| CRANIOSCOPY | • cranioscopy n. (Rare) The study of the shape, size, and other features of the human skull. • cranioscopy n. (Dated) Phrenology. • CRANIOSCOPY n. phrenology. |
| CYCLOSPORIN | • cyclosporin n. Alternative form of ciclosporin. • CYCLOSPORIN n. an immunosuppressant drug used in organ transplants, also CYCLOSPORINE. |
| CYNOPHOBIAS | • cynophobias n. Plural of cynophobia. • CYNOPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of dogs. |
| GYNOPHOBICS | • GYNOPHOBIC n. one who hates women. |
| HYDROPONICS | • hydroponics n. The cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil. • HYDROPONICS n. the practice of growing plants in a chemical solution without soil. |
| ONEIROSCOPY | • oneiroscopy n. The interpretation of dreams. • ONEIROSCOPY n. judging a dream. |
| PHYCOBIONTS | • phycobionts n. Plural of phycobiont. • PHYCOBIONT n. the algal constituent of a lichen. |
| PINOCYTOSES | • pinocytoses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pinocytose. • PINOCYTOSIS n. a process by which droplets of liquid are taken into a cell in small vesicles pinched off from the cell membrane. |
| PINOCYTOSIS | • pinocytosis n. (Biology) A form of endocytosis in which material enters a cell through its membrane and is incorporated… • PINOCYTOSIS n. a process by which droplets of liquid are taken into a cell in small vesicles pinched off from the cell membrane. |
| PSYCHONOMIC | • psychonomic adj. Of or pertaining to psychonomics or psychonomy. • PSYCHONOMIC adj. relating to psychonomics. |
| PYCNOGONIDS | • pycnogonids n. Plural of pycnogonid. • PYCNOGONID n. one of the Pycnogonida, sea-spiders. |
| PYROGNOSTIC | • pyrognostic adj. (Dated) of, relating to, or revealed by pyrognostics. • PYROGNOSTIC adj. relating to the testing of minerals by flame. |
| RETINOSCOPY | • retinoscopy n. (Medicine) Analysis of the refractive properties of the eye using a retinoscope; skiascopy. • RETINOSCOPY n. observation of the retina of the eye esp. to determine the state of refraction. |
| SYNCOPATION | • syncopation n. (Linguistics, phonology) The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables… • syncopation n. (Music) The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession… • SYNCOPATION n. a shift of accent in a musical passage that occurs when a normally weak beat is stressed. |