| 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. |
| 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. |
| GYNOPHOBIAS | • GYNOPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of women. |
| HYPNOPHOBIA | • hypnophobia n. The fear of falling asleep. • HYPNOPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of sleep. |
| HYPOAEOLIAN | • HYPOAEOLIAN adj. in Greek music, below the Aeolian mode. |
| 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. |
| OPTIONALITY | • optionality n. (Finance, business) The value of additional optional investment opportunities available only after having… • optionality n. Quality or state in which choice or discretion is allowed. • OPTIONALITY n. the state of being optional. |
| 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. |
| POLYNOMIALS | • polynomials n. Plural of polynomial. • POLYNOMIAL n. an expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus. |
| SIPHONOGAMY | • siphonogamy n. (Biology) reproduction via pollen tubes. • SIPHONOGAMY n. the state of reproducing by seed. |
| 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. |