| AEROPHORES | • aerophores n. Plural of aerophore. • AEROPHORE n. a device for playing a wind instrument. |
| ANDROPHORE | • androphore n. (Botany) A support or column on which stamens are raised. • androphore n. (Zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores. • ANDROPHORE n. a support or column on which stamens are raised. |
| ARTHROPODS | • arthropods n. Plural of arthropod. • ARTHROPOD n. any member of the phylum Arthropoda, members of which (e.g. insects, arachnids, and crustaceans) are characterized by segmented bodies and jointed limbs. |
| CARPOPHORE | • carpophore n. (Botany) A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants. • carpophore n. (Mycology) The stem of the fruiting body in higher fungi. • CARPOPHORE n. a slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants. |
| HARPOONEER | • harpooneer n. A harpooner, one who uses a harpoon to hunt whales. • HARPOONEER n. one who uses a harpoon, also HARPOONER. |
| HARPOONERS | • harpooners n. Plural of harpooner. • HARPOONER n. one who uses a harpoon, also HARPOONEER. |
| HOROGRAPHY | • horography n. (Historical) local history (in Ancient Greece) that involved the description of events. • horography n. The art of constructing dials or instruments for indicating the hours. • HOROGRAPHY n. the art of constructing sundials or clocks. |
| OREOGRAPHY | • oreography n. Alternative form of orography. • OREOGRAPHY n. the science of mountains, also OROGRAPHY. |
| OROGRAPHER | • orographer n. A specialist in orography. • OROGRAPHER n. one who practises orography, the science of mountains. |
| OROGRAPHIC | • orographic adj. Of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography. • orographic adj. (Meteorology) Of or pertaining to the effects of mountains on weather. • OROGRAPHIC adj. relating to orography, the description of mountains, also OROGRAPHICAL. |
| OROPHARYNX | • oropharynx n. (Anatomy) The oral part of the pharynx, reaching from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone. • oro-pharynx n. Alternative spelling of oropharynx. • OROPHARYNX n. the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the epiglottis. |
| ORPHARIONS | • orpharions n. Plural of orpharion. • ORPHARION n. a large lute-like stringed instrument with six to nine metal strings, also ORPHEOREON. |
| ORTHOGRAPH | • orthograph n. An orthographic projection. • ORTHOGRAPH n. a drawing in orthographic projection. |
| ORTHOPRAXY | • orthopraxy n. Correct practice or action. • orthopraxy n. Right belief combined with right practice, with the emphasis being on the latter, a term specially used… • ORTHOPRAXY n. the treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanical appliances. |
| ORTHOPTERA | • orthoptera n. Any of very many four-winged insects, of the order Orthoptera, such as grasshoppers, crickets and locusts. • Orthoptera prop.n. A taxonomic order within the superorder Polyneoptera – various insects including crickets, grasshoppers… • ORTHOPTERON n. any member of the Orthoptera, an order of mandibulate insects, also ORTHOPTERAN. |
| PYORRHOEAL | • pyorrhoeal adj. Relating to pyorrhoea. • pyorrhœal adj. Obsolete form of pyorrheal. • PYORRHOEAL adj. relating to pyorrhoea, suppuration in the sockets of the teeth, also PYORRHEAL, PYORRHEIC, PYORRHOEIC. |
| PYORRHOEAS | • pyorrhoeas n. Plural of pyorrhoea. • PYORRHOEA n. suppuration in the sockets of the teeth, also PYORRHEA. |
| ROTOGRAPHS | • rotographs n. Plural of rotograph. • rotographs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rotograph. • ROTOGRAPH v. to make a photograph by laying negative on sensitive paper. |
| SAPROTROPH | • saprotroph n. An organism that lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into it and then absorbing… • SAPROTROPH n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROBIONT. |
| ZOOGRAPHER | • zoographer n. One who carries out zoography; a describer of animals. • zoögrapher n. Alternative spelling of zoographer. • ZOOGRAPHER n. one who describes animals, their forms and habits, also ZOOGRAPHIST. |