| ALYCOMPAINES | • ALYCOMPAINE n. an old name for the plant elecampane. |
| AMYLOPECTINS | • amylopectins n. Plural of amylopectin. • AMYLOPECTIN n. the major component of starch, consisting of branched polysaccharide chains. |
| CHAMAEPHYTES | • chamaephytes n. Plural of chamaephyte. • CHAMAEPHYTE n. a winter-flowering plant. |
| COMPENSATORY | • compensatory adj. (Of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury. • compensatory adj. Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something. • compensatory adj. (Genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation. |
| CRYPTOGAMIES | • CRYPTOGAMY n. the state of being a cryptogam, reproducing by spores and not seeds. |
| CRYPTOMERIAS | • cryptomerias n. Plural of cryptomeria. • CRYPTOMERIA n. a kind of evergreen tree. |
| CRYPTOMNESIA | • cryptomnesia n. (Psychology) The phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience. • CRYPTOMNESIA n. latent or subconscious memory. |
| HYPERSARCOMA | • hypersarcoma n. (Pathology, archaic) Synonym of hypersarcosis. • HYPERSARCOMA n. proud or fungous flesh. |
| METAPHYSICAL | • metaphysical adj. Of or pertaining to metaphysics. • metaphysical adj. Being an adherent of the philosophy of metaphysics. • metaphysical adj. Immaterial, supersensual, not physical (more properly, "beyond" that which is physical). |
| METAPSYCHICS | • metapsychics n. The study of psychic or metapsychic phenomena. • METAPSYCHICS n. the study of psychic phenomena beyond the limits of ordinary or orthodox psychology. |
| PACHYDERMIAS | • PACHYDERMIA n. elephantiasis. |
| PACHYDERMOUS | • PACHYDERMOUS adj. thick-skinned, also PACHYDERMATOUS. |
| POLICYMAKERS | • policymakers n. Plural of policymaker. • policy␣makers n. Plural of policy maker. • POLICYMAKER n. one who makes policy. |
| PROSENCHYMAS | • PROSENCHYMA n. supporting plant tissue containing little protoplasm. |
| SCYPHISTOMAE | • scyphistomae n. Plural of scyphistoma. • SCYPHISTOMA n. the fixed polypoid stage in the life cycle of a scyphozoan, which reproduces asexually by budding or strobilation. |
| SPERMAPHYTIC | • spermaphytic adj. Synonym of spermatophytic. • SPERMAPHYTIC adj. of or like a spermaphyte, also SPERMOPHYTIC. |
| SPERMATOCYTE | • spermatocyte n. (Cytology) A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops. • SPERMATOCYTE n. a cell producing spermatozoa. |
| STAPEDECTOMY | • stapedectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of the stapes of the middle ear. • STAPEDECTOMY n. the removal of the stapes and insertion of an artificial replacement to relieve deafness. |
| SYMPATHETICS | • SYMPATHETIC n. a sympathetic structure. |