| 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. |
| CAMPANOLOGY | • campanology n. The study of bells and their casting, tuning, and ringing. • CAMPANOLOGY n. the art of bell ringing. |
| CRANIOSCOPY | • cranioscopy n. (Rare) The study of the shape, size, and other features of the human skull. • cranioscopy n. (Dated) Phrenology. • CRANIOSCOPY n. phrenology. |
| CYMOPHANOUS | • cymophanous adj. Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant. • CYMOPHANOUS adj. opalescent. |
| CYNOPHOBIAS | • cynophobias n. Plural of cynophobia. • CYNOPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of dogs. |
| DODECAPHONY | • dodecaphony n. (Music) 12-tone music, a form of composition using all 12 tones of the chromatic scale in such a way… • DODECAPHONY n. twelve-tone music, also DODECAPHONISM. |
| 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. |
| ONYCHOPHAGY | • onychophagy n. The habit of biting one’s nails. • ONYCHOPHAGY n. the habit of biting one's fingernails. |
| 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. |
| POLYCLONALS | • polyclonals n. Plural of polyclonal. • POLYCLONAL n. a type of antibody. |
| SCYPHOZOANS | • scyphozoans n. Plural of scyphozoan. • SCYPHOZOAN n. any of a class of medusoid coelenterates; a jelly fish. |
| 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. |
| SYNCOPATORS | • syncopators n. Plural of syncopator. • SYNCOPATOR n. one who syncopates. |
| TOPONYMICAL | • toponymical adj. Toponymic. • TOPONYMICAL adj. related to toponymy, the study of place-names, also TOPONYMAL, TOPONYMIC. |