| AEROTROPIC | • aerotropic adj. (Biology) growing towards higher concentrations of oxygen. • AEROTROPIC adj. showing aerotropism, curvature in response to concentration of oxygen. |
| APOPROTEIN | • apoprotein n. (Biochemistry) The polypeptide part of a conjugated protein; for example, an apolipoprotein plus a lipid… • APOPROTEIN n. the protein component of a conjugated protein. |
| AZEOTROPIC | • azeotropic adj. Of, pertaining to, or employing an azeotrope. • AZEOTROPIC adj. of or like an azeotrope, a chemical term for a certain type of liquid mixture. |
| ESOTROPIAS | • esotropias n. Plural of esotropia. • ESOTROPIA n. a condition in which the eye turns inwards. |
| EXOTROPIAS | • exotropias n. Plural of exotropia. • EXOTROPIA n. a condition in which the eyes turn outwards. |
| FORTEPIANO | • fortepiano n. A keyboard instrument; the smaller, quieter precursor to the pianoforte. • FORTEPIANO adj. loud with immediate relapse into softness. • FORTEPIANO n. the eighteenth century name for an early type of piano; a fortepiano note. |
| LAEOTROPIC | • laeotropic adj. Turning to the left (typically in a left-handed spiral). • LAEOTROPIC adj. coiled in a leftward direction, as of a left-spiralling snail shell. |
| OPERATIONS | • operations n. Plural of operation. • OPERATION n. the act of operating. |
| OPHIOLATER | • ophiolater n. A snake-worshipper. • OPHIOLATER n. a snake-worshipper. |
| ORTHOPEDIA | • orthopedia n. (Medicine) The branch of medicine which deals with the prevention and correction of deformities in bodies;… • ORTHOPEDIA n. the art or process of curing deformities arising from (originally childhood) disease or injury, also ORTHOPAEDICS, ORTHOPAEDY, ORTHOPEDICS, ORTHOPEDY. |
| PEJORATION | • pejoration n. The act or process of becoming worse; worsening or degeneration. • pejoration n. (Linguistics) The process by which a word acquires a more negative meaning over time. • PEJORATION n. the degeneration of a word or term e.g. "hector" has degenerated from "hero" to bully. |
| PERORATION | • peroration n. The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up… • peroration n. A discourse or rhetorical argument in general. • PERORATION n. the concluding part of a discourse; a highly rhetorical speech. |
| PIANOFORTE | • pianoforte n. (Music, dated) A piano. • piano-forte n. Alternative form of pianoforte. • PIANOFORTE n. (Italian) a large keyboard musical instrument. |
| PROPIONATE | • propionate n. (Organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of propionic acid. • PROPIONATE n. a salt of propionic acid. |
| PROPOSITAE | • propositae n. Plural of proposita. • PROPOSITA n. a woman from whom a line of descent is traced. |
| READOPTION | • readoption n. Being adopted back into a family or group. • readoption n. Adoption again; the act of readopting. • READOPTION n. the act of adopting again. |
| TROPAEOLIN | • tropaeolin n. Any of several orange dyes of very complex composition: tropaeolin O (acid orange 6, chrysoine resorcinol)… • tropæolin n. Obsolete spelling of tropaeolin. • TROPAEOLIN n. any of a group of dyes of complex structure, also TROPEOLIN. |