| ADIPOCEROUS | • adipocerous adj. Like adipocere. • ADIPOCEROUS adj. like adipocere, a fatty substance occurring in corpses left in moist areas. |
| APONEUROTIC | • aponeurotic adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis. • APONEUROTIC adj. relating to an aponeurosis, a sheet that connects muscle to tendon. |
| AUTOMORPHIC | • automorphic adj. (Geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic. • automorphic adj. (Mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular. • automorphic adj. (Mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism. |
| AUTOSCOPIES | • autoscopies n. Plural of autoscopy. • AUTOSCOPY n. a hallucination of an image of one's own body. |
| AUTOTROPHIC | • autotrophic adj. (Biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using… • AUTOTROPHIC adj. capable of building up food materials from inorganic matter. |
| AUXOTROPHIC | • auxotrophic adj. (Biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent… • AUXOTROPHIC adj. requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| CARPOGONIUM | • carpogonium n. (Biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive… • CARPOGONIUM n. an egg-bearing vessel in red algae. |
| COMPUTATION | • computation n. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning. • computation n. The result of computation; the amount computed. • COMPUTATION n. the act or action of computing. |
| COPULATIONS | • copulations n. Plural of copulation. • COPULATION n. the act of copulating. |
| CORNUCOPIAN | • cornucopian adj. In great abundance, very abundant. • CORNUCOPIAN adj. of the nature of a cornucopia. |
| CORNUCOPIAS | • cornucopias n. Plural of cornucopia. • CORNUCOPIA n. a curved goat's horn overflowing with fruit and ears of grain that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance. |
| OCCUPATIONS | • occupations n. Plural of occupation. • OCCUPATION n. an activity in which one engages. |
| PROCURATION | • procuration n. The act of procuring; procurement. • procuration n. The management of another’s affairs. • procuration n. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy. |
| TAUTOPHONIC | • tautophonic adj. Alternative form of tautophonical. • TAUTOPHONIC adj. relating to tautophony, also TAUTOPHONICAL. |
| UNAPOSTOLIC | • unapostolic adj. (Christianity) Not apostolic; unconnected to the apostles or contrary to their teachings. • UNAPOSTOLIC adj. not apostolical, also UNAPOSTOLICAL. |