| AMYOTROPHIC | • amyotrophic adj. (Medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles). • AMYOTROPHIC adj. relating to amyotrophy, atrophy of the muscles. |
| APOCYNTHION | • apocynthion n. (Astronomy) The point in an orbit around the Moon that is most distant from that body. • APOCYNTHION n. the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is furthest from the moon. |
| COMPILATORY | • compilatory adj. Of or pertaining to a compiler (person) or compilation. • COMPILATORY adj. relating to a compilation. |
| CORPORALITY | • corporality n. (Obsolete) The state of being or having a body (being corporal/corporeal); bodily existence. • corporality n. (Obsolete) A confraternity; a guild. • CORPORALITY n. the state of being or having a body or a material or physical existence. |
| CRANIOSCOPY | • cranioscopy n. (Rare) The study of the shape, size, and other features of the human skull. • cranioscopy n. (Dated) Phrenology. • CRANIOSCOPY n. phrenology. |
| CYNOPHOBIAS | • cynophobias n. Plural of cynophobia. • CYNOPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of dogs. |
| HYPOCORISMA | • HYPOCORISMA n. the use of a pet name or nickname, also HYPOCORISM. |
| ICONOGRAPHY | • iconography n. A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art. • iconography n. The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation… • iconography n. The study of representative art in general. |
| NYCTOPHOBIA | • nyctophobia n. A fear of the night, nighttime, or darkness. • NYCTOPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of the night or darkness. |
| PALYNOLOGIC | • palynologic adj. Synonym of palynological. • PALYNOLOGIC adj. relating to palynology, the scientific study of spores and pollen, also PALYNOLOGICAL. |
| PAROXYTONIC | • paroxytonic adj. (Prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable. • PAROXYTONIC adj. like a paroxytone. |
| PROCARYOTIC | • procaryotic adj. Misspelling of prokaryotic. • PROCARYOTIC adj. like a procaryote. |
| PROKARYOTIC | • prokaryotic adj. Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria. • prokaryotic adj. Of cells, lacking a nucleus. • PROKARYOTIC adj. of or like a prokaryote. |
| SYNCOPATION | • syncopation n. (Linguistics, phonology) The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables… • syncopation n. (Music) The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession… • SYNCOPATION n. a shift of accent in a musical passage that occurs when a normally weak beat is stressed. |
| TOPONYMICAL | • toponymical adj. Toponymic. • TOPONYMICAL adj. related to toponymy, the study of place-names, also TOPONYMAL, TOPONYMIC. |
| TYPOLOGICAL | • typological adj. Of or relating to typology. • TYPOLOGICAL adj. relating to typology, also TYPOLOGIC. |
| ZOOPHYTICAL | • zoophytical adj. Of or pertaining to the zoophytes. • ZOOPHYTICAL adj. relating to a zoophyte, a plantlike animal, as coral, sea anemone, etc., also ZOOPHYTIC. |