| AEROPHAGY | • aerophagy n. (Medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria. • AEROPHAGY n. spasmodic swallowing of air. |
| CREOPHAGY | • creophagy n. Alternative spelling of kreophagy. • CREOPHAGY n. the act of eating meat. |
| EPIROGENY | • EPIROGENY n. the geological formation of continents, oceans, etc., also EPEIROGENY. |
| GEOGRAPHY | • geography n. A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography. • geography n. (Archaic) an atlas or gazetteer. • geography n. The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them. |
| GYNOPHORE | • gynophore n. (Botany) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera Telopea… • GYNOPHORE n. the pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. |
| GYROPLANE | • gyroplane n. Any aircraft that obtains lift from both rotating blades and small wings. • gyroplane n. An autogyro. • GYROPLANE n. an airplane balanced and supported by the aerodynamic forces acting on rapidly rotating horizontal or slightly inclined airfoils, also GYROCOPTER. |
| GYROSCOPE | • gyroscope n. An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of… • GYROSCOPE n. a wheel or disc mounted so that it can spin rapidly about an axis which itself can rotate about either of two other axes perpendicular to it and to each other. |
| HYPERGOLS | • hypergols n. Plural of hypergol. • HYPERGOL n. a rocket fuel. |
| PARTYGOER | • partygoer n. Someone who attends a party or parties. • party-goer n. One who attends a specific party. • party-goer n. One who frequently attends parties. |
| PETROGENY | • petrogeny n. The science of the origin of rocks. • PETROGENY n. the study of the origin of rocks. |
| PETROLOGY | • petrology n. (Geology) The study of the origin, composition and structure of rock. • PETROLOGY n. the geological study of rocks. |
| PLAYGOERS | • playgoers n. Plural of playgoer. • PLAYGOER n. one who attends plays. |
| PTERYGOID | • pterygoid adj. (Anatomy) Of, pertaining to or lying in the region of the inferior part of the sphenoid bone of the vertebrate skull. • pterygoid n. (Anatomy) A pterygoid part (such as a bone, muscle, or nerve). • PTERYGOID adj. winglike. |
| PYELOGRAM | • pyelogram n. An image produced by means of pyelography. • PYELOGRAM n. an X-ray picture of the renal pelvis. |
| PYROGENIC | • pyrogenic adj. (Pathology, chemistry) generating or produced by heat, especially in the body; causing or caused by fever. • pyrogenic adj. (Geology) of a mineral formed from magma at high temperature. • PYROGENIC adj. produced by, or producing, heat or fever, also PYROGENETIC, PYROGENOUS. |
| RECOPYING | • recopying v. Present participle of recopy. • recopying n. The process of copying something again. • RECOPY v. to copy again. |
| SPOROGENY | • sporogeny n. Sporogenesis. • SPOROGENY n. the production of spores. |
| XEROPHAGY | • xerophagy n. A restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline. • XEROPHAGY n. the eating of dry food, esp. food cooked without oil. |
| ZYGOSPERM | • zygosperm n. (Botany) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of… • ZYGOSPERM n. a spore formed by union of two similar cells, also ZYGOSPORE. |
| ZYGOSPORE | • zygospore n. (Botany) A zygosperm. • zygospore n. (Botany) A spore formed by the union of several zoospores. • ZYGOSPORE n. a spore formed by union of two similar cells, also ZYGOSPERM. |