| ABSOLUTIONS | • absolutions n. Plural of absolution. • ABSOLUTION n. remission of sins, declared officially by a priest. |
| ANISOGAMOUS | • anisogamous adj. Being married to someone whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one’s own. • anisogamous adj. Having a sexual partner whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one’s own. • ANISOGAMOUS adj. relating to anisogamy, union between markedly different gametes e.g. as egg and sperm, as in humans. |
| ANISOMEROUS | • anisomerous adj. (Botany) Having the number of floral organs unequal. • ANISOMEROUS adj. with unequal numbers of parts in the floral whorls. |
| APONEUROSIS | • aponeurosis n. (Anatomy) A flattened pearly white fibrous membrane taking the place of a tendon that binds together… • APONEUROSIS n. a sheet that connects muscle to tendon. |
| AUTONOMISTS | • autonomists n. Plural of autonomist. • AUTONOMIST n. one who practises autonomy. |
| AUTOSCOPIES | • autoscopies n. Plural of autoscopy. • AUTOSCOPY n. a hallucination of an image of one's own body. |
| AUTOTOMISES | • autotomises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autotomise. • AUTOTOMISE v. to effect an autotomy, the reflex loss of part of the body to save the whole (in lizards, etc.), also AUTOTOMIZE. |
| HOMOOUSIANS | • homoousians n. Plural of homoousian. • HOMOOUSIAN n. one of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father. |
| ICOSANDROUS | • icosandrous adj. (Botany) Having twenty or more stamens in each perigynous flower. • ICOSANDROUS adj. belonging to the Icosandria, a class of plants, also ICOSANDRIAN. |
| MIMOSACEOUS | • mimosaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the Mimosaceae. • MIMOSACEOUS adj. belonging to the mimosa family. |
| MOUSTACHIOS | • moustachios n. Plural of moustachio. • moustachios v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moustachio. • MOUSTACHIO n. (Spanish) a large, elegantly curling moustache, also MUSTACHIO. |
| OSCULATIONS | • osculations n. Plural of osculation. • OSCULATION n. a kiss; the point where two branches of a curve share, follow a common tangent. |
| OUTPASSIONS | • outpassions v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpassion. • OUTPASSION v. to exceed in passion. |
| OUTSTATIONS | • outstations n. Plural of outstation. • OUTSTATION n. a remote or outlying station. |
| SCORIACEOUS | • scoriaceous adj. Of, relating to, or producing scoria. • SCORIACEOUS adj. like slag, also SCORIAC, SCORIOUS. |
| SIALOGOGUES | • sialogogues n. Plural of sialogogue. • SIALOGOGUE n. anything that stimulates the flow of saliva, also SIALAGOGUE. |
| SOCIOSEXUAL | • sociosexual adj. Of or pertaining to sexual behaviour as it relates to society. • SOCIOSEXUAL adj. of or relating to the interpersonal aspects of sexuality. |