| ACTINOMORPHIC | • actinomorphic adj. (Botany, of a flower) Having its petals arranged in a radially symmetric fashion. • ACTINOMORPHIC adj. radially symmetric, also ACTINOMORPHOUS. |
| ACTINOMYCOSIS | • actinomycosis n. (Pathology) An infectious bacterial disease of cattle and swine, sometimes transmitted to man, characterized… • ACTINOMYCOSIS n. a parasitic disease in men and cattle resulting in inflammation of the jaw. |
| ACTINOMYCOTIC | • actinomycotic adj. Of or pertaining to actinomycosis. • ACTINOMYCOTIC adj. relating to actinomycosis, a parasitic disease in men and cattle resulting in inflammation of the jaw. |
| CARCINOMATOID | • carcinomatoid adj. (Medicine) Having an appearance resembling that of carcinomata, often histopathologically. • CARCINOMATOID adj. having the shape of a carcinoma. |
| COMBINATORICS | • combinatorics n. (Mathematics) a branch of mathematics that studies (usually finite) collections of objects that satisfy… • COMBINATORICS n. combinatorial mathematics. |
| COMMUNICATION | • communication n. The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission. • communication n. (Uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities. • communication n. A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication. |
| COMPLICATIONS | • complications n. Plural of complication. • COMPLICATION n. complexity, intricacy. |
| COMPROVINCIAL | • comprovincial adj. Being part of the same province. • comprovincial n. One who comes from the same province. • COMPROVINCIAL adj. belonging to the same province. |
| ICONOMACHISTS | • iconomachists n. Plural of iconomachist. • ICONOMACHIST n. a person who contends against the use of icons in worship. |
| ICONOMATICISM | • ICONOMATICISM n. the quality of being iconomatic. |
| INCOMMUNICADO | • incommunicado adj. In a state or condition of inability or unwillingness to communicate. • incommunicado adv. In a manner in which communication with outsiders is not possible, for either voluntary or involuntary… • INCOMMUNICADO adj. (Spanish) without means of communication, also INCOMUNICADO. |
| MACHICOLATION | • machicolation n. (Architecture) An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery… • machicolation n. (Architecture) A projecting parapet with a series of such openings. • MACHICOLATION n. an opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal for shooting or dropping missiles upon assailants attacking the base of the walls. |
| MACROPINACOID | • macropinacoid n. (Crystallography) One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical… • MACROPINACOID n. a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis, also MACROPINAKOID. |
| MICROCOSMICAL | • microcosmical adj. Alternative form of microcosmic. • MICROCOSMICAL adj. of or like a microcosm, also MICROCOSMIC. |
| MICROSCOPICAL | • microscopical adj. Pertaining to the microscope; achieved by means of a microscope. • microscopical adj. (Now rare) Only visible by means of a microscope; very small, microscopic. • MICROSCOPICAL adj. able to be seen only though a microscope, also MICROSCOPIC. |
| MUSICOLOGICAL | • musicological adj. Of or pertaining to musicology. • MUSICOLOGICAL adj. related to musicology. |
| OCCASIONALISM | • occasionalism n. (Philosophy, uncountable) A metaphysical doctrine that holds that all events are occasioned (caused) by God. • occasionalism n. (Linguistics, countable) A nonce word. • OCCASIONALISM n. the Cartesian explanation of the apparent interaction of mind and matter by the direct intervention of God on the occasion of certain changes occurring in one or the other. |
| ORCHIDOMANIAC | • orchidomaniac n. A person who is passionate about collecting or raising orchids. • ORCHIDOMANIAC n. one with an excessive enthusiasm for orchids. |