| ADIPOCEROUS | • adipocerous adj. Like adipocere. • ADIPOCEROUS adj. like adipocere, a fatty substance occurring in corpses left in moist areas. |
| APONEUROTIC | • aponeurotic adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis. • APONEUROTIC adj. relating to an aponeurosis, a sheet that connects muscle to tendon. |
| AUTOSCOPIES | • autoscopies n. Plural of autoscopy. • AUTOSCOPY n. a hallucination of an image of one's own body. |
| COMPENDIOUS | • compendious adj. Containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized. • compendious adj. Briefly describing a body of knowledge. • COMPENDIOUS adj. concise but comprehensive. |
| CONCEPTIOUS | • conceptious adj. (Obsolete) Apt to conceive; fruitful. • CONCEPTIOUS adj. (Shakespeare) fruitful. |
| COPIOUSNESS | • copiousness n. The state of being copious. • COPIOUSNESS n. the state of being copious. |
| LUTEOTROPIC | • luteotropic adj. That stimulates the corpus luteum. • LUTEOTROPIC adj. acting on the corpora lutea, also LUTEOTROPHIC. |
| MUCOPROTEIN | • mucoprotein n. (Biochemistry) Any of a group of widely-distributed natural compounds that exist as complexes of proteins… • MUCOPROTEIN n. any of various complex conjugated proteins that contain polysaccharides and occur in body fluids and tissues. |
| NEUROTROPIC | • neurotropic adj. (Pharmacology) Of or pertaining to neurotropism. • NEUROTROPIC adj. having a special affinity for or growing in nerve cells. |
| OUROSCOPIES | • OUROSCOPY n. the diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine, also UROSCOPY. |
| PERLOCUTION | • perlocution n. (Linguistics) The effect the terms used by a speaker can have on another speaker and their emotions and responses. • PERLOCUTION n. the effect produced when a particular word is uttered. |
| PNEUMOCOCCI | • pneumococci n. Plural of pneumococcus. • PNEUMOCOCCUS n. a bacterium that causes an acute pneumonia involving one or more lobes of the lung. |
| PROSECUTION | • prosecution n. The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor. • prosecution n. (Law) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person. • prosecution n. (Law) The prosecuting party. |
| TURCOPOLIER | • turcopolier n. (Rare) Synonym of turcopole. • TURCOPOLIER n. a turcopole commander, always an Englishman. |