| COTYLEDONARY | • cotyledonary adj. Of or pertaining to a cotyledon. • COTYLEDONARY adj. relating to or having cotyledons, also COTYLEDONOUS. |
| CRYOHYDRATES | • cryohydrates n. Plural of cryohydrate. • CRYOHYDRATE n. a crystalline substance containing water and a salt in definite proportions, a eutectic crystallizing below the freezing point of water. |
| CYCADOPHYTES | • cycadophytes n. Plural of cycadophyte. • CYCADOPHYTE n. any of a division of usually unbranched mostly extinct gymnosperms. |
| DYSTELEOLOGY | • dysteleology n. (Philosophy) The view that existence has no telos or final cause from purposeful design. • dysteleology n. The study of apparently functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants. • DYSTELEOLOGY n. the study of functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants. |
| GLYCOSYLATED | • glycosylated v. Simple past tense and past participle of glycosylate. • glycosylated adj. (Biochemistry) Describing a glycoside (but especially a glycoprotein) that has the sugar entity intact. • GLYCOSYLATE v. to attach sugar to proteins to make glycoproteins. |
| HYDROLYSATES | • hydrolysates n. Plural of hydrolysate. • HYDROLYSATE n. a product of hydrolysis, also HYDROLYZATE. |
| HYDROLYZATES | • hydrolyzates n. Plural of hydrolyzate; Alternative form of hydrolysates. • HYDROLYZATE n. a product of hydrolysis, also HYDROLYSATE. |
| HYDROTHERAPY | • hydrotherapy n. (Alternative medicine) Any of various techniques that use water, either externally or internally, for… • HYDROTHERAPY n. therapy involving the use of water. |
| HYDROXYLATED | • hydroxylated v. Simple past tense and past participle of hydroxylate. • hydroxylated adj. (Organic chemistry) That has been modified by hydroxylation. • HYDROXYLATE v. to introduce hydroxyl into. |
| HYDROXYLATES | • hydroxylates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydroxylate. • HYDROXYLATE v. to introduce hydroxyl into. |
| HYPERTHYROID | • hyperthyroid adj. Of or pertaining to hyperthyroidism. • HYPERTHYROID n. one affected with hyperthyroidism. |
| POLYSYNDETON | • polysyndeton n. (Rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence. • POLYSYNDETON n. the rhetorical device of repeating a conjunction for emphasis, as in 'it was red and yellow and pink and orange and blue!'. |
| PSEUDONYMITY | • pseudonymity n. The state of being pseudonymous, of hiding one’s true identity behind a pseudonym. • PSEUDONYMITY n. the state of being pseudonymous. |
| RHYTIDECTOMY | • rhytidectomy n. (Surgery) Plastic surgery to reduce the visible signs of aging in the face by removing wrinkles. • RHYTIDECTOMY n. the surgical removal of wrinkles. |
| WOODBURYTYPE | • Woodburytype n. (Uncountable) A photomechanical printing process in which a relief pattern in gelatin is hardened and… • Woodburytype n. (Countable) A print of this kind. • WOODBURYTYPE n. (tradename) a photomechanical process in which an exposed and developed bichromated film is forced into a metal plate by great pressure, and so forms a matrix for subsequent printing. |