| AEPYORNISES | • Aepyornises n. Plural of Aepyornis. • AEPYORNIS n. (Greek) a large fossil bird of Madagascar. |
| COPYREADERS | • copyreaders n. Plural of copyreader. • COPYREADER n. a subeditor. |
| CYPERACEOUS | • cyperaceous adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to the Cyperaceae, or sedges. • CYPERACEOUS adj. belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike plants including the sedges, certain rushes and papyrus. |
| EMPLOYABLES | • employables n. Plural of employable. • EMPLOYABLE n. one who is employable. |
| HAEMOPTYSES | • haemoptyses n. Plural of haemoptysis. • hæmoptyses n. Plural of hæmoptysis. • HAEMOPTYSIS n. the spitting or coughing up of blood from the lungs. |
| HEPATOCYTES | • hepatocytes n. Plural of hepatocyte. • HEPATOCYTE n. an epithelial parenchymatous cell of the liver. |
| HORSEPLAYER | • horseplayer n. (Gambling) A person who bets on horse races. • HORSEPLAYER n. one who habitually bets on horse races. |
| HYPERPNOEAS | • HYPERPNOEA n. abnormally fast breathing, also HYPERPNEA. |
| MESOCEPHALY | • mesocephaly n. The property of being mesocephalic. • MESOCEPHALY n. having a medium skull, also MESOCEPHALISM. |
| MESOTHERAPY | • mesotherapy n. (Alternative medicine) Any treatment that involves the injection of vitamins or other substances into… • MESOTHERAPY n. a type of cosmetic procedure involving the injection of minute doses of vitamins etc. under the skin. |
| PALAEOTYPES | • palaeotypes n. Plural of palaeotype. • PALAEOTYPE n. a nineteenth century phonetic adaptation of ordinary alphabetical type. |
| PHAENOTYPES | • PHAENOTYPE v. to categorise by phaenotype, the sum of the attributes of an individual, regarded as resulting from the interaction of its genotype with its environment, also PHENOTYPE. |
| POLYCHAETES | • polychaetes n. Plural of polychaete. • POLYCHAETE n. a type of aquatic worm (including lugworms and ragworms), also POLYCHETE. |
| POLYMERASES | • polymerases n. Plural of polymerase. • POLYMERASE n. an enzyme present in cell nuclei which promotes the polymerization of DNA. |
| SEROTHERAPY | • serotherapy n. (Medicine) The therapeutic use of sera or vaccines. • SEROTHERAPY n. treatment with a serum or antitoxin. |
| SPELAEOLOGY | • spelaeology n. Alternative form of speleology. • SPELAEOLOGY n. the study and exploration of caves, also SPELEOLOGY. |