| AUTOTETRAPLOID | • autotetraploid adj. (Genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome. • autotetraploid n. Such a cell or organism. • 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. |
| EXPOSTULATIONS | • expostulations n. Plural of expostulation. • EXPOSTULATION n. an act or an instance of expostulating. |
| FLUOROGRAPHIES | • fluorographies n. Plural of fluorography. • FLUOROGRAPHY n. the photography of the image produced on a fluorescent screen by X rays. |
| LEUCOCYTOPENIA | • leucocytopenia n. Misspelling of leukocytopenia. • LEUCOCYTOPENIA n. leucocyte deficiency. |
| LEUKOCYTOPENIA | • leukocytopenia n. (Medicine) Leukopenia. • LEUKOCYTOPENIA n. a decrease in the number of leucocytes in blood. |
| MICROCEPHALOUS | • microcephalous adj. Microcephalic. • MICROCEPHALOUS adj. small-headed, also MICROCEPHALIC. |
| OVERPOPULATING | • overpopulating v. Present participle of overpopulate. • OVERPOPULATE v. to populate too densely. |
| OVERPOPULATION | • overpopulation n. (Biology, demography) An excessive number of occupants (People, animals, plants, etc.) in a particular… • OVERPOPULATION n. population so dense as to cause environmental deterioration. |
| PAPILIONACEOUS | • papilionaceous adj. (Obsolete) Pertaining to a butterfly or butterflies. • papilionaceous adj. (Botany) Having a corolla in the form of a butterfly, with prominent wing-like petals; (generally) pertaining… • papilionaceous adj. (Figurative) Like a butterfly; showy; capricious. |
| PERLOCUTIONARY | • perlocutionary adj. Of or pertaining to perlocution. • PERLOCUTIONARY adj. relating to perlocution, the effect produced when a particular word is uttered. |
| PHOTODUPLICATE | • photoduplicate n. A photocopy. • photoduplicate v. (Transitive) To photocopy. • PHOTODUPLICATE v. to duplicate by photocopier. |
| PLASTOQUINONES | • plastoquinones n. Plural of plastoquinone. • PLASTOQUINONE n. a plant substance that is related to vitamin K and plays a role in photosynthetic phosphorylation. |
| PNEUMATOLOGIES | • pneumatologies n. Plural of pneumatology. • PNEUMATOLOGY n. the theory of the existence of spirits. |
| PNEUMATOLOGIST | • pneumatologist n. One versed in pneumatology. • PNEUMATOLOGIST n. a specialist in pneumatology. |
| POLEMONIACEOUS | • polemoniaceous adj. Of or pertaining to the plant family Polemoniaceae. • POLEMONIACEOUS adj. belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family. |
| POLYOMAVIRUSES | • polyomaviruses n. Plural of polyomavirus. |
| RHIZOCEPHALOUS | • rhizocephalous adj. Belonging to the Rhizocephala. • RHIZOCEPHALOUS adj. of or like a rhizocephalan, a cirripede parasitic on crabs. |
| SUPEROVULATION | • superovulation n. The act or process of superovulating. • SUPEROVULATION n. production of exceptional numbers of ova at one time. |
| UNPROFESSIONAL | • unprofessional adj. Unbecoming of a professional; hence inappropriate in the workplace. • unprofessional adj. Lacking a profession. • unprofessional n. One who is not a professional. |