| ATTOPHYSICS | • attophysics n. (Physics) The branch of physics concerned with dynamic processes that take place with a time resolution… • ATTOPHYSICS n. the branch of physics concerned with dynamic processes that take place with a time resolution of the order of quintillionths of a second. |
| CHRYSOLITES | • chrysolites n. Plural of chrysolite. • CHRYSOLITE n. a yellow variety of olivine. |
| CHRYSOTILES | • chrysotiles n. Plural of chrysotile. • CHRYSOTILE n. an asbestiform variety of serpentine. |
| HETEROCYSTS | • heterocysts n. Plural of heterocyst. • HETEROCYST n. a cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algae related to nostoc. |
| HISTIOCYTES | • histiocytes n. Plural of histiocyte. • HISTIOCYTE n. a macrophage. |
| ISOPACHYTES | • isopachytes n. Plural of isopachyte. • ISOPACHYTE n. a line connecting points of equal thickness of geological strata. |
| ONYCHITISES | • ONYCHITIS n. inflammation of the root or side of the nail. |
| PHENOCRYSTS | • phenocrysts n. Plural of phenocryst. • PHENOCRYST n. a larger crystal in a porphyritic rock. |
| PHYSIOCRATS | • physiocrats n. Plural of physiocrat. • PHYSIOCRAT n. one of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order. |
| POLYCHRESTS | • polychrests n. Plural of polychrest. • POLYCHREST n. a thing or medicine useful in many ways. |
| PSYCHOPATHS | • psychopaths n. Plural of psychopath. • PSYCHOPATH n. a mentally ill or unstable person. |
| SCHISTOSITY | • schistosity n. (Geology) The quality or state of being schistose. • SCHISTOSITY n. the foliation in a schist, due largely to the parallel orientation of micas. |
| SCHIZOTYPES | • schizotypes n. Plural of schizotype. |
| SCIRRHOSITY | • scirrhosity n. (Medicine) A morbid induration, as of a gland; the state of being scirrhous. • SCIRRHOSITY n. the state of being scirrhous, resembling a scirrhus, a hard swelling. |
| SCYPHISTOMA | • scyphistoma n. (Zoology) The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian. • SCYPHISTOMA n. the fixed polypoid stage in the life cycle of a scyphozoan, which reproduces asexually by budding or strobilation. |
| SHELLYCOATS | • SHELLYCOAT n. (Scots) a water goblin dressed in shells. |
| SPHEROCYTES | • spherocytes n. Plural of spherocyte. • SPHEROCYTE n. an abnormal red-blood cell that is spherical rather than disc-shaped. |
| STETHOSCOPY | • stethoscopy n. (Medicine) The diagnostic use of a stethoscope. • STETHOSCOPY n. examination with a stethoscope. |
| TRICHOCYSTS | • trichocysts n. Plural of trichocyst. • TRICHOCYST n. a lasso cell. |