| ANTHROPOMORPH | • anthropomorph n. A figure in ancient art resembling a human being. • anthropomorph n. An anthropomorphic character. • ANTHROPOMORPH n. a stylized human figure. |
| APOGEOTROPISM | • apogeotropism n. (Botany) An apogeotropic tendency. • APOGEOTROPISM n. bending up or away from the ground. |
| APPORTIONMENT | • apportionment n. The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned. • apportionment n. (US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states. • apportionment n. (US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states. |
| APPROXIMATION | • approximation n. The act, process or result of approximating. • approximation n. (Mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose. • approximation n. (Medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured. |
| HAPTOTROPISMS | • HAPTOTROPISM n. curving in response to touch, as a tendril. |
| HIPPOPOTAMIAN | • hippopotamian adj. Resembling or characteristic of a hippopotamus. • HIPPOPOTAMIAN adj. like a hippopotamus, clumsy, also HIPPOPOTAMIC. |
| IMPROPRIATION | • impropriation n. The act of impropriating; putting an ecclesiastical benefice or tithes in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation. • impropriation n. A benefice, tithe etc. that has been put in lay hands. • IMPROPRIATION n. the act of impropriating. |
| IMPROPRIATORS | • impropriators n. Plural of impropriator. • IMPROPRIATOR n. a layman who is in possession of a benefice or its revenues. |
| MONOPHOSPHATE | • monophosphate n. (Chemistry) any compound containing a single phosphate unit. • MONOPHOSPHATE n. an ester of phosphoric acid. |
| OMOPLATOSCOPY | • omoplatoscopy n. Divination by use of a shoulder blade. • OMOPLATOSCOPY n. divination by observing the cracks in a burning shoulder-blade. |
| PAPILLOMATOUS | • papillomatous adj. Having papillomae. • PAPILLOMATOUS adj. of or like a papilloma. |
| PHONOCAMPTICS | • PHONOCAMPTICS n. the branch of acoustics dealing with echoes. |
| PLAGIOTROPISM | • plagiotropism n. (Biology) The growth of a plant at an orientation to the angle of a stimulus. • PLAGIOTROPISM n. the tendency to grow at an oblique or horizontal angle. |
| PNEUMATOPHORE | • pneumatophore n. (Zoology) A gas-filled sac or float of some colonial marine coelenterates, such as the Portuguese man-of-war. • pneumatophore n. (Botany) An aerial root, in mangroves etc., specialized for gaseous exchange. • pneumatophore n. An apparatus consisting of a bag with a tube and mouthpiece, which may be attached to the body. The… |
| POSTMENOPAUSE | • postmenopause n. The period in which menopause no longer occurs; often defined as the first full year in which no menstruation occurs. |
| SPERMATOPHORE | • spermatophore n. (Biology) A spermospore. • spermatophore n. (Zoology) A capsule or pocket enclosing a number of spermatozoa, found in many annelids, brachiopods… • SPERMATOPHORE n. a case enclosing the spermatozoa of certain crustaceans, molluscs and amphibians. |