| ACTINOMORPHY | • actinomorphy n. The condition of being actinomorphic. • ACTINOMORPHY n. the quality of being actinomorphic. |
| COMETOGRAPHY | • cometography n. A scientific description of comets. • COMETOGRAPHY n. the description of comets. |
| COMPANIONWAY | • companionway n. (Nautical) a staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship. • COMPANIONWAY n. the stairs from upper deck of ship to lower deck. |
| 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. |
| COMPULSATORY | • compulsatory adj. Enforced by or resulting from compulsion; employing force or constraint; compulsory. • COMPULSATORY adj. (Shakespeare) compulsory, also COMPULSATIVE. |
| COMPURGATORY | • compurgatory adj. Compurgatorial. • COMPURGATORY adj. relating to compurgation, the clearing of an accused person by means of oaths. |
| CONTEMPORARY | • contemporary adj. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous. • contemporary adj. Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). • contemporary n. Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another. |
| CRYPTOGAMOUS | • cryptogamous adj. Of or pertaining to the cryptogams. • CRYPTOGAMOUS adj. of or like a cryptogam. |
| HOMEOTYPICAL | • homeotypical adj. (Biology) Of or resembling the usual type. • HOMEOTYPICAL adj. denoting or relating to the second nuclear division of meiosis, which resembles mitosis, also HOMOEOTYPICAL. |
| HYPOCORISMAS | • HYPOCORISMA n. the use of a pet name or nickname, also HYPOCORISM. |
| HYPOVOLAEMIC | • hypovolaemic adj. Alternative form of hypovolemic. |
| MONOSYNAPTIC | • monosynaptic adj. (Neuroanatomy) Having, or involving a single synapse. • monosynaptic adj. (Derogatory) Stupid, lacking in brainpower. • MONOSYNAPTIC adj. having or involving a single neural synapse. |
| 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. |
| PHOTODYNAMIC | • photodynamic adj. Of, relating to, or caused by the energy or momentum of light or other electromagnetic radiations. • photodynamic adj. Of, or relating to photodynamics. • PHOTODYNAMIC adj. of, relating to, or having the property of intensifying or inducing a toxic reaction to light (as in the destruction of cancer cells stained with a light-sensitive dye) in a living system. |
| PROCLAMATORY | • proclamatory adj. In the manner of a proclamation. • PROCLAMATORY adj. of the nature of a proclamation. |
| TRYPANOSOMIC | • trypanosomic adj. Of or pertaining to a trypanosome. • TRYPANOSOMIC adj. of or like a trypanosome, also TRYPANOSOMAL. |