| ANTICORRUPTION | • anticorruption adj. Opposed to or combating corruption. • anticorruption n. Movement or actions opposing corruption. • anti-corruption adj. Alternative form of anticorruption. |
| 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. |
| AUTOTYPOGRAPHY | • autotypography n. (Archaic) A process by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from… • AUTOTYPOGRAPHY n. a process by which drawings made on gelatine are transferred to a plate from which impressions may be taken. |
| CHEMAUTOTROPHS | • CHEMAUTOTROPH n. an organism, such as a bacterium, that obtains its energy from inorganic reactions using simple compounds, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide. |
| CHEMOAUTOTROPH | • chemoautotroph n. (Biology) a simple organism, such as a protozoan, that derives its energy from chemical processes rather… • CHEMOAUTOTROPH n. any organism, e.g. bacteria, that produces energy by the oxidation of inorganic compounds, such as iron, ammonia and hydrogen sulphide, also CHEMOAUTROPH. |
| CONSTUPRATIONS | • constuprations n. Plural of constupration. • CONSTUPRATION n. the act of constuprating, ravishing. |
| EUTROPHICATION | • eutrophication n. (Biology) The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem’s response to the addition of artificial… • EUTROPHICATION n. the process of becoming eutrophic. |
| PHOTOAUTOTROPH | • photoautotroph n. (Biology) an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material… • PHOTOAUTOTROPH n. an organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances using light as an energy source. |
| POCOCURANTISTS | • pococurantists n. Plural of pococurantist. • POCOCURANTIST n. one who is habitually uninterested. |
| POSTCOPULATORY | • postcopulatory adj. Occurring after copulation. • POSTCOPULATORY adj. taking place after copulation. |
| POSTGRADUATION | • postgraduation n. (Followed by noun) After graduation; the time after graduation. • POSTGRADUATION n. the period of time following graduation. |
| PROTOACTINIUMS | • PROTOACTINIUM n. a radioactive element that yields actinium on disintegration. |
| PROTUBERATIONS | • protuberations n. Plural of protuberation. • PROTUBERATION n. a swelling out, a bulge. |
| RECOMPUTATIONS | • recomputations n. Plural of recomputation. • RECOMPUTATION n. the act of recomputing. |
| SUPERFOETATION | • superfoetation n. Alternative spelling of superfetation. • SUPERFOETATION n. a second conception when there is already a fetus in the womb, also SUPERFETATION. |
| THYSANOPTEROUS | • thysanopterous adj. Of or pertaining to the Thysanoptera. • THYSANOPTEROUS adj. belonging to the Thysanoptera, an order of insects with fringed wings, some of which are serious pests to fruit, such as thrips. |