| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| COLOURISATION | • colourisation n. UK standard spelling of colorization. • COLOURISATION n. the act of colourising, also COLORISATION, COLORIZATION, COLOURIZATION. |
| COLOURIZATION | • colourization n. Canada standard spelling of colorization. • COLOURIZATION n. the act of colourizing, also COLORISATION, COLORIZATION, COLOURISATION. |
| CONDYLOMATOUS | • condylomatous adj. Relating to condyloma. • CONDYLOMATOUS adj. of or like a condyloma. |
| CONVOLUTIONAL | • convolutional adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing convolution. • CONVOLUTIONAL adj. of or like convolution. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| TAUTOLOGOUSLY | • tautologously adv. In a tautologous manner. • TAUTOLOGOUS adv. involving or containing rhetorical tautology. |
| THEOLOGOUMENA | • theologoumena n. Plural of theologoumenon. • THEOLOGOUMENON n. theological statement as opposed to divine one. |
| ULTRAORTHODOX | • ultraorthodox adj. Very orthodox, chiefly among Jewish sects. • ultra-Orthodox adj. (Of a Jew) Very strictly observant; Haredi; being either Hasidic or Litvish (Misnagdic). • ULTRAORTHODOX adj. extremely orthodox. |