| CARPOGONIUM | • carpogonium n. (Biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive… • CARPOGONIUM n. an egg-bearing vessel in red algae. |
| ANGIOCARPOUS | • angiocarpous adj. Describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx. • ANGIOCARPOUS adj. having the fruit (or in fungi the hymenium) within a special covering. |
| COMPURGATION | • compurgation n. (Now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths… • COMPURGATION n. the exoneration of an accused person on the basis of oaths sworn by other persons. |
| MICROPHAGOUS | • microphagous adj. (Zoology) Feeding on small particles. • MICROPHAGOUS adj. of an animal, feeding on small particles of food. |
| UNAPOLOGETIC | • unapologetic adj. Not apologetic for having said or done something that causes actual or potential harm, especially when… • UNAPOLOGETIC adj. not apologetic. |
| COMPURGATIONS | • compurgations n. Plural of compurgation. • COMPURGATION n. the exoneration of an accused person on the basis of oaths sworn by other persons. |
| FLUOROGRAPHIC | • fluorographic adj. Relating to fluorography. • FLUOROGRAPHIC adj. relating to fluorography. |
| SPHAGNICOLOUS | • sphagnicolous adj. (Botany) Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum. • SPHAGNICOLOUS adj. living in peat moss. |
| TOXICOPHAGOUS | • TOXICOPHAGOUS adj. eating poison, also TOXIPHAGOUS. |
| AUTOBIOGRAPHIC | • autobiographic adj. Of or relating to a person’s life or an account of a person’s life, as told by the subject. • AUTOBIOGRAPHIC adj. relating to autobiography. |
| COMPURGATORIAL | • compurgatorial adj. Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation. • COMPURGATORIAL adj. relating to compurgation, the clearing of an accused person by means of oaths. |
| ICHTHYOPHAGOUS | • ichthyophagous adj. (Biology) feeding on fish. • ICHTHYOPHAGOUS adj. fish-eating. |
| BACTERIOPHAGOUS | • bacteriophagous adj. Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium. • BACTERIOPHAGOUS adj. of or like a bacteriophage, a bacterium that eats other bacteria, also BACTERIOPHAGIC. |
| MACROSPORANGIUM | • macrosporangium n. (Botany) A megasporangium; sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; opposed to microsporangium. • MACROSPORANGIUM n. a sporangium producing only megaspores. |
| MICROSPORANGIUM | • microsporangium n. (Botany) A case, capsule or container that holds microspores. • MICROSPORANGIUM n. the sporangium in heterosporous plants where the microspores develop. |
| NEUROPATHOLOGIC | • neuropathologic adj. Of or pertaining to neuropathology. • NEUROPATHOLOGIC adj. relating to neuropathology. |
| PHONAUTOGRAPHIC | • phonautographic adj. Relating to the phonautograph. • PHONAUTOGRAPHIC adj. relating to a phonautograph, an instrument for recording sound vibrations. |
| PNEUMATOLOGICAL | • pneumatological adj. Of or pertaining to pneumatology. • PNEUMATOLOGICAL adj. related to pneumatology. |