| ARRHENOTOKIES | • ARRHENOTOKY n. giving birth only to boys. |
| BACKWOODSIER | • BACKWOODSY adj. uncouth, rustic. |
| CARTOONLIKE | • cartoonlike adj. Resembling a cartoon. • CARTOONLIKE adj. like a cartoon. |
| CONTRACLOCKWISE | • contraclockwise adv. Counterclockwise. • contraclockwise adj. Counterclockwise. • CONTRACLOCKWISE adv. anticlockwise. |
| GADZOOKERIES | • gadzookeries n. Plural of gadzookery. • GADZOOKERY n. the use of archaisms (as in a historical novel). |
| 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. |
| JACKEROOING | • jackerooing v. Present participle of jackeroo. • JACKEROO v. to work as a newcomer at a sheep farm, also JACKAROO. |
| KAIROMONE | • kairomone n. (Biochemistry, ecology) Any substance produced by an individual of one species (often an insect) that… • KAIROMONE n. a semiochemical, emitted by an organism, which mediates interspecific interactions in a way that benefits an individual of another species which receives it, without benefiting the emitter. |
| KAIROMONES | • kairomones n. Plural of kairomone. • KAIROMONE n. a semiochemical, emitted by an organism, which mediates interspecific interactions in a way that benefits an individual of another species which receives it, without benefiting the emitter. |
| KARYOLOGIES | • karyologies n. Plural of karyology. • KARYOLOGY n. the study of cell nuclei. |
| KERATOTOMIES | • keratotomies n. Plural of keratotomy. • KERATOTOMY n. surgery of the cornea. |
| KILOCALORIE | • kilocalorie n. A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories, used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1… • KILOCALORIE n. one thousand calories. |
| KILOCALORIES | • kilocalories n. Plural of kilocalorie. • KILOCALORIE n. one thousand calories. |
| OVERSOAKING | • oversoaking v. Present participle of oversoak. • OVERSOAK v. to soak too much. |
| POIKILOTHERMAL | • poikilothermal adj. Poikilothermic. • POIKILOTHERMAL adj. having a variable blood temperature, cold blooded, also POIKILOTHERMIC. |
| 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. |
| THROMBOKINASES | • thrombokinases n. Plural of thrombokinase. • THROMBOKINASE n. an enzyme active in the clotting of blood, aka thromboplastin. |
| WHAIKORERO | • whaikorero n. (New Zealand) formal speechmaking in the Māori culture. • WHAIKORERO n. (Maori) formal speechmaking as forming part of the ceremonies at a marae. |
| WHAIKOREROS | • WHAIKORERO n. (Maori) formal speechmaking as forming part of the ceremonies at a marae. |