| AILOUROPHILIAS | • AILOUROPHILIA n. the love of cats, also AILUROPHILIA. |
| AILOUROPHOBIAS | • AILOUROPHOBIA n. fear of cats. |
| 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. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIA | • claustrophobia n. The fear of closed, tight places. • CLAUSTROPHOBIA n. fear of closed spaces. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIC | • claustrophobic adj. (Psychology) Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space. • claustrophobic adj. Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia. • claustrophobic n. Someone with claustrophobia. |
| COMPURGATORIAL | • compurgatorial adj. Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation. • COMPURGATORIAL adj. relating to compurgation, the clearing of an accused person by means of oaths. |
| FLUOROGRAPHIES | • fluorographies n. Plural of fluorography. • FLUOROGRAPHY n. the photography of the image produced on a fluorescent screen by X rays. |
| MICROCEPHALOUS | • microcephalous adj. Microcephalic. • MICROCEPHALOUS adj. small-headed, also MICROCEPHALIC. |
| MICROPULSATION | • micropulsation n. A very small, change in the strength of the magnetic field of the Earth. • MICROPULSATION n. a pulsation having a short period. |
| 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. |
| PARSIMONIOUSLY | • parsimoniously adv. In a parsimonious manner. • PARSIMONIOUS adv. excessively sparing or frugal. |
| PERLOCUTIONARY | • perlocutionary adj. Of or pertaining to perlocution. • PERLOCUTIONARY adj. relating to perlocution, the effect produced when a particular word is uttered. |
| POLYOMAVIRUSES | • polyomaviruses n. Plural of polyomavirus. |
| POPULARISATION | • popularisation n. Alternative spelling of popularization. • POPULARISATION n. the act of popularising, also POPULARIZATION. |
| POPULARIZATION | • popularization n. The act of making something popular to the general public. • POPULARIZATION n. the act of popularizing, also POPULARISATION. |
| 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. |
| SUPRACHOROIDAL | • suprachoroidal adj. (Anatomy) suprachoroid. • SUPRACHOROIDAL adj. relating to, or being the layer of loose connective tissue situated between the choroid and sclerotic coats of the eyeball. |
| 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. |