| ACTINOMORPHOUS | • actinomorphous adj. (Botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern. • ACTINOMORPHOUS adj. radially symmetric, also ACTINOMORPHIC. |
| ANDROCEPHALOUS | • androcephalous adj. Having a human head (upon an animal’s body), like the Egyptian sphinx. • ANDROCEPHALOUS adj. with a human head. |
| ANTHROPOPHAGUS | • anthropophagus n. A man-eater; a cannibal. • ANTHROPOPHAGUS n. a cannibal; a man-eater. |
| ANTHROPOPHUISM | • anthropophuism n. Human nature. • anthropophuism n. The ascription of human nature to the gods. • ANTHROPOPHUISM n. the ascription of human nature to God or to the gods. |
| EUTROPHICATION | • eutrophication n. (Biology) The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem’s response to the addition of artificial… • EUTROPHICATION n. the process of becoming eutrophic. |
| HAPLOSTEMONOUS | • haplostemonous adj. (Botany) Having a single series of stamens, equal in number to the proper number of petals and alternating with them. • HAPLOSTEMONOUS adj. with one whorl of stamens. |
| IMPOSTHUMATION | • imposthumation n. The formation of an abscess; inflammation; suppuration. • imposthumation n. An abscess; an imposthume. • IMPOSTHUMATION n. the act of forming an imposthume, an abscess, also IMPOSTUMATION. |
| NEUROPATHOLOGY | • neuropathology n. Neural pathology: The pathology of the nervous system, usually and especially in the sense of its cytopathology… • NEUROPATHOLOGY n. pathology of the nervous system. |
| PHONAUTOGRAPHS | • phonautographs n. Plural of phonautograph. • PHONAUTOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording sound vibrations. |
| PLECTOGNATHOUS | • plectognathous adj. Alternative form of plectognathic. • PLECTOGNATHOUS adj. belonging to an order of bony fishes including filefishes, also PLECTOGNATHIC. |
| PNEUMATOPHORES | • pneumatophores n. Plural of pneumatophore. • PNEUMATOPHORE n. an upward-growing respiratory root in swamp plants. |
| PNEUMOTHORACES | • pneumothoraces n. Plural of pneumothorax. • PNEUMOTHORAX n. accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity. |
| PNEUMOTHORAXES | • pneumothoraxes n. Plural of pneumothorax. • PNEUMOTHORAX n. accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity. |
| THYSANOPTEROUS | • thysanopterous adj. Of or pertaining to the Thysanoptera. • THYSANOPTEROUS adj. belonging to the Thysanoptera, an order of insects with fringed wings, some of which are serious pests to fruit, such as thrips. |
| XANTHOPHYLLOUS | • xanthophyllous adj. Of or relating to xanthophyll. • XANTHOPHYLLOUS adj. like a xanthophyll, a yellow carotenoid pigment found with chlorophyll in green plants and in egg yolks. |