| AILOUROPHOBES | • ailourophobes n. Plural of ailourophobe. • AILOUROPHOBE n. one with a morbid fear of cats. |
| CEPHALOPODOUS | • cephalopodous adj. (Zoology) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods. • CEPHALOPODOUS adj. of or like a cephalopod, also CEPHALOPODIC. |
| HOMOEOTYPICAL | • HOMOEOTYPICAL adj. denoting or relating to the second nuclear division of meiosis, which resembles mitosis, also HOMEOTYPICAL. |
| PALAEOBIOLOGY | • palaeobiology n. The scientific study of prehistoric life, especially of those aspects pertaining to living systems. • palæobiology n. Archaic spelling of paleobiology. • PALAEOBIOLOGY n. the study of fossil plants and animals, also PALAEBIOLOGY, PALEOBIOLOGY. |
| PALAEOECOLOGY | • palaeoecology n. The study of past ecologies by using the evidence of fossils. • PALAEOECOLOGY n. the study of early ecology. |
| PALAEONTOLOGY | • palaeontology n. Britain standard spelling of paleontology. • palæontology n. Obsolete typography of palaeontology. • PALAEONTOLOGY n. the study of fossils, also PALEONTOLOGY. |
| PALAEOZOOLOGY | • palaeozoology n. Alternative form of paleozoology. • PALAEOZOOLOGY n. the study of fossil animals, also PALEOZOOLOGY. |
| PALEOBIOLOGIC | • paleobiologic adj. Alternative spelling of palaeobiologic. • PALEOBIOLOGIC adj. relating to paleobiology, also PALEOBIOLOGICAL. |
| PALEOECOLOGIC | • paleoecologic adj. Paleoecological. • PALEOECOLOGIC adj. relating to paleoecology, also PALEOECOLOGICAL. |
| PALEONTOLOGIC | • paleontologic adj. Pertaining to paleontology; characteristic of paleontology. • PALEONTOLOGIC adj. relating to paleontology, also PALEONTOLOGICAL. |
| PHOTOCOPIABLE | • photocopiable adj. Capable of being photocopied. • PHOTOCOPIABLE adj. that can be photocopied. |
| POLYGONACEOUS | • polygonaceous adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to a family of apetalous plants, Polygonaceae, of which the knotweeds of the… • POLYGONACEOUS adj. belonging to the family Polygonaceae, knotgrasses. |
| PROSOPOPOEIAL | • prosopopoeial adj. Prosopopoeic. • prosopopœial adj. Obsolete typography of prosopopoeial. • PROSOPOPOEIAL adj. relating to prosopopeia, personification. |
| RHOPALOCEROUS | • rhopalocerous adj. Of or relating to the Rhopalocera. • RHOPALOCEROUS adj. relating to the Rhopalocera, a suborder of insects with clubbed antennae, also RHOPALOCERAL. |
| TOXOPLASMOSES | • toxoplasmoses n. Plural of toxoplasmosis. • TOXOPLASMOSIS n. an infection of animals (esp. the domestic cat) and humans by microorganisms, prob protozoa, of the genus Toxoplasma. |
| TROPOCOLLAGEN | • tropocollagen n. (Biochemistry) A component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other. • TROPOCOLLAGEN n. a subunit of collagen fibrils consisting of three polypeptide strands arranged in a helix. |