| AMELIORATORY | • amelioratory adj. Serving to ameliorate or improve. • AMELIORATORY adj. serving to ameliorate. |
| AUTOALLOGAMY | • AUTOALLOGAMY n. the ability of some plants of a species to cross-pollinate and others to self-pollinate. |
| GRAMMATOLOGY | • grammatology n. The scientific study of writing systems or scripts. • GRAMMATOLOGY n. the study of systems of writing. |
| HAEMATOXYLON | • HAEMATOXYLON n. any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp. the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa, the heartwood of which yields the dye haematoxylin. |
| HAMARTIOLOGY | • hamartiology n. (Christianity) The theology or study of sin. • HAMARTIOLOGY n. a part of theology treating the doctrine of sin. |
| HOMOTAXIALLY | • HOMOTAXIAL adv. showing homotaxis, also HOMOTAXIC. |
| LOADSAMONEYS | • loadsamoneys n. Plural of loadsamoney. • LOADSAMONEY n. wealth accumulated as a result of the economic boom of the 1980s. |
| 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. |
| OROMAXILLARY | • oromaxillary adj. Relating to the mouth and the maxilla. • OROMAXILLARY adj. relating to the passages between the sinuses and the roof of the mouth. |
| 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. |
| PROCLAMATORY | • proclamatory adj. In the manner of a proclamation. • PROCLAMATORY adj. of the nature of a proclamation. |
| 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. |
| THAUMATOLOGY | • thaumatology n. The study of miracles. • THAUMATOLOGY n. the study of miracles. |
| TRAUMATOLOGY | • traumatology n. (Medicine, psychology) A branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma. • TRAUMATOLOGY n. the study of wounds and their effects. |
| TRYPANOSOMAL | • trypanosomal adj. Of or pertaining to a trypanosome. • TRYPANOSOMAL adj. of or like a trypanosome, also TRYPANOSOMIC. |