| ANTHOCARPOUS | • anthocarpous adj. (Botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit. • ANTHOCARPOUS adj. of or like an anthocarp, a fruit resulting from many flowers, such as a pineapple. |
| AUTOCEPHALIC | • autocephalic adj. Autocephalous. • AUTOCEPHALIC adj. of a bishop, independent of any higher governing body, also AUTOCEPHALOUS. |
| AUTOGRAPHIES | • autographies n. Plural of autography. • AUTOGRAPHY n. the act of writing with one's own hand; something handwritten. |
| AUTOGRAPHING | • autographing v. Present participle of autograph. • autographing n. The signing of an autograph. • AUTOGRAPH v. to sign with an autograph. |
| HAPAXANTHOUS | • hapaxanthous adj. Being or relating to a hapaxanth. • HAPAXANTHOUS adj. monocarpous, also HAPAXANTHIC. |
| HERPETOFAUNA | • herpetofauna n. Reptiles and amphibians as a group, especially those of a particular region or time period. • HERPETOFAUNA n. (Latin) snake life. |
| HYPOTHALAMUS | • hypothalamus n. (Anatomy) A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon… • HYPOTHALAMUS n. a part of the brain. |
| NATUROPATHIC | • naturopathic adj. (Alternative medicine) Relating to naturopathy or to naturopaths. • NATUROPATHIC adj. relating to naturopathy. |
| PANTOPHAGOUS | • pantophagous adj. Eating all kinds of food. • PANTOPHAGOUS adj. eating or requiring a variety of foods. |
| PARAGNATHOUS | • paragnathous adj. (Zoology) having both mandibles of equal length, with the tips meeting, as in certain birds. • PARAGNATHOUS adj. having equal mandibles. |
| PARANTHROPUS | • Paranthropus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – a group of extinct bipedal hominids, the robust australopithecines. • PARANTHROPUS n. an Olduvai anthropoid ape. |
| PARASTICHOUS | • PARASTICHOUS adj. characterised by parastichy, i.e. having a secondary helix joining leaf-bases on an axis. |
| PHOSPHATURIA | • phosphaturia n. (Pathology) The presence of phosphate in the urine. • PHOSPHATURIA n. the excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine. |
| PROTHALAMIUM | • prothalamium n. Alternative form of prothalamion. • PROTHALAMIUM n. (Spenser) a song in honour of a marriage, also PROTHALAMION. |
| SCATOPHAGOUS | • scatophagous adj. Synonym of coprophagous: typified by consuming shit or other excrement. • SCATOPHAGOUS adj. habitually feeding on dung, coprophagous. |
| THAUMATROPES | • thaumatropes n. Plural of thaumatrope. • THAUMATROPE n. an optical toy in which pictures on both sides of a card are seen to combine when the card is rotated rapidly. |