| AUTOPOLYPLOID | • autopolyploid adj. (Genetics) Having more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species, as a result of redoubling. • autopolyploid n. Any organism of this kind. • AUTOPOLYPLOID n. an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of more than two complete copies of the genome of a single ancestral species. |
| COMPENDIOUSLY | • compendiously adv. In a compendious manner. • COMPENDIOUS adv. concise but comprehensive. |
| CONFOUNDINGLY | • confoundingly adv. In a confounding way. • CONFOUNDING adv. CONFOUND, to confuse, frustrate. |
| DEVOLUTIONARY | • devolutionary adj. Of, pertaining to, advocating or permitting devolution. • DEVOLUTIONARY adj. relating to devolution. |
| DICHOTOMOUSLY | • dichotomously adv. In a dichotomous manner. • DICHOTOMOUS adv. forking into two equal branches. |
| DISCOMYCETOUS | • DISCOMYCETOUS adj. of or like a discomycete. |
| DISHONOURABLY | • dishonourably adv. (Britain) Alternative spelling of dishonorably. • DISHONOURABLE adv. not honourable, also DISHONORABLE. |
| EUDICOTYLEDON | • eudicotyledon n. (Botany) Alternative form of eudicot. • EUDICOTYLEDON n. an angiosperm having two cotyledons in the seed. |
| FOUNDATIONARY | • FOUNDATIONARY adj. relating to a foundation. |
| GYNODIOECIOUS | • gynodioecious adj. (Botany) dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears… • GYNODIOECIOUS adj. having hermaphrodite and female flowers on different plants. |
| HYDROMEDUSOID | • HYDROMEDUSOID n. a hydromedusa, also HYDROMEDUSA, HYDROMEDUSAN. |
| HYDROQUINONES | • hydroquinones n. Plural of hydroquinone. • HYDROQUINONE n. another name for quinol. |
| HYPOCHONDRIUM | • hypochondrium n. (Anatomy) The upper region of the abdomen, below the lower ribs, each side of the epigastrium. • HYPOCHONDRIUM n. either of two regions of the upper part of the abdomen. |
| HYPOEUTECTOID | • hypoeutectoid adj. Synonym of hypoeutectic. • hypoeutectoid n. A hypoeutectic alloy. • HYPOEUTECTOID adj. of a compound, containing less of the minor component than a eutectic compound. |
| ISOSPONDYLOUS | • isospondylous adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Isospondyli. • isospondylous adj. (Zoology) Having the anterior vertebrae separate and normal. • ISOSPONDYLOUS adj. of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli, an order of soft-finned teleost fishes that includes the herring, salmon, trout, and pike. |
| ODORIFEROUSLY | • odoriferously adv. In an odoriferous manner. • ODORIFEROUS adv. giving off an odour; morally offensive, also ODIFEROUS. |
| PYCNOCONIDIUM | • PYCNOCONIDIUM n. an asexual fungal spore produced in a pycnidium. |
| UNMELODIOUSLY | • unmelodiously adv. In an unmelodious manner. |