| AUTOTETRAPLOIDS | • autotetraploids n. Plural of autotetraploid. • AUTOTETRAPLOID n. an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of four copies of a single genome due to doubling of an ancestral chromosome complement. |
| CONDUPLICATIONS | • conduplications n. Plural of conduplication. • CONDUPLICATION n. the state of being conduplicate. |
| DECOLOURISATION | • decolourisation n. Alternative spelling of decolorization. • DECOLOURISATION n. the process of decolourising, also DECOLORISATION, DECOLORIZATION, DECOLOURIZATION. |
| DEFLOCCULATIONS | • deflocculations n. Plural of deflocculation. • DEFLOCCULATION n. the process of deflocculating. |
| DEUTERANOMALOUS | • deuteranomalous adj. Having or relating to deuteranomaly. • DEUTERANOMALOUS adj. exhibiting partial loss of green color vision so that an increased intensity of green is required in a mixture of red and green to match a given yellow. |
| DISCOLOURATIONS | • discolourations n. Plural of discolouration. • DISCOLOURATION n. the act of discolouring, also DISCOLORATION. |
| DISCOMBOBULATED | • discombobulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of discombobulate. • discombobulated adj. (Informal) Confused, embarrassed, upset. • discombobulated adj. (Informal) Broken, mixed up. |
| DISCOMBOBULATES | • discombobulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discombobulate. • DISCOMBOBULATE v. to throw into a state of confusion, also DISCOMBOBERATE. |
| DISHARMONIOUSLY | • disharmoniously adv. In a disharmonious manner. • DISHARMONIOUS adv. lacking in harmony. |
| DOLICHOSAURUSES | • DOLICHOSAURUS n. any member of the Dolichosauria, a group of Cretaceous fossil reptiles. |
| DOWNREGULATIONS | • downregulations n. Plural of downregulation. • DOWNREGULATION n. the process of reducing or suppressing a response to a stimulus. |
| EDRIOPHTHALMOUS | • edriophthalmous adj. (Zoology) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma, a former classification of peracarids. • EDRIOPHTHALMOUS adj. of crustaceans, with stalkless eyes, also EDRIOPHTHALMIAN, EDRIOPHTHALMIC. |
| HETERODACTYLOUS | • heterodactylous adj. (Zoology) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons. • HETERODACTYLOUS adj. having the first and second toes turned backwards, as in trogons, and not the first and fourth as in parrots. |
| HOMOCHLAMYDEOUS | • homochlamydeous adj. (Botany) Having the perianth not divided into calyx and corolla. • HOMOCHLAMYDEOUS adj. with calyx and corolla similar. |
| MEDULLOBLASTOMA | • medulloblastoma n. (Oncology) A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum. • MEDULLOBLASTOMA n. a malignant tumor of the central nervous system arising in the cerebellum esp. in children. |
| MONOCHLAMYDEOUS | • monochlamydeous adj. (Botany) Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare… • MONOCHLAMYDEOUS adj. having a one-whorled perianth. |
| PHOTODUPLICATES | • photoduplicates n. Plural of photoduplicate. • PHOTODUPLICATE v. to duplicate by photocopier. |
| POSTDEVALUATION | • postdevaluation adj. After a financial devaluation. • POSTDEVALUATION adj. taking place after devaluation. |
| PSEUDOCOELOMATE | • pseudocoelomate adj. Of, pertaining to, or possessing a pseudocoel. • pseudocoelomate n. Such an animal. • PSEUDOCOELOMATE n. an invertebrate (as a nematode or rotifer) having a body cavity that is a pseudocoel. |
| SCLERODERMATOUS | • sclerodermatous adj. Relating to, or exhibiting, scleroderma. • SCLERODERMATOUS adj. hard-skinned; having bony armour. |