| ANGIOSPERM | • angiosperm n. (Botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. • ANGIOSPERM n. a plant of the Angiospermae, one of the main divisions of flowering plants, in which the seeds are in a closed ovary, not naked as in gymnosperms. |
| COMPESCING | • compescing v. Present participle of compesce. • COMPESCE v. (archaic) to restrain. |
| EPIGENOMES | • epigenomes n. Plural of epigenome. • EPIGENOME n. the complement of chemical compounds that modify the expression and function of the genome. |
| EPIGONISMS | • epigonisms n. Plural of epigonism. • EPIGONISM n. the state of being a follower or inferior imitator. |
| 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. |
| MEGAPHONES | • megaphones n. Plural of megaphone. • megaphones v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of megaphone. • MEGAPHONE v. to magnify sound. |
| MORPHOGENS | • morphogens n. Plural of morphogen. • MORPHOGEN n. a chemical substance that exerts an influence on morphogenesis. |
| NEPHOGRAMS | • nephograms n. Plural of nephogram. • NEPHOGRAM n. a photograph of clouds. |
| PANEGOISMS | • PANEGOISM n. solipsism. |
| PHAENOGAMS | • phaenogams n. Plural of phaenogam. • PHAENOGAM n. (Greek) any plant of the class Phaenogamia, flowering plants, also PHENOGAM. |
| PHORMINGES | • phorminges n. Plural of phorminx. • PHORMINX n. (Greek) a kind of lyre used by the Greeks. |
| PIGMENTOSA | • PIGMENTOSA n. as in retinite pigmentosa, a genetic eye condition. |
| POLEMISING | • polemising v. Present participle of polemise. • POLEMISE v. to argue or write polemically, carry on a controversy, also POLEMICISE, POLEMICIZE, POLEMIZE. |
| 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. |
| REIMPOSING | • reimposing v. Present participle of reimpose. • REIMPOSE v. to impose again. |
| SPERMOGONE | • SPERMOGONE n. a flask-shaped structure in some fungi, also SPERMOGONIUM. |
| SPHENOGRAM | • sphenogram n. A cuneiform character. • SPHENOGRAM n. a cuneiform character. |
| TAMPONAGES | • tamponages n. Plural of tamponage. • TAMPONAGE n. the surgical use of a tampon, also TAMPONADE. |