| ANISOTROPY | • anisotropy n. The property of being directionally dependent. • anisotropy n. The degree to which this property is exhibited. • ANISOTROPY n. the characteristics of exhibiting different values of a property in different directions. |
| APOCRYPHON | • APOCRYPHON n. a hidden or secret thing. |
| GRAMOPHONY | • gramophony n. The business or study of gramophones. • GRAMOPHONY n. (obsolete) the use of the gramophone. |
| HYPODORIAN | • hypodorian adj. (Music) Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from A to D. • Hypodorian adj. Alternative form of hypodorian. • HYPODORIAN adj. relating to a mode in ancient Greek music. |
| LAMPOONERY | • lampoonery n. The act of lampooning. • LAMPOONERY n. the practice of lampooning. |
| MONOGRAPHY | • monography n. A monograph. • monography n. Representation by lines without colour; an outline drawing. • MONOGRAPHY n. a monograph. |
| NOMOGRAPHY | • nomography n. A treatise on laws. • NOMOGRAPHY n. a treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper for laws. |
| NOSOGRAPHY | • nosography n. (Pathology, medicine, uncountable) The systematic naming and description of diseases. • nosography n. (Pathology, medicine, countable) A treatise on diseases. • NOSOGRAPHY n. the description of diseases. |
| 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. |
| OVERCANOPY | • overcanopy v. (Transitive) To form a canopy over. • OVERCANOPY v. to cover as with a canopy. |
| PARONOMASY | • paronomasy n. Archaic form of paronomasia. • PARONOMASY n. (obsolete) paronomasia. |
| PARONYMOUS | • paronymous adj. (Semantics) Having the same root or derivation; conjugate. • paronymous adj. (Semantics) Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning. • PARONYMOUS adj. having the nature of a paronym. |
| PAROXYTONE | • paroxytone adj. (Linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable. • paroxytone n. (Linguistics) A paroxytone word. • PAROXYTONE n. a word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable. |
| PORNOCRACY | • pornocracy prop.n. (Roman Catholicism, historical, sometimes capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the saeculum… • pornocracy n. (Derogatory, often figuratively) A government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons. • pornocracy n. (Derogatory) A societal culture dominated by pornography. |
| PROCARYONS | • PROCARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROKARYON. |
| PROKARYONS | • PROKARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROCARYON. |
| RADIOPHONY | • radiophony n. (Dated) The use of the radiophone. • RADIOPHONY n. the art or practice of using the radiophone. |
| SONOGRAPHY | • sonography n. Ultrasonography. • sonography n. Night writing. • SONOGRAPHY n. the use of ultrasound. |
| SYNCOPATOR | • syncopator n. One who or that which syncopates. • SYNCOPATOR n. one who syncopates. |
| ZOANTHROPY | • zoanthropy n. (Medicine) A kind of delusion in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals. • ZOANTHROPY n. a form of mental delusion in which a person believes himself or herself to be an animal. |