| ARCHEGONIUM | • archegonium n. (Botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell)… • ARCHEGONIUM n. the structure on the pteridophyte prothallus that produces the sessile female gametes. |
| AVOUCHMENTS | • avouchments n. Plural of avouchment. • AVOUCHMENT n. (archaic) the act of avouching; positive declaration. |
| CHURCHWOMAN | • churchwoman n. The female equivalent of a churchman. • CHURCHWOMAN n. a woman who is a member of a church. |
| CYMOPHANOUS | • cymophanous adj. Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant. • CYMOPHANOUS adj. opalescent. |
| EUCHROMATIN | • euchromatin n. (Genetics) uncoiled dispersed threads of chromosomal material that occurs during interphase; it stains… • EUCHROMATIN n. the part of chromatin that is genetically active and is largely composed of genes. |
| HOMONUCLEAR | • homonuclear adj. (Chemistry, of a molecule) Having atoms of only one element, especially having elements of only a single isotope. • homonuclear adj. (Organic chemistry, of a reaction etc) Taking place within the same ring of a compound. • HOMONUCLEAR adj. of or relating to a molecule composed of identical nuclei. |
| HUMECTATION | • humectation n. A moistening. • HUMECTATION n. the act of moistening. |
| MAKUNOUCHIS | • MAKUNOUCHI n. (Japanese) the highest division in sumo wrestling. |
| MENTHACEOUS | • menthaceous adj. (Botany) mint-like (of genus Mentha, tribe Mentheae, or the obsolete family Menthaceae). • MENTHACEOUS adj. belonging to the mint family. |
| MONOCHASIUM | • monochasium n. (Botany) A type of cyme on which each single axis bears one flower. • MONOCHASIUM n. a cyme with a single main stem. |
| OUTCHARMING | • outcharming v. Present participle of outcharm. • OUTCHARM v. to surpass in charming. |
| OUTMARCHING | • outmarching v. Present participle of outmarch. • OUTMARCH v. to surpass in marching. |
| OUTMATCHING | • outmatching v. Present participle of outmatch. • OUTMATCH v. to surpass. |
| PULMOBRANCH | • PULMOBRANCH n. a lung-book. |
| RAMGUNSHOCH | • RAMGUNSHOCH adj. (Scots) rough. |
| RHAMNACEOUS | • rhamnaceous adj. Of or pertaining to plants in the family Rhamnaceae, the buckthorns. • RHAMNACEOUS adj. relating to the buckthorn family. |
| SUBHARMONIC | • subharmonic adj. (Physics) Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency. • subharmonic n. Such a frequency. • SUBHARMONIC n. a tone below a harmonic. |