| AUTOBIOGRAPHY | • autobiography n. (Countable) A self-written biography; the story of one’s own life. • autobiography n. (Uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre. • AUTOBIOGRAPHY n. the biography of a person narrated by himself or herself. |
| AUTONOMICALLY | • autonomically adv. In an autonomic manner. • autonomically adv. With reference to the autonomic nervous system. • AUTONOMICAL adv. self-governing, also AUTONOMIC. |
| AUTOPOLYPLOID | • autopolyploid adj. (Genetics) Having more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species, as a result of redoubling. • autopolyploid n. Any organism of this kind. • AUTOPOLYPLOID n. an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of more than two complete copies of the genome of a single ancestral species. |
| COLLOQUIALITY | • colloquiality n. (Uncountable) The state or condition of being colloquial; colloquialness. • colloquiality n. (Countable) A colloquial term, utterance, etc.; a colloquialism. • COLLOQUIALITY n. the quality of being colloquial. |
| COLOURABILITY | • colourability n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of colorability. • COLOURABILITY n. the quality of being colourable, also COLORABILITY. |
| COMMUNICATORY | • communicatory adj. Whose function is to communicate. • COMMUNICATORY adj. designed to communicate information. |
| CONTRARIOUSLY | • contrariously adv. (Obsolete) Contrarily; oppositely. • CONTRARIOUS adv. (archaic) contrary, perverse, also CONTRAIR, CONTRARY. |
| DEVOLUTIONARY | • devolutionary adj. Of, pertaining to, advocating or permitting devolution. • DEVOLUTIONARY adj. relating to devolution. |
| FOUNDATIONARY | • FOUNDATIONARY adj. relating to a foundation. |
| HOMOSEXUALITY | • homosexuality n. The state of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes… • homosexuality n. Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex… • HOMOSEXUALITY n. the state of being homosexual. |
| HONOURABILITY | • honourability n. A state or condition or being honourable. • HONOURABILITY n. the quality of being honourable, also HONORABILITY. |
| ILLOCUTIONARY | • illocutionary adj. (Linguistics) Of, pertaining to, or deriving from illocution, the performance of acts by speaking. • ILLOCUTIONARY adj. pertaining to illocution, an act which is performed by a speaker actually speaking the words. |
| MOUNTAINOUSLY | • mountainously adv. In a mountainous manner. • MOUNTAINOUS adv. having mountains. |
| NUMISMATOLOGY | • numismatology n. Numismatics. • NUMISMATOLOGY n. the study or collection of coins and medals. |
| REVOLUTIONARY | • revolutionary adj. Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution. • revolutionary adj. Pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset. • revolutionary adj. (Sciences) pertaining to something that revolves. |
| UNEMOTIONALLY | • unemotionally adv. In an unemotional manner. • UNEMOTIONAL adv. not emotional. |