| APOLLONICONS | • apollonicons n. Plural of apollonicon. • APOLLONICON n. a gigantic barrel organ, partly automatic. |
| HOLOPLANKTON | • holoplankton n. (Biology) Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton. • HOLOPLANKTON n. organisms which remain as plankton throughout their whole life cycle. |
| LOLLAPALOOSA | • lollapaloosa n. Alternative form of lollapalooza. • LOLLAPALOOSA n. something excellent, also LALAPALOOZA, LALLAPALOOZA, LOLLAPALOOZA. |
| LOLLAPALOOZA | • lollapalooza n. (Informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind. • LOLLAPALOOZA n. something excellent, also LALAPALOOZA, LALLAPALOOZA, LOLLAPALOOSA. |
| MONOPODIALLY | • monopodially adv. By means of a monopodium. • MONOPODIAL adv. having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk. |
| OPHIOLOGICAL | • ophiological adj. Of or relating to ophiology. • OPHIOLOGICAL adj. relating to ophiology, the study of snakes, also OPHIOLOGIC. |
| PALEOBIOLOGY | • paleobiology n. The branch of biology or paleontology concerned with the study of fossils of plants and animals. • PALEOBIOLOGY n. a branch of paleontology concerned with the biology of fossil organisms, also PALAEBIOLOGY, PALAEOBIOLOGY. |
| PALEOECOLOGY | • paleoecology n. The ecology of the ancient past and of extinct organisms. • PALEOECOLOGY n. a branch of ecology that is concerned with the characteristics of ancient environments and with their relationships to ancient plants and animals. |
| PALEONTOLOGY | • paleontology n. (American spelling) Study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially… • PALEONTOLOGY n. the study of fossils, also PALAEONTOLOGY. |
| PALEOZOOLOGY | • paleozoology n. (Zoology) The branch of zoology dealing with fossils, and the creatures that were transformed into them. • PALEOZOOLOGY n. the study of fossil animals, also PALAEOZOOLOGY. |
| PHONOLOGICAL | • phonological adj. Of or relating to phonology. • phonological adj. Pertaining to the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, and accent. • PHONOLOGICAL adj. relating to phonology, also PHONOLOGIC. |
| POLYALCOHOLS | • polyalcohols n. Plural of polyalcohol. • POLYALCOHOL n. an alcohol that contains more than one hydroxyl group. |
| POSTCOLONIAL | • postcolonial adj. Following the end of colonial rule. • postcolonial adj. (Philosophy) Of or pertaining to postcolonialism. • postcolonial n. A person living in a postcolonial society. |
| PROPRANOLOLS | • propranolols n. Plural of propranolol. • PROPRANOLOL n. a beta-blocker drug used mainly in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia. |
| TROPOLOGICAL | • tropological adj. Relating to or involving the interpretation of literature focusing on the ethical lesson or moral of the story. • tropological adj. Characterized by tropes; varied by tropes; tropical. • TROPOLOGICAL adj. characterized by tropes or figures of speech, also TROPOLOGIC. |