| ACOTYLEDONOUS | • acotyledonous adj. Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc. • ACOTYLEDONOUS adj. relating to an acotyledon. |
| AILOUROPHOBES | • ailourophobes n. Plural of ailourophobe. • AILOUROPHOBE n. one with a morbid fear of cats. |
| ALLOCHTHONOUS | • allochthonous adj. Originating in a place other than where it is found. • allochthonous adj. (Geology) Buried or found in a place remote from the site of formation. • ALLOCHTHONOUS adj. refers to something, e.g. a rock, formed elsewhere than in its present location. |
| CACOPHONOUSLY | • cacophonously adv. In a cacophonous manner. • CACOPHONOUS adv. discordant, unpleasantly noisy, also CACOPHONIC, CACOPHONICAL, CACOPHONIOUS. |
| CEPHALOPODOUS | • cephalopodous adj. (Zoology) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods. • CEPHALOPODOUS adj. of or like a cephalopod, also CEPHALOPODIC. |
| COLOURISATION | • colourisation n. UK standard spelling of colorization. • COLOURISATION n. the act of colourising, also COLORISATION, COLORIZATION, COLOURIZATION. |
| CONDYLOMATOUS | • condylomatous adj. Relating to condyloma. • CONDYLOMATOUS adj. of or like a condyloma. |
| FLUOROCARBONS | • fluorocarbons n. Plural of fluorocarbon. • FLUOROCARBON n. any of a series of compounds of fluorine and carbon. |
| MELANOCHROOUS | • melanochroous adj. Melanochroic; dark-complexioned. • MELANOCHROOUS adj. belonging to the melanochroi, having dark hair and white skin, also MELANOCHROIC. |
| MONODACTYLOUS | • monodactylous adj. (Of an animal) Having a single digit on each limb, especially a single claw that can be used to grasp. • MONODACTYLOUS adj. one-toed or one-fingered. |
| MONOTHALAMOUS | • monothalamous adj. (Botany) Whose spikelets are all similar. • monothalamous adj. (Zoology) Having a single chamber. • MONOTHALAMOUS adj. of an animal or protist, having a shell, test, or skeleton with a single chamber. |
| NONCOLOURFAST | • noncolourfast adj. Alternative form of noncolorfast. • NONCOLOURFAST adj. not colourfast, also NONCOLORFAST. |
| NONHOMOSEXUAL | • nonhomosexual adj. Not homosexual. • nonhomosexual n. One who is not a homosexual. • NONHOMOSEXUAL n. one who is not homosexual. |
| PLAGIOSTOMOUS | • plagiostomous adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Plagiostomi. • PLAGIOSTOMOUS adj. of or like a plagiostome, also PLAGIOSTOMATOUS. |
| PLAGIOTROPOUS | • PLAGIOTROPOUS adj. showing plagiotropism, the tendency to grow at an oblique or horizontal angle. |
| 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. |
| POSTHOLOCAUST | • postholocaust adj. After the Holocaust. • POSTHOLOCAUST adj. following the Holocaust. |
| PROTANOMALOUS | • protanomalous adj. Having or relating to protanomaly. • PROTANOMALOUS adj. afflicted with protanomaly, a form of colour blindness in which there is a decreased response to red. |
| RHOPALOCEROUS | • rhopalocerous adj. Of or relating to the Rhopalocera. • RHOPALOCEROUS adj. relating to the Rhopalocera, a suborder of insects with clubbed antennae, also RHOPALOCERAL. |
| TAUTOLOGOUSLY | • tautologously adv. In a tautologous manner. • TAUTOLOGOUS adv. involving or containing rhetorical tautology. |