| APONEUROTIC | • aponeurotic adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis. • APONEUROTIC adj. relating to an aponeurosis, a sheet that connects muscle to tendon. |
| AUTOMORPHIC | • automorphic adj. (Geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic. • automorphic adj. (Mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular. • automorphic adj. (Mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism. |
| AUTOTROPHIC | • autotrophic adj. (Biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using… • AUTOTROPHIC adj. capable of building up food materials from inorganic matter. |
| AUXOTROPHIC | • auxotrophic adj. (Biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent… • AUXOTROPHIC adj. requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| COLOURPOINT | • colourpoint n. (Felinology) Any of several forms of Siamese cat and closely-related breeds that have dark tips to the extremities. • COLOURPOINT n. a breed of domestic cat, also COLORPOINT. |
| COMPULSITOR | • compulsitor n. (Law, Scotland) That which compels. • COMPULSITOR n. in Scots law, a means of compelling. |
| CORRUPTIONS | • corruptions n. Plural of corruption. • CORRUPTION n. impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle. |
| 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. |
| OUTCROPPING | • outcropping n. An outcrop. • OUTCROPPING n. an outcrop. |
| 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. |
| PROCURATION | • procuration n. The act of procuring; procurement. • procuration n. The management of another’s affairs. • procuration n. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy. |
| PRODUCTIONS | • productions n. Plural of production. • PRODUCTION n. something produced. |
| PROLOCUTION | • prolocution n. (Obsolete) An introductory speech. • prolocution n. (Obsolete) Speaking on behalf of others. • PROLOCUTION n. an introductory speech or saying. |
| PROLOCUTRIX | • prolocutrix n. (Obsolete) A female prolocutor; a spokeswoman. • PROLOCUTRIX n. a spokesman, a chairwoman, esp. of the lower house of Convocation. |
| PROSCIUTTOS | • prosciuttos n. Plural of prosciutto. • PROSCIUTTO n. (Italian) aged, dry-cured Italian ham, ready to eat and usually sliced thin. |
| 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. |
| UROSCOPISTS | • uroscopists n. Plural of uroscopist. • UROSCOPIST n. one who carries out a uroscopy, the diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine. |