| ANDROMONOECIOUS | • andromonoecious adj. (Botany) Producing both bisexual and male flowers on the same plant. • ANDROMONOECIOUS adj. having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant. |
| 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. |
| DECOLOURISATION | • decolourisation n. Alternative spelling of decolorization. • DECOLOURISATION n. the process of decolourising, also DECOLORISATION, DECOLORIZATION, DECOLOURIZATION. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| ECHINODERMATOUS | • echinodermatous adj. (Zoology) Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal. • ECHINODERMATOUS adj. of or like an echinoderm. |
| EDRIOPHTHALMOUS | • edriophthalmous adj. (Zoology) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma, a former classification of peracarids. • EDRIOPHTHALMOUS adj. of crustaceans, with stalkless eyes, also EDRIOPHTHALMIAN, EDRIOPHTHALMIC. |
| ENCHONDROMATOUS | • enchondromatous adj. Relating to enchondroma. • ENCHONDROMATOUS adj. of or like an enchondroma, an abnormal cartilaginous growth. |
| 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. |
| MONOUNSATURATED | • monounsaturated adj. (Chemistry, of an organic compound) having a single double or triple bond. • MONOUNSATURATED adj. containing one double or triple bond per molecule. |
| OXIDOREDUCTASES | • oxidoreductases n. Plural of oxidoreductase. • OXIDOREDUCTASE n. an enzyme that catalyzes an oxidationreduction reaction. |
| PSEUDOARTHROSES | • pseudoarthroses n. Plural of pseudoarthrosis. • PSEUDOARTHROSIS n. a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united, also PSEUDARTHROSIS. |
| PSEUDOARTHROSIS | • pseudoarthrosis n. Alternative form of pseudarthrosis. • PSEUDOARTHROSIS n. a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united, also PSEUDARTHROSIS. |
| SCLERODERMATOUS | • sclerodermatous adj. Relating to, or exhibiting, scleroderma. • SCLERODERMATOUS adj. hard-skinned; having bony armour. |
| SUPERORDINATION | • superordination n. The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical… • superordination n. (Logic) The relation of a universal proposition to a particular proposition in the same terms. • SUPERORDINATION n. the relation of a universal proposition to a particular proposition in the same terms. |