| ABIOTROPHY | • abiotrophy n. (Medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function… • ABIOTROPHY n. bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| AMBROTYPES | • ambrotypes n. Plural of ambrotype. • AMBROTYPE n. a picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the un-silvered portions of the glass. |
| BIPOLARITY | • bipolarity n. The state of being bipolar. • BIPOLARITY n. the state of being bipolar. |
| BRYOPHYTES | • bryophytes n. Plural of bryophyte. • BRYOPHYTE n. a member of the Bryophyta, one of the main groups of the vegetable kingdom, mosses and liverworts. |
| BRYOPHYTIC | • bryophytic adj. Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta… • BRYOPHYTIC adj. of or like a bryophyte. |
| BYPRODUCTS | • byproducts n. Plural of byproduct. • by-products n. Plural of by-product. • BYPRODUCT n. a secondary product. |
| COMPATIBLY | • compatibly adv. In a compatible manner. • COMPATIBLE adv. consistent with. |
| HOSPITABLY | • hospitably adv. In a hospitable manner. • HOSPITABLE adv. kind to strangers. |
| HYPERBATON | • hyperbaton n. (Grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect. • hyperbaton n. (Rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing… • HYPERBATON n. the use, esp. for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in 'Bird thou never wert'. |
| HYPOBLASTS | • hypoblasts n. Plural of hypoblast. • HYPOBLAST n. the inner or lower layer of the blastoderm. |
| PHLEBOTOMY | • phlebotomy n. The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection. • PHLEBOTOMY n. the surgical opening of a vein to draw blood. |
| PHYCOBIONT | • phycobiont n. An algal photobiont. • PHYCOBIONT n. the algal constituent of a lichen. |
| POLYBASITE | • polybasite n. (Mineralogy) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulfur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic. • POLYBASITE n. a grey to black mineral consisting of a sulphide of silver, antimony, and copper in the form of platelike monoclinic crystals. |
| POTABILITY | • potability n. The quality of being potable. • POTABILITY n. the state of being potable. |
| PROFITABLY | • profitably adv. In a profitable manner, in a way that achieves profit or gain. • PROFITABLE adv. yielding profit. |
| SUBPOTENCY | • subpotency n. The quality of being subpotent. • SUBPOTENCY n. the state (in a drug) of being subpotent, having less than normal potency. |
| TALBOTYPES | • talbotypes n. Plural of talbotype. • TALBOTYPE n. (tradename) a method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver, aka calotype, kalotype. |
| TUBOPLASTY | • tuboplasty n. (Surgery) Surgery to repair one or both of the Fallopian tubes. • TUBOPLASTY n. the surgical repair of a Fallopian tube. |