| ASYMPTOTES | • asymptotes n. Plural of asymptote. • ASYMPTOTE n. a line (usually straight) that continually approaches a curve but never meets it. |
| ASYMPTOTIC | • asymptotic adj. (Mathematics) Pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity. • asymptotic adj. (Mathematical analysis) Coming into consideration as a variable tends to a limit, usually infinity. • ASYMPTOTIC adj. of a line, approaching a curve but meeting it only at infinity, also ASYMPTOTICAL. |
| AUTOPHYTES | • autophytes n. Plural of autophyte. • AUTOPHYTE n. an autotrophic plant, as any green plant. |
| AUTOPLASTY | • autoplasty n. (Medicine, surgery, dated) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy… • AUTOPLASTY n. grafting tissue from patient's own body. |
| AUTOTYPIES | • autotypies n. Plural of autotypy. • AUTOTYPY n. a photographic printing process. |
| CALOTYPIST | • calotypist n. A person who makes calotypes. • CALOTYPIST n. one who works with calotypes, an early kind of photograph. |
| CYTOPLASTS | • cytoplasts n. Plural of cytoplast. • CYTOPLAST n. the intact cytoplasm of a single cell. |
| HYPOSTATIC | • hypostatic adj. (Theology) Pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union. • hypostatic adj. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances. • hypostatic adj. (Medicine) Pertaining to hypostasis; depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting. |
| NOSTOPATHY | • nostopathy n. A fear of returning home, for example after prison or military service. • NOSTOPATHY n. the morbid fear of returning to familiar places. |
| OSTEOPATHY | • osteopathy n. (Alternative medicine) The branch of therapy based on manipulation of bones and muscles. • osteopathy n. (Rare) Any disease of the bones. • OSTEOPATHY n. a system of healing or treatment consisting largely of manipulation of the bones, and massage. |
| PHOTONASTY | • photonasty n. A nastic response to a change in light levels. • PHOTONASTY n. the adoption of a certain position due to the effect of light on growth. |
| POETASTERY | • poetastery n. Inferior poetry. • POETASTERY n. the writing of inferior verse, also POETASTRY. |
| PYROSTATIC | • PYROSTATIC adj. relating to a pyrostat, a thermostat used at high temperatures. |
| SOMATOTYPE | • somatotype n. A particular type of physique; originally, one of the types defined by William Herbert Sheldon: ectomorphic… • somatotype v. (Transitive) To classify (a person) by physical build. • SOMATOTYPE n. a type consisting of a physical build paired with a particular temperament. |
| STANNOTYPE | • stannotype n. A tintype. • STANNOTYPE n. a photograph taken upon a tin plate. |
| STEATOPYGA | • steatopyga n. (Archaic) A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially Khoekhoe women. • STEATOPYGA n. an excessive development of fat on the buttocks, esp. on females, also STEATOPYGIA. |
| TALBOTYPES | • talbotypes n. Plural of talbotype. • TALBOTYPE n. (tradename) a method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver, aka calotype, kalotype. |
| TUBOPLASTY | • tuboplasty n. (Surgery) Surgery to repair one or both of the Fallopian tubes. • TUBOPLASTY n. the surgical repair of a Fallopian tube. |
| TYROPITTAS | • TYROPITTA n. (Modern Greek) a Greek cheese pie, also TYROPITA. |