| AUTOTETRAPLOIDS | • autotetraploids n. Plural of autotetraploid. • AUTOTETRAPLOID n. an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of four copies of a single genome due to doubling of an ancestral chromosome complement. |
| AUTOTETRAPLOIDY | • autotetraploidy n. The property of being autotetraploid. • AUTOTETRAPLOIDY n. the state of being autotetraploid. |
| COUNTERBLOCKADE | • counterblockade n. A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade. • COUNTERBLOCKADE n. an opposing blockade. |
| COUNTERMELODIES | • countermelodies n. Plural of countermelody. • counter-melodies n. Plural of counter-melody. • counter␣melodies n. Plural of counter melody. |
| DECOLOURISATION | • decolourisation n. Alternative spelling of decolorization. • DECOLOURISATION n. the process of decolourising, also DECOLORISATION, DECOLORIZATION, DECOLOURIZATION. |
| DECOLOURIZATION | • decolourization n. Alternative spelling of decolorization. • DECOLOURIZATION n. the process of decolourizing, also DECOLORISATION, DECOLORIZATION, DECOLOURISATION. |
| DEMERITORIOUSLY | • DEMERITORIOUS adv. not meritorious. |
| DESSERTSPOONFUL | • dessertspoonful n. A quantity of something about the volume of a dessertspoon, or 2 teaspoons. • DESSERTSPOONFUL n. the contents of a dessert spoon. |
| DEUTERANOMALOUS | • deuteranomalous adj. Having or relating to deuteranomaly. • DEUTERANOMALOUS adj. exhibiting partial loss of green color vision so that an increased intensity of green is required in a mixture of red and green to match a given yellow. |
| DOWNREGULATIONS | • downregulations n. Plural of downregulation. • DOWNREGULATION n. the process of reducing or suppressing a response to a stimulus. |
| EDRIOPHTHALMOUS | • edriophthalmous adj. (Zoology) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma, a former classification of peracarids. • EDRIOPHTHALMOUS adj. of crustaceans, with stalkless eyes, also EDRIOPHTHALMIAN, EDRIOPHTHALMIC. |
| HETERODACTYLOUS | • heterodactylous adj. (Zoology) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons. • HETERODACTYLOUS adj. having the first and second toes turned backwards, as in trogons, and not the first and fourth as in parrots. |
| ICHTHYODORULITE | • ichthyodorulite n. (Zoology) One of the spiny plates found on the back and tail of certain skates. • ichthyodorulite n. (Geology) A fossil fish-spine found in stratified rock. • ICHTHYODORULITE n. a fossilised fish-spine, also ICHTHYODORYLITE. |
| INTERMODULATION | • intermodulation n. (Physics) modulation of the different frequencies of interacting waves. • INTERMODULATION n. the production in an electrical device of currents having frequencies equal to the sums and differences of frequencies supplied to the device or of their harmonics. |
| NEUROECTODERMAL | • neuroectodermal adj. Of or pertaining to the neuroectoderm. • NEUROECTODERMAL adj. as in peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour, another name for Ewing's sarcoma. |
| ORNITHODELPHOUS | • ORNITHODELPHOUS adj. of or like the Ornithodelphia, monotremes, also ORNITHODELPHIAN, ORNITHODELPHIC. |
| RIBONUCLEOTIDES | • ribonucleotides n. Plural of ribonucleotide. • RIBONUCLEOTIDE n. a nucleotide containing ribose. |
| SCLERODERMATOUS | • sclerodermatous adj. Relating to, or exhibiting, scleroderma. • SCLERODERMATOUS adj. hard-skinned; having bony armour. |