| DECOMPOSITION | • decomposition n. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost. • decomposition n. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis. • decomposition n. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts. |
| DECOMPOSITIONS | • decompositions n. Plural of decomposition. • DECOMPOSITION n. the breakdown of dead organic material by detritivores or saprophytes. |
| DIPLOSTEMONOUS | • diplostemonous adj. (Botany) Having twice as many stamens as petals in two whorls, the inner aligned with the petals. • diplostemonous adj. (Botany, uncommon) Having twice as many stamens as petals. • DIPLOSTEMONOUS adj. having two whorls of stamens, the outer alternating with the petals, the inner with the outer. |
| LEONTOPODIUM | • Leontopodium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – some of the daisies. • LEONTOPODIUM n. any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, that includes edelweiss. |
| LEONTOPODIUMS | • LEONTOPODIUM n. any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, that includes edelweiss. |
| MISPROPORTIONED | • misproportioned adj. Having incorrect or distorted proportions. • misproportioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of misproportion. • MISPROPORTION v. to proportion wrongly. |
| MONOCROPPED | • monocropped adj. Of land: used for monocropping. • MONOCROP v. to plant the same crop in the same field year after year. |
| MONODELPHOUS | • monodelphous adj. (Botany) Describing stamens that have filaments united into a single tubelike group. • monodelphous adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the Monodelphia. • MONODELPHOUS adj. relating to the Monodelphia, placental mammals. |
| MONOPHTHONGISED | • monophthongised v. Simple past tense and past participle of monophthongise. • MONOPHTHONGISE v. to pronounce as a monophthong, also MONOPHTHONGIZE. |
| MONOPHTHONGIZED | • monophthongized v. Simple past tense and past participle of monophthongize. • MONOPHTHONGIZE v. to pronounce as a monophthong, also MONOPHTHONGISE. |
| MONOPODE | • monopode n. Someone or something with one foot. • MONOPODE n. a one-footed person of fabulous Ethiopian race, with foot large enough to be a sunshade, also MONOPOD. |
| MONOPODES | • monopodes n. Plural of monopode. • MONOPODE n. a one-footed person of fabulous Ethiopian race, with foot large enough to be a sunshade, also MONOPOD. |
| MONOPODIES | • monopodies n. Plural of monopody. • MONOPODY n. a measure consisting of a single metrical food. |
| MONOPOLISED | • monopolised v. Simple past tense and past participle of monopolise. • MONOPOLISE v. to get a monopoly of, also MONOPOLIZE. |
| MONOPOLIZED | • monopolized v. Simple past tense and past participle of monopolize. • MONOPOLIZE v. to get a monopoly of, also MONOPOLISE. |
| SCOLOPENDRIFORM | • scolopendriform adj. Resembling the centipedes of the genus Scolopendra. • SCOLOPENDRIFORM adj. having the form of a centipede. |