| AUTHORITATIVELY | • authoritatively adv. In an authoritative manner, being worthy of trust. • AUTHORITATIVE adv. having or proceeding from authority. |
| AUTOTETRAPLOIDY | • autotetraploidy n. The property of being autotetraploid. • AUTOTETRAPLOIDY n. the state of being autotetraploid. |
| CHEMOAUTOTROPHY | • chemoautotrophy n. (Biology) A mode of growth in which CO2 is the exclusive source of assimilated carbon, and energy is… • CHEMOAUTOTROPHY n. the production of energy by the oxidation of inorganic compounds, such as iron, ammonia and hydrogen sulphide. |
| COUNTERACTIVELY | • counteractively adv. In a counteractive manner. • COUNTERACTIVE adv. serving to counteract. |
| COUNTERSTRATEGY | • counterstrategy n. Any strategy designed to counter another, or to render something ineffective. • counter-strategy n. Alternative spelling of counterstrategy. • counter␣strategy n. Alternative spelling of counterstrategy. |
| DAGUERREOTYPIST | • daguerreotypist n. A person who makes daguerreotypes. • DAGUERREOTYPIST n. one who practises daguerreotyping, also DAGUERREOTYPER. |
| ELEUTHERODACTYL | • ELEUTHERODACTYL n. of birds, having the hind toe free. |
| 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. |
| HETEROSEXUALITY | • heterosexuality n. The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the opposite sex. • heterosexuality n. Sexual activity with a person of the opposite sex. • HETEROSEXUALITY n. the state of being heterosexual. |
| HYDROXYBUTYRATE | • hydroxybutyrate n. (Chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. • HYDROXYBUTYRATE n. as in gamma hydroxybutyrate, a substance that occurs naturally in the brain, used medically as a sedative but also as a recreational drug and alleged aphrodisiac. |
| INTERJACULATORY | • interjaculatory adj. Interjaculating. • INTERJACULATORY adj. exclamatory. |
| MOUTHWATERINGLY | • mouthwateringly adv. In a mouthwatering manner. • mouth-wateringly adv. In a mouth-watering manner. • MOUTHWATERING adv. arousing the appetite. |
| NEUROPLASTICITY | • neuroplasticity n. The state or quality of being neuroplastic, of having a brain that adapts to experience. |
| POLYUNSATURATED | • polyunsaturated adj. (Chemistry) Of or relating to long chain organic compounds that have multiple double bonds; polyunsaturated… • polyunsaturated adj. (Nutrition, of a fat or oil) Having a chemical structure that does not easily change into cholesterol… • POLYUNSATURATED adj. having many double or triple bonds in a molecule. |
| POLYUNSATURATES | • polyunsaturates n. Plural of polyunsaturate. • POLYUNSATURATE n. a fat that is polyunsaturated. |
| SOUTHWESTWARDLY | • southwestwardly adv. Toward the southwest. • SOUTHWESTWARDLY adv. in a southwesterly direction. |
| TETRAHYDROFURAN | • tetrahydrofuran n. (Organic chemistry) A heterocyclic ether having a five-membered ring with four carbon atoms and one… • TETRAHYDROFURAN n. a flammable liquid ether derived from furan and used as a solvent and as an intermediate in organic synthesis. |