| 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. |
| 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. |
| CHAOTICALLY | • chaotically adv. In a chaotic manner. • CHAOTIC adv. confused. |
| HAEMATOLOGY | • haematology n. (Medicine) The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs. • hæmatology n. (UK, dated) Alternative spelling of haematology. • HAEMATOLOGY n. the study of blood, diseases of blood, and blood-forming tissues, also HEMATOLOGY. |
| HEMATOCRYAL | • hematocryal adj. Alternative form of haematocryal. • HEMATOCRYAL adj. of all animals except birds and mammals, having a body temperature that varies with the temperature of the surroundings, also HAEMATOCRYAL. |
| HYOPLASTRAL | • HYOPLASTRAL adj. of or like a hyoplastron. |
| HYPOPLASTRA | • hypoplastra n. Plural of hypoplastron. • HYPOPLASTRON n. the plate behind the hyoplastron in a turtle's plastron. |
| HYPOTHALAMI | • hypothalami n. Plural of hypothalamus. • HYPOTHALAMUS n. a part of the brain. |
| LACHRYMATOR | • lachrymator n. Any substance that causes tears, such as tear gas. • LACHRYMATOR n. a substance or gas causing tears, also LACRIMATOR, LACRYMATOR. |
| LITHOLAPAXY | • litholapaxy n. (Medicine) The removal of a vesical calculus by first crushing it and subsequently washing out the fragments. • LITHOLAPAXY n. the operation of crushing stone in the bladder and working it out. |
| PHYTOPLASMA | • phytoplasma n. Any of various specialized bacteria that are obligate parasites of plant phloem tissue and of some insects… |
| STAPHYLOMAS | • staphylomas n. Plural of staphyloma. • STAPHYLOMA n. a protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea. |
| SYPHILOMATA | • syphilomata n. Plural of syphiloma. • SYPHILOMA n. a syphilitic tumour. |
| THANATOLOGY | • thanatology n. The scientific study of death and the practices associated with it, including the study of the needs… • THANATOLOGY n. the description or study of the phenomena of death and of psychological mechanisms for coping with them. |