| AUTOSPORES | • autospores n. Plural of autospore. • AUTOSPORE n. a nonmotile algal spore. |
| AUXOSPORES | • auxospores n. Plural of auxospore. • AUXOSPORE n. a diatom cell before its siliceous wall is formed. |
| DECAPODOUS | • decapodous adj. Decapodal; ten-footed. • DECAPODOUS adj. relating to the Decapoda, an order of crustaceans with ten feet, also DECAPODAL, DECAPODAN. |
| EXOPHAGOUS | • exophagous adj. Exhibiting or relating to exophagy. • EXOPHAGOUS adj. relating to exophagy, cannibalism outside one's own group. |
| GEOPHAGOUS | • geophagous adj. Eating earth. • GEOPHAGOUS adj. earth-eating. |
| HYPOGAEOUS | • HYPOGAEOUS adj. germinating with cotyledons underground, also HYPOGAEAL, HYPOGAEAN, HYPOGEAL, HYPOGEAN, HYPOGEOUS. |
| IONOPAUSES | • ionopauses n. Plural of ionopause. • IONOPAUSE n. the region of the earth's atmosphere at the outer limit of the ionosphere. |
| JEOPARDOUS | • jeopardous adj. Marked by jeopardy; dangerous or perilous. • JEOPARDOUS adj. (obsolete) perilous; hazardous. |
| NEUROSPORA | • Neurospora prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Sordariaceae – ascomycete fungi with characteristic striations on… • NEUROSPORA n. any of a genus of ascomycetous fungi, used extensively in genetic research. |
| OESOPHAGUS | • oesophagus n. (Anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach. • œsophagus n. (Chiefly British spelling) Obsolete form of oesophagus. • OESOPHAGUS n. that portion of the gut which connects the pharynx to the stomach, also ESOPHAGUS. |
| PAROECIOUS | • paroecious adj. (Bryology) Having the male and female reproductive organs in close proximity. • parœcious adj. Obsolete form of paroecious. • PAROECIOUS adj. of certain mosses, having the male and female reproductive organs near one another, also PARECIOUS, PAROICOUS. |
| POMOSEXUAL | • pomosexual adj. (Of a person) Rejecting, avoiding or not fitting in any sexual orientation label, such as heterosexual… • pomosexual n. A person who is pomosexual. • POMOSEXUAL n. someone who rejects sex altogether. |
| PORRACEOUS | • porraceous adj. (Originally medicine now rare) Resembling the leek in colour; greenish. • PORRACEOUS adj. leek-green. |
| SOUSAPHONE | • sousaphone n. A valved brass instrument with the same length as a tuba, but shaped differently so that the bell is… • SOUSAPHONE n. a musical instrument similar to a tuba. |
| TOPHACEOUS | • tophaceous adj. Gritty; sandy; rough; stony. • tophaceous adj. Relating to tophus. • TOPHACEOUS adj. gritty. |
| TROPOPAUSE | • tropopause n. The zone of transition between the troposphere and the stratosphere (approximately 13 kilometers). The… • TROPOPAUSE n. the level of the atmosphere where the troposphere ends and stratosphere begins. |