| ACTINOMORPHY | • actinomorphy n. The condition of being actinomorphic. • ACTINOMORPHY n. the quality of being actinomorphic. |
| COMPANIONWAY | • companionway n. (Nautical) a staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship. • COMPANIONWAY n. the stairs from upper deck of ship to lower deck. |
| COMPENSATORY | • compensatory adj. (Of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury. • compensatory adj. Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something. • compensatory adj. (Genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation. |
| CONTEMPORARY | • contemporary adj. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous. • contemporary adj. Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). • contemporary n. Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another. |
| CRYPTONYMOUS | • cryptonymous adj. Relating to, or published under, a cryptonym. • CRYPTONYMOUS adj. like a cryptonym, a secret name. |
| MICROCOPYING | • microcopying v. Present participle of microcopy. • MICROCOPYING n. the act of copying on microfilm. |
| MONOPHYLETIC | • monophyletic adj. (Biology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms. • monophyletic adj. (Biology) Deriving from a single clade (monophylum). • monophyletic adj. (Biology) Descending from a single ancestral species. |
| MONOPHYSITIC | • monophysitic adj. Of or pertaining to monophysitism. • MONOPHYSITIC adj. of or like a monophysite, one believing that Christ had but a single divine nature. |
| MONOSYNAPTIC | • monosynaptic adj. (Neuroanatomy) Having, or involving a single synapse. • monosynaptic adj. (Derogatory) Stupid, lacking in brainpower. • MONOSYNAPTIC adj. having or involving a single neural synapse. |
| MYRINGOSCOPE | • myringoscope n. A device for examining the eardrum. • MYRINGOSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the eardrum. |
| NONCOMPLYING | • noncomplying adj. That does not comply with a rule or regulation. • noncomplying n. The refusal to comply. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • NONCOMPLYING n. the failure to comply; noncompliance. |
| OMPHALOMANCY | • omphalomancy n. Divination by means of a child’s navel, to learn how many children the mother may have. • OMPHALOMANCY n. predicting the number of children a mother will bear by counting the knots in her firstborn's umbilical cord. |
| PHOTODYNAMIC | • photodynamic adj. Of, relating to, or caused by the energy or momentum of light or other electromagnetic radiations. • photodynamic adj. Of, or relating to photodynamics. • PHOTODYNAMIC adj. of, relating to, or having the property of intensifying or inducing a toxic reaction to light (as in the destruction of cancer cells stained with a light-sensitive dye) in a living system. |
| PHYSIOGNOMIC | • physiognomic adj. Of or pertaining to physiognomy. • PHYSIOGNOMIC adj. relating to physiognomy, also PHYSIOGNOMICAL. |
| POLYCHROMING | • polychroming v. Present participle of polychrome. • POLYCHROME v. to colour in many colours. |
| PSYCHONOMICS | • psychonomics n. (Psychology) The branch of psychology that aims to discover strict laws that govern the working of the… • PSYCHONOMICS n. the study of the individual mind in relation to its environment. |
| TRYPANOSOMIC | • trypanosomic adj. Of or pertaining to a trypanosome. • TRYPANOSOMIC adj. of or like a trypanosome, also TRYPANOSOMAL. |