| ACROPHONY | • acrophony n. The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented… • ACROPHONY n. the use of a word starting with a letter of the alphabet as the name of the letter. |
| AUTOPHONY | • autophony n. The unusually loud hearing of a person’s own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds. • autophony n. (Medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer’s own voice, while… • AUTOPHONY n. apparent distortion of one's own voice due to infection or stoppage of ears. |
| CACOPHONY | • cacophony n. A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance. • CACOPHONY n. the harsh joining of sounds. |
| HYPONOIAS | • HYPONOIA n. a dulled mental activity, also HYPONEA. |
| HYPOPNOEA | • hypopnoea n. Alternative spelling of hypopnea. • hypopnœa n. Alternative form of hypopnea. • HYPOPNOEA n. abnormally shallow breathing, also HYPOPNEA. |
| HYPOTONIA | • hypotonia n. An abnormal loss of muscle tone. • HYPOTONIA n. a hypnotic condition. |
| MANOSCOPY | • manoscopy n. Manometry. • MANOSCOPY n. the measurement of the density of gases. |
| MONOPHAGY | • monophagy n. The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species). • MONOPHAGY n. the eating of one kind of food only. |
| PHONATORY | • phonatory adj. Relating to phonation. • PHONATORY adj. relating to phonation, the production of vocal sound. |
| POLYAXONS | • polyaxons n. Plural of polyaxon. • POLYAXON n. a nerve cell with multiple branches. |
| POLYGONAL | • polygonal adj. Having many angles; hence characteristic of a polygon. • polygonal adj. Comprised of polygons. • POLYGONAL adj. like a polygon. |
| POLYTONAL | • polytonal adj. (Music) That uses two or more tonalities simultaneously. • POLYTONAL adj. of music, having many keys. |
| POLYZOANS | • polyzoans n. Plural of polyzoan. • POLYZOAN n. a bryozoan, a moss or liverwort. |
| POLYZONAL | • polyzonal adj. Consisting of many zones or rings. • POLYZONAL adj. consisting of many zones or rings. |
| PROCARYON | • PROCARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROKARYON. |
| PROKARYON | • PROKARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROCARYON. |
| SPOONWAYS | • spoonways adv. Synonym of spoonwise. • SPOONWAYS adv. like spoons packed closely together, also SPOONWISE. |
| TAPHONOMY | • taphonomy n. The study of the fate of the remains of organisms after they die, especially the study of fossilization. • TAPHONOMY n. the study or science of how plants and animals die, decay and become buried and fossilized. |
| TOPONYMAL | • toponymal adj. Toponymic. • TOPONYMAL adj. relating to toponymy, the study of place-names, also TOPONYMIC, TOPONYMICAL. |