| MEATHOOK | • meathook n. Alternative spelling of meat hook. • meat␣hook n. A two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs. • meat␣hook n. (Slang, usu. plural) One’s hands or arms. |
| MEATHOOKS | • meathooks n. Plural of meathook. • meat␣hooks n. Plural of meat hook. • MEATHOOK n. a hook on which to hang meat. |
| AKOLUTHOSES | • AKOLUTHOS n. (historical) the head of the Varangian guard of the Byzantine emperors, also ACOLOUTHOS, AKOLOUTHOS. |
| ARRHENOTOKY | • arrhenotoky n. (Biology) The production of male offspring by parthenogenesis. • ARRHENOTOKY n. giving birth only to boys. |
| AKOLOUTHOSES | • AKOLOUTHOS n. (historical) the head of the Varangian guard of the Byzantine emperors, also ACOLOUTHOS, AKOLUTHOS. |
| HETEROKARYON | • heterokaryon n. (Biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei. • HETEROKARYON n. a cell, as in the mycelium of a fungus, that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei. |
| HETEROKONTAN | • heterokontan adj. Belonging to the heterokonts. • HETEROKONTAN adj. of or like a heterokont, a kind of yellow-green alga. |
| ARRHENOTOKIES | • ARRHENOTOKY n. giving birth only to boys. |
| HETEROKARYONS | • heterokaryons n. Plural of heterokaryon. • HETEROKARYON n. a cell, as in the mycelium of a fungus, that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei. |
| THROMBOKINASE | • thrombokinase n. (Biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood. • THROMBOKINASE n. an enzyme active in the clotting of blood, aka thromboplastin. |
| HETEROKARYOSES | • HETEROKARYOSIS n. the condition of having cells that are heterokaryons. |
| HETEROKARYOSIS | • heterokaryosis n. (Biology) The condition of being a heterokaryon. • HETEROKARYOSIS n. the condition of having cells that are heterokaryons. |
| HETEROKARYOTIC | • heterokaryotic adj. Relating to heterokaryosis or to heterokaryons. • HETEROKARYOTIC adj. relating to heterokaryosis. |
| POIKILOTHERMAL | • poikilothermal adj. Poikilothermic. • POIKILOTHERMAL adj. having a variable blood temperature, cold blooded, also POIKILOTHERMIC. |
| THROMBOKINASES | • thrombokinases n. Plural of thrombokinase. • THROMBOKINASE n. an enzyme active in the clotting of blood, aka thromboplastin. |
| PHENAKISTOSCOPE | • phenakistoscope n. An early animation device consisting of a disc or drum which rotated, showing successive images through… • phénakistoscope n. Alternative form of phenakistoscope. • PHENAKISTOSCOPE n. an early form of cinematograph. |