| CAMPANOLOGER | • CAMPANOLOGER n. a bell-ringer. |
| COMPLANATION | • COMPLANATION n. the state of being flattened. |
| FOOTPLATEMAN | • footplateman n. (UK, rail transport) A railway worker who is either a locomotive engineer or a fireman. • footplate␣man n. The engineer, or driver of a locomotive. • FOOTPLATEMAN n. a train driver or assistant. |
| GAMOPETALOUS | • gamopetalous adj. (Botany) Having petals wholly or partially fused in such a way that the corolla takes the form of a… • GAMOPETALOUS adj. petals partially fused. |
| GAMOSEPALOUS | • gamosepalous adj. (Botany, of a calyx) Having united sepals. • GAMOSEPALOUS adj. with sepals partly united. |
| LAPAROTOMIES | • laparotomies n. Plural of laparotomy. • LAPAROTOMY n. a cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section. |
| MALLOPHAGOUS | • mallophagous adj. Feeding on feathers. • MALLOPHAGOUS adj. relating to the Mallophaga, an order of wingless parasitic insects, bird-lice or biting-lice. |
| OMPHALOMANCY | • omphalomancy n. Divination by means of a child’s navel, to learn how many children the mother may have. • OMPHALOMANCY n. predicting the number of children a mother will bear by counting the knots in her firstborn's umbilical cord. |
| PHARMACOLOGY | • pharmacology n. (Medicine) The science of drugs including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use… • pharmacology n. (Medicine) The properties and reactions of drugs especially with relation to their therapeutic value. • PHARMACOLOGY n. the study of drugs. |
| PLASMOSOMATA | • PLASMOSOMA n. a nucleolus, also PLASMOSOME. |
| PROCLAMATION | • proclamation n. A statement which is proclaimed; formal public announcement. • PROCLAMATION n. the action of proclaiming. |
| PROCLAMATORY | • proclamatory adj. In the manner of a proclamation. • PROCLAMATORY adj. of the nature of a proclamation. |
| PROTHALAMION | • prothalamion n. (Literary) A song or poem in honour of a bride and bridegroom about to be married. • PROTHALAMION n. (Spenser) a song in honour of a marriage, also PROTHALAMIUM. |
| PROTONEMATAL | • protonematal adj. Relating to protonemata. • PROTONEMATAL adj. of or like a protonema, the primary growth from the spore of a moss, also PROTONEMAL. |
| PROTOPLASMAL | • protoplasmal adj. (Cytology) Of or relating to protoplasm. • PROTOPLASMAL adj. of or like protoplasm, also PROTOPLASMATIC, PROTOPLASMIC, PROTOPLASTIC. |
| SOMATOPLASMS | • somatoplasms n. Plural of somatoplasm. • SOMATOPLASM n. protoplasm of the somatic cells. |
| SPERMATOZOAL | • spermatozoal adj. Of or pertaining to spermatozoa. • SPERMATOZOAL adj. of or like a spermatozoon, a male sexual cell, which fertilises the egg. |
| SYNAPTOSOMAL | • synaptosomal adj. Of or pertaining to a synaptosome. • SYNAPTOSOMAL adj. of or like a synaptosome, a nerve ending that is isolated from homogenized nerve tissue. |
| TAPHONOMICAL | • taphonomical adj. Alternative form of taphonomic. • TAPHONOMICAL adj. relating to taphonomy, also TAPHONOMIC. |
| TRYPANOSOMAL | • trypanosomal adj. Of or pertaining to a trypanosome. • TRYPANOSOMAL adj. of or like a trypanosome, also TRYPANOSOMIC. |