| APOGEOTROPISMS | • APOGEOTROPISM n. bending up or away from the ground. |
| APOLIPOPROTEIN | • apolipoprotein n. (Biochemistry) Any polypeptide or protein that can serve as an apoprotein by binding with a lipid to… • APOLIPOPROTEIN n. a protein that combines with a lipid to form a lipoprotein. |
| METOPOSCOPICAL | • metoposcopical adj. Alternative form of metoposcopic. • METOPOSCOPICAL adj. relating to metoposcopy, the art of judging a person's character and fortune from his face, also METOPOSCOPIC. |
| MONOPHOSPHATES | • monophosphates n. Plural of monophosphate. • MONOPHOSPHATE n. an ester of phosphoric acid. |
| MONOPROPELLANT | • monopropellant n. Any propellant that consists of a single substance, or of a mixture of fuel and oxidant in the same container. • MONOPROPELLANT n. a rocket propellant containing both the fuel and the oxidizer in a single substance. |
| OPHTHALMOSCOPE | • ophthalmoscope n. (Ophthalmology) An instrument for examining the interior of the eye (that is, for ophthalmoscopy). • OPHTHALMOSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the interior of the eye. |
| ORTHOPHOSPHATE | • orthophosphate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any salt or ester of orthophosphoric acid; an ordinary phosphate. • ORTHOPHOSPHATE n. a salt or ester of orthophosphoric acid. |
| 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. |
| PALEOPATHOLOGY | • paleopathology n. The study of ancient diseases. • paleopathology n. (Countable) Any ancient disease itself. • PALEOPATHOLOGY n. a branch of pathology concerned with ancient diseases as evidenced esp. in fossil or other remains. |
| PROPAROXYTONES | • proparoxytones n. Plural of proparoxytone. • PROPAROXYTONE n. in ancient Greek, a word having the acute accent on the third last syllable. |
| PROPORTIONABLE | • proportionable adj. Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional. • proportionable adj. In the correct proportion; proportional; commensurable. • PROPORTIONABLE adj. proportional, proportionate. |
| PROPORTIONATED | • proportionated v. Simple past tense and past participle of proportionate. • PROPORTIONATE v. to make proportionate. |
| PROPORTIONATES | • proportionates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proportionate. • PROPORTIONATE v. to make proportionate. |