| DEMOGRAPHY | • demography n. The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations… • demography n. The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc. • demography n. The particular demographic makeup of a population. |
| GYMNOSPERM | • gymnosperm n. (Botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary. • GYMNOSPERM n. a plant with the ovules borne naked or unprotected, the conifers or cone-bearing plants and their allies. |
| IMPEDINGLY | • impedingly adv. So as to impede or hinder. • IMPEDING adv. IMPEDE, to retard by obstructing. |
| MEGAPHYLLS | • megaphylls n. Plural of megaphyll. • MEGAPHYLL n. a relatively large type of leaf produced by e.g. ferns. |
| MORPHOGENY | • morphogeny n. (Biology) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history… • MORPHOGENY n. the history of the evolution of forms. |
| MUGWUMPERY | • mugwumpery n. (US politics, slang) The acts and views of the mugwumps. • MUGWUMPERY n. the acts and views of a mugwump, a bolter from the Republican party in 1884; a political independent. |
| PIGMENTARY | • pigmentary adj. Of or pertaining to pigment. • pigmentary adj. Of a colour, produced by pigments. • PIGMENTARY adj. of or pertaining to pigments. |
| POLYGAMIES | • polygamies n. Plural of polygamy. • POLYGAMY n. the condition of having more than one spouse at the same time. |
| POLYGAMISE | • polygamise v. Alternative spelling of polygamize. • POLYGAMISE v. to practise polygamy, also POLYGAMIZE. |
| POLYGAMIZE | • polygamize v. (Intransitive) To practice polygamy: to marry more than one wife or husband. • polygamize v. (Rare, transitive) To marry (multiple spouses). • POLYGAMIZE v. to practise polygamy, also POLYGAMISE. |
| POLYGENISM | • polygenism n. (Ethnology) The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair. • POLYGENISM n. the doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair. |
| PTERYGIUMS | • pterygiums n. Plural of pterygium. • PTERYGIUM n. a growth over the cornea. |
| PYELOGRAMS | • pyelograms n. Plural of pyelogram. • PYELOGRAM n. an X-ray picture of the renal pelvis. |
| SPHYGMUSES | • SPHYGMUS n. (Greek) the pulse. |
| TEMPTINGLY | • temptingly adv. In a tempting manner. • TEMPTING adv. attractive. |
| ZYGOSPERMS | • zygosperms n. Plural of zygosperm. • ZYGOSPERM n. a spore formed by union of two similar cells, also ZYGOSPORE. |