| AMORPHOUSLY | • amorphously adv. In an amorphous manner. • AMORPHOUS adv. without definite shape. |
| AUTOCEPHALY | • autocephaly n. (Christianity) The condition where a church’s leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no… • AUTOCEPHALY n. self-government. |
| CYMOPHANOUS | • cymophanous adj. Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant. • CYMOPHANOUS adj. opalescent. |
| HEPTAGYNOUS | • heptagynous adj. (Botany) Having seven pistils. • HEPTAGYNOUS adj. belonging to the Heptagynia, having seven styles. |
| HYLOPHAGOUS | • hylophagous adj. That feeds on wood. • HYLOPHAGOUS adj. eating wood. |
| HYPERGAMOUS | • hypergamous adj. Of or pertaining to hypergamy. • HYPERGAMOUS adj. relating to hypergamy, the marriage of a man to a woman of lower status. |
| MACROPHYLUM | • macrophylum n. (Linguistics) A group of two or more related language phylums. • MACROPHYLUM n. a large phylum, as in New Guinea macrophylum. |
| MYCOPHAGOUS | • mycophagous adj. Fungus-eating. • MYCOPHAGOUS adj. eating fungus. |
| NATUROPATHY | • naturopathy n. (Alternative medicine) A system of therapy that avoids synthetic drugs and surgery, while emphasizing… • NATUROPATHY n. medical treatment by methods believed to aid nature. |
| POLYCHASIUM | • POLYCHASIUM n. a cymose inflorescence in which three or more branches arise from each node. |
| POLYPHAGOUS | • polyphagous adj. Eating many types of food. • polyphagous adj. (Of an herbivorous insect) Having many host plants. • POLYPHAGOUS adj. eating many types of food. |
| POLYURETHAN | • POLYURETHAN n. any of various polymers used esp. in flexible and rigid foams, elastomers, and resins, also POLYURETHANE. |
| PSYCHAGOGUE | • psychagogue n. A necromancer. • PSYCHAGOGUE n. a conductor of souls to the underworld. |
| PYRRHULOXIA | • pyrrhuloxia n. Cardinalis sinuatus (desert cardinal), a North American bird with grey and red plumage. • Pyrrhuloxia prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Fringillidae – certain birds similar to cardinals, notably… • PYRRHULOXIA n. a grey-and-pink crested bunting of Central and SW North America, with a short parrot-like bill. |
| QUADRAPHONY | • quadraphony n. (Of a sound system) Sound originating from four speakers. • QUADRAPHONY n. a system of sound transmission using four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONICS, QUADROPHONY. |
| QUADROPHONY | • QUADROPHONY n. a system of sound transmission using four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRAPHONY, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONICS. |
| SCEUOPHYLAX | • sceuophylax n. A sacristan or church treasurer. • SCEUOPHYLAX n. a sacristan. |
| URANOGRAPHY | • uranography n. (Astronomy, cartography) Celestial cartography; the mapping of celestial bodies. • URANOGRAPHY n. descriptive astronomy and mapping. |
| XYLOPHAGOUS | • xylophagous adj. Feeding on wood. (Of insects etc.) • xylophagous adj. Destructive to wood. (Of fungi etc.) • XYLOPHAGOUS adj. wood-eating. |