACHROMATOUS adj. having little or no colour. |
| ACROCARPOUS | • acrocarpous adj. (Botany) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses. • ACROCARPOUS adj. of mosses, having the archegonia at the top of the stem. |
| ANACHRONOUS | • anachronous adj. Anachronistic. • ANACHRONOUS adj. relating to anachronism. |
| ANACOLUTHON | • anacoluthon n. (Grammar) A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type… • anacoluthon n. (Rhetoric) Intentional use of such a structure. • ANACOLUTHON n. a sentence or construction lacking grammatical sequence. |
| ARBORACEOUS | • arboraceous adj. Of or relating to trees. • arboraceous adj. Abounding in trees. • ARBORACEOUS adj. pertaining to or like a tree; wooded. |
| AUTONOMICAL | • autonomical adj. Alternative form of autonomic. • AUTONOMICAL adj. self-governing, also AUTONOMIC. |
| CATADROMOUS | • catadromous adj. (Ichthyology, of a migratory fish) Living in fresh water as an adult, but breeding in the sea. • catadromous adj. (Botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the base of the frond. • CATADROMOUS adj. of fishes, descending periodically for spawning to the lower parts of a river or to the sea, also KATADROMOUS. |
| CHAULMOOGRA | • chaulmoogra n. A tree found in Southeast Asia, Hydnocarpus wightiana, which yields an oil that was formerly used as… • CHAULMOOGRA n. a kind of Asian tree, yielding an oil used in the treatment of leprosy, also CHAULMUGRA. |
| COADUNATION | • coadunation n. (Obsolete) Union into a single body or mass; unity. • COADUNATION n. the act of coadunating. |
| COAGULATION | • coagulation n. The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size (by any of several physical or chemical… • coagulation n. The process by which blood forms solid clots. • coagulation n. Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu). |
| COAGULATORS | • coagulators n. Plural of coagulator. • COAGULATOR n. that which causes coagulation. |
| COAGULATORY | • coagulatory adj. Serving to coagulate. • coagulatory adj. Produced by coagulation. • COAGULATORY adj. tending to cause coagulation. |
| COLORATURAS | • coloraturas n. Plural of coloratura. • COLORATURA n. (Italian) a highly ornamented, virtuoso (musical passage); a singer, esp. soprano, of such music, also COLORATURE. |
| HOLOCAUSTAL | • holocaustal adj. Of or relating to a holocaust. • HOLOCAUSTAL adj. relating to a holocaust, also HOLOCAUSTIC. |
| ONAGRACEOUS | • onagraceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the family Onagraceae of flowering plants, including the fuchsia and the evening primrose. • ONAGRACEOUS adj. belonging to evening primrose family of plants. |
| SAPONACEOUS | • saponaceous adj. Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy. • saponaceous adj. (Figurative) Slippery; evasive. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • SAPONACEOUS adj. slippery, elusive; soapy. |
| SAPOTACEOUS | • sapotaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Sapotaceae of tropical trees. • SAPOTACEOUS adj. pertaining to or like sapota; belonging to sapota family of trees. |
| SARCOMATOUS | • sarcomatous adj. (Medicine) Of or pertaining to sarcoma; resembling sarcoma. • SARCOMATOUS adj. of or like a sarcoma. |
| SOLANACEOUS | • solanaceous adj. (Botany) Pertaining to the family Solanaceae, which includes the nightshades. • SOLANACEOUS adj. pertaining to or like a potato or nightshade plant; belonging to the potato or nightshade family of plants. |
| VACUOLATION | • vacuolation n. (Medicine, biology) The formation of vacuoles in a cellular tissue. • VACUOLATION n. the development or formation of vacuoles. |