| GNETOPHYTE | • gnetophyte n. Any of the plant division Gnetophyta, consisting of woody plants that differ from other gymnosperms… • GNETOPHYTE n. a type of plant including welwitschia. |
| GRANOPHYRE | • granophyre n. A subvolcanic rock with angular intergrowths of quartz and alkali feldspar. • GRANOPHYRE n. a kind of quartz-porphyry. |
| GYNOPHOBES | • gynophobes n. Plural of gynophobe. • GYNOPHOBE n. a person who hates or fears women. |
| GYNOPHORES | • gynophores n. Plural of gynophore. • GYNOPHORE n. the pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. |
| HYPNOGENIC | • hypnogenic adj. Inducing sleep. • hypnogenic adj. Inducing hypnosis. • HYPNOGENIC adj. relating to the production of hypnotic sleep, also HYPNOGENETIC, HYPNOGENOUS. |
| HYPOGENOUS | • hypogenous adj. (Botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface. • HYPOGENOUS adj. produced or growing on the undersurface, esp. (of fern spores) growing on the undersurface of the leaves. |
| HYPOGYNIES | • HYPOGYNY n. the condition of having flowers with organs below the ovary. |
| 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. |
| NEPHROLOGY | • nephrology n. (Medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys. • NEPHROLOGY n. the study of the kidneys. |
| OVERHYPING | • overhyping v. Present participle of overhype. • OVERHYPE v. to hype to excess. |
| PHAENOLOGY | • phænology n. Archaic spelling of phenology. • PHAENOLOGY n. the study of organisms as affected by climate, also PHENOLOGY. |
| PHRENOLOGY | • phrenology n. (Medicine, biology) The science or now discredited pseudo-science, which studies the relationships between… • PHRENOLOGY n. the study of bumps on the head. |
| PHYLOGENIC | • phylogenic adj. Of or pertaining to phylogeny. • phylogenic adj. Phylogenetic. • PHYLOGENIC adj. relating to phylogenesis, the evolutionary development of a species or other group of organisms through a succession of forms, also PHYLOGENETIC. |
| PHYTOGENIC | • phytogenic adj. Of or pertaining to natural growth promoters used as animal feed additives. • PHYTOGENIC adj. derived from plants. |
| PYTHOGENIC | • pythogenic adj. (Medicine, obsolete) Produced by filth. • PYTHOGENIC adj. produced by filth; causing dirt or decay. |
| RENOGRAPHY | • renography n. Imaging of the kidney. • RENOGRAPHY n. a treatise on or description of the kidneys. |
| SYPHONAGES | • SYPHONAGE n. the action of a syphon, also SIPHONAGE. |
| TYPHOGENIC | • typhogenic adj. Causing typhus. • TYPHOGENIC adj. causing typhus or typhoid fever. |
| VENOGRAPHY | • venography n. (Medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which an X-ray of the veins, a venogram, is taken after a special… • VENOGRAPHY n. radiography of a vein after injection of a contrast medium. |
| ZYGOSPHENE | • zygosphene n. (Anatomy) A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and… • ZYGOSPHENE n. a median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa, called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in front. |