| ACROPETALLY | • acropetally adv. In an acropetal manner. • ACROPETAL adv. in the direction of the tip of the plant. |
| ALLELOPATHY | • allelopathy n. The release by a plant of a toxin to suppress growth of nearby competing plants. • ALLELOPATHY n. an adverse influence exerted either by one individual plant over another by the production of a chemical inhibitor. |
| ALYCOMPAINE | • ALYCOMPAINE n. an old name for the plant elecampane. |
| ANGELOPHANY | • angelophany n. The appearance of an angel to a human being. • ANGELOPHANY n. the manifestation of an angel to a human. |
| APOCALYPSES | • apocalypses n. Plural of apocalypse. • Apocalypses prop.n. Plural of Apocalypse. • APOCALYPSE n. any book purporting to reveal the future or last things; a revelation or disclosure. |
| AUTOCEPHALY | • autocephaly n. (Christianity) The condition where a church’s leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no… • AUTOCEPHALY n. self-government. |
| CYCLOPAEDIA | • cyclopaedia n. (Archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal… • cyclopaedia n. (Archaic) An encyclopedia. • cyclopædia n. Obsolete spelling of cyclopaedia. |
| EXPLANATORY | • explanatory adj. Intended to serve as an explanation. • explanatory adj. (Of a person) Disposed to explain. • EXPLANATORY adj. serving to explain, also EXPLANATIVE. |
| HYALOPHANES | • hyalophanes n. Plural of hyalophane. • HYALOPHANE n. a species of the feldspar group containing barium. |
| HYPOAEOLIAN | • HYPOAEOLIAN adj. in Greek music, below the Aeolian mode. |
| HYPOKALEMIA | • hypokalemia n. (Biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of potassium ions in the… • HYPOKALEMIA n. a deficiency of potassium in the blood. |
| PALAEOTYPES | • palaeotypes n. Plural of palaeotype. • PALAEOTYPE n. a nineteenth century phonetic adaptation of ordinary alphabetical type. |
| PALAEOTYPIC | • palaeotypic adj. Relating to the palaeotype phonetic alphabet. • PALAEOTYPIC adj. of or like a palaeotype, a nineteenth century phonetic adaptation of ordinary alphabetical type. |
| PALEOBOTANY | • paleobotany n. The branch of paleontology that deals with the study of plant fossils. • PALEOBOTANY n. the study of fossil plants, also PALAEOBOTANY. |
| PALEOGRAPHY | • paleography n. The study of old or ancient forms of writing. • paleography n. Ancient scripts or forms of writing themselves, as uncial, scriptio continua, or methods of using papyrus scrolls. • paleography n. (Obsolete) Paleogeography. |
| PORTRAYABLE | • portrayable adj. Capable of being portrayed. • PORTRAYABLE adj. that can be portrayed. |
| PTYALAGOGUE | • ptyalagogue n. Any sialogogue. • PTYALAGOGUE n. a substance promoting salivation. |
| PYROGALLATE | • pyrogallate n. (Chemistry) any salt of the phenol pyrogallol when viewed as an acid. • PYROGALLATE n. any salt or ester of pyrogallol. |
| SYNALOEPHAS | • synaloephas n. Plural of synaloepha. • synalœphas n. Plural of synalœpha. • SYNALOEPHA n. the melting of a final vowel or diphthong into the initial vowel or diphthong of the next word, also SYNALEPHA. |