| CYMOSELY | • cymosely adv. In a cymose fashion. • CYMOSE adv. resembling a cyme, also CYMOUS. |
| DYSODYLE | • dysodyle n. Alternative form of dysodile. • DYSODYLE n. an impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning, also DYSODIL, DYSODILE. |
| LYOLYSES | • LYOLYSIS n. the formation of an acid and a base from the interaction of a salt with a solvent. |
| LYSOGENY | • lysogeny n. The incorporation of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage into that of a host bacterium; sometimes transmitted… • LYSOGENY n. the state of being like a lysogen. |
| LYSOZYME | • lysozyme n. (Biochemistry) A bacteriolytic (or antibiotic) enzyme found in many animal secretions, and in egg white. • LYSOZYME n. an antibacterial enzyme present in some plants, and in saliva. |
| POLYGENY | • polygeny n. Polygenesis. • polygeny n. The control of a single trait, or phenotype, by multiple genes. • POLYGENY n. generation from multiple origins. |
| POLYGYNE | • polygyne adj. Describing a hive or colony (of a social insect) that has more than one active queen. • POLYGYNE adj. having more than one egg-laying queen in an insect colony. |
| POLYMERY | • polymery n. (Chemistry) The condition of being polymeric. • POLYMERY n. in botany, the condition of having many parts. |
| POLYSEMY | • polysemy n. (Semantics) The property of a word, sign or symbol that can represent multiple meanings, including multiple… • POLYSEMY n. in linguistics, the state of having more than one meaning. |
| POLYTENY | • polyteny n. (Molecular biology) The presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple… • POLYTENY n. in abnormally large chromosomes, the state of being composed of many reduplicated strands. |
| POLYTYPE | • polytype n. Any of the types involved in polytypism. • polytype n. A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. • polytype n. (Computing theory) In the Hindley–Milner type system, a data type containing variables bound by one… |
| PYROLYSE | • pyrolyse v. (Intransitive, chemistry) To undergo pyrolysis. • pyrolyse v. (Transitive, chemistry) To decompose or transform a substance by subjecting it to heat. • PYROLYSE v. to decompose by heating, also PYROLIZE, PYROLISE, PYROLYZE. |
| PYROLYZE | • pyrolyze v. US spelling of pyrolyse. • PYROLYZE v. to decompose by heating, also PYROLISE, PYROLIZE, PYROLYSE. |
| PYROXYLE | • pyroxyle n. Archaic form of pyroxylin. • PYROXYLE n. a nitrocellulose. |
| YELLOWLY | • yellowly adv. In a yellow manner; with yellow colour. • YELLOW adv. of a bright color like that of ripe lemons. |
| YEOMANLY | • yeomanly adj. Like a yeoman: stout and true. • yeomanly adj. Of or proper to the class of yeomen in British history. • yeomanly adv. Like a yeoman: stoutly and bravely. |
| YONDERLY | • yonderly adj. (UK, dialect, obsolete) anxious; absent-minded; vacant. • YONDERLY adj. (dialect) mentally or emotionally distant; absentminded. |