| HOOKEY | • hookey n. (Slang) Truancy, especially from school. • HOOKEY n. truanting, as in to play hookey, to play truant. |
| EYEHOOK | • eyehook n. Alternative form of eye hook. • eye␣hook n. A hook with an eye or ring attached. • EYEHOOK n. a hook or ring on the end of a rope or chain. |
| HOOKEYS | • HOOKEY n. truanting, as in to play hookey, to play truant. |
| EYEHOOKS | • eyehooks n. Plural of eyehook; alternative form of eye hooks. • eye␣hooks n. Plural of eye hook. • EYEHOOK n. a hook or ring on the end of a rope or chain. |
| DOOHICKEY | • doohickey n. A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall). • doo-hickey n. Rare form of doohickey. • DOOHICKEY n. a doodad, a thingy. |
| DOOHICKEYS | • doohickeys n. Plural of doohickey. • doo-hickeys n. Plural of doo-hickey. • DOOHICKEY n. a doodad, a thingy. |
| HOKEYPOKEY | • hokeypokey n. Alternative form of Hokey Pokey. • hokeypokey n. (New Zealand) Honeycomb toffee. • hokeypokey n. (New Zealand) A kind of ice cream with pieces of honeycomb toffee. |
| HOKYPOKIES | • HOKYPOKY n. hocus-pocus; a kind of ice-cream sold on the streets, also HOKEYPOKEY. |
| ARRHENOTOKY | • arrhenotoky n. (Biology) The production of male offspring by parthenogenesis. • ARRHENOTOKY n. giving birth only to boys. |
| HOKEYPOKEYS | • hokeypokeys n. Plural of hokeypokey. • hokey-pokeys n. Plural of hokey-pokey. • hokey␣pokeys n. Plural of hokey pokey. |
| THELYTOKOUS | • thelytokous adj. That produces female offspring (only). • THELYTOKOUS adj. producing only female offspring. |
| HETEROKARYON | • heterokaryon n. (Biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei. • HETEROKARYON n. a cell, as in the mycelium of a fungus, that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei. |
| HETEROKARYONS | • heterokaryons n. Plural of heterokaryon. • HETEROKARYON n. a cell, as in the mycelium of a fungus, that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei. |
| POIKILOTHERMY | • poikilothermy n. (Biology) The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature… • POIKILOTHERMY n. the state of being cold-blooded, also POIKILOTHERMISM. |
| HETEROKARYOSES | • HETEROKARYOSIS n. the condition of having cells that are heterokaryons. |
| HETEROKARYOSIS | • heterokaryosis n. (Biology) The condition of being a heterokaryon. • HETEROKARYOSIS n. the condition of having cells that are heterokaryons. |
| HETEROKARYOTIC | • heterokaryotic adj. Relating to heterokaryosis or to heterokaryons. • HETEROKARYOTIC adj. relating to heterokaryosis. |
| LEUKODYSTROPHY | • leukodystrophy n. (Medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter… • LEUKODYSTROPHY n. any of several genetically determined diseases characterized by progressive degeneration of myelin in the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. |
| CHOLECYSTOKININ | • cholecystokinin n. (Biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK. • CHOLECYSTOKININ n. a hormone secreted esp. by the duodenal mucosa that regulates the emptying of the gallbladder and secretion of enzymes by the pancreas and that has been found in the brain. |