| APOSTROPHIC | • apostrophic adj. (Rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue). • apostrophic adj. (Orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ’). • APOSTROPHIC adj. relating to apostrophe. |
| CARPOPHORES | • carpophores n. Plural of carpophore. • CARPOPHORE n. a slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants. |
| CARPOSPORES | • carpospores n. Plural of carpospore. • CARPOSPORE n. a kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae. |
| CONTRAPROPS | • CONTRAPROP n. a contra-rotating propeller. |
| COPROPHAGAN | • coprophagan n. (Zoology) Any of a number of beetles that feeds on dung. • COPROPHAGAN n. a beetle that lives in dung. |
| COPROPHAGIC | • coprophagic adj. Engaging in coprophagia. • COPROPHAGIC adj. eating dung, also COPROPHAGOUS. |
| COPROPHILIA | • coprophilia n. (Psychiatry) A marked interest in excrement; especially the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and… • COPROPHILIA n. an abnormal liking for excrement. |
| HAPTOTROPIC | • haptotropic adj. Of or pertaining to haptotropism; moving when touched. • haptotropic adj. (Chemistry) Describing the movement of clusters of atoms between two ligands or other groups. • HAPTOTROPIC adj. curving in response to touch. |
| LAPAROSCOPE | • laparoscope n. A thin endoscope that may be inserted through a small incision in the abdominal wall. • LAPAROSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the interior of the peritoneal cavity. |
| LAPAROSCOPY | • laparoscopy n. (Medicine) Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal… • LAPAROSCOPY n. an examination done via a laparoscope. |
| POLARISCOPE | • polariscope n. A polarimeter. • POLARISCOPE n. an instrument for detecting polarized light. |
| POLYCARPOUS | • polycarpous adj. Alternative form of polycarpic. • POLYCARPOUS adj. fruiting many times, or year after year, also POLYCARPIC. |
| PROTOPATHIC | • protopathic adj. Relating to a sensory nerve that detects the presence of a stimulus without determining its location. • protopathic adj. Relating to first symptoms of a disease, as in the sense of protopathic bias. • PROTOPATHIC adj. pertaining to reception by nerves, etc. of only coarse stimuli such as heat, pain, etc.; pertaining to such nerves. |
| TOPOGRAPHIC | • topographic adj. Of or relating to topography. • TOPOGRAPHIC adj. relating to topography, also TOPOGRAPHICAL. |