| COTYLEDONARY | • cotyledonary adj. Of or pertaining to a cotyledon. • COTYLEDONARY adj. relating to or having cotyledons, also COTYLEDONOUS. |
| 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. |
| ICHTHYODORYLITE | • ICHTHYODORYLITE n. a fossilised fish-spine, also ICHTHYODORULITE. |
| LEUKODYSTROPHY | • leukodystrophy n. (Medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter… • LEUKODYSTROPHY n. any of several genetically determined diseases characterized by progressive degeneration of myelin in the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. |
| POLYCOTYLEDON | • polycotyledon n. (Botany) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed. • POLYCOTYLEDON n. any of various plants, esp. gymnosperms, that have or appear to have more than two cotyledons. |
| POLYCOTYLEDONS | • polycotyledons n. Plural of polycotyledon. • POLYCOTYLEDON n. any of various plants, esp. gymnosperms, that have or appear to have more than two cotyledons. |
| 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!'. |
| POLYSYNDETONS | • polysyndetons n. Plural of polysyndeton. • POLYSYNDETON n. the rhetorical device of repeating a conjunction for emphasis, as in 'it was red and yellow and pink and orange and blue!'. |
| PYCNODYSOSTOSES | • pycnodysostoses n. Plural of pycnodysostosis. • PYCNODYSOSTOSIS n. a rare inherited bone disease characterized by short stature and thickening and fragility of the bones. |
| PYKNODYSOSTOSES | • PYKNODYSOSTOSIS n. a rare inherited bone disease characterized by short stature and thickening and fragility of the bones. |
| SPLAYFOOTEDLY | • SPLAYFOOTED adv. having splayed feet. |
| THYROIDECTOMY | • thyroidectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of part or all of the thyroid gland. • THYROIDECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the thyroid gland. |
| 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. |
| WOODBURYTYPES | • Woodburytypes n. Plural of Woodburytype. • 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. |