| DIAGEOTROPIC | • diageotropic adj. (Botany) Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism. • DIAGEOTROPIC adj. tending to grow at right angles to the line of gravity. |
| EPIDEMIOLOGY | • epidemiology n. (Sciences) The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts… • epidemiology n. (Sciences) The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing. • EPIDEMIOLOGY n. the study of diseases. |
| FIREPROOFING | • fireproofing v. Present participle of fireproof. • fireproofing n. The process of making something resistant to fire. • fireproofing n. A fire-resistant coating or substance. |
| FOREPOINTING | • forepointing v. Present participle of forepoint. • FOREPOINT v. to foreshadow. |
| GEOPOLITICAL | • geopolitical adj. Of or relating to geopolitics. • GEOPOLITICAL adj. relating to geopolitics. |
| INTERLOOPING | • INTERLOOP v. to loop together. |
| OESOPHAGITIS | • oesophagitis n. (British spelling) Alternative form of esophagitis. • œsophagitis n. Obsolete spelling of esophagitis. • OESOPHAGITIS n. inflammation of the oesophagus, also ESOPHAGITIS. |
| OLIGOPEPTIDE | • oligopeptide n. (Biochemistry) A peptide containing a relatively small number of amino acids. • OLIGOPEPTIDE n. a peptide comprising less than ten amino acids. |
| OLIGOPHAGIES | • OLIGOPHAGY n. the state of being oligophagous, eating only a few specific kinds of food. |
| OLIGOPSONIES | • oligopsonies n. Plural of oligopsony. • OLIGOPSONY n. a market situation in which each of a few buyers exerts a disproportionate influence on the market. |
| OLIGOSPERMIA | • oligospermia n. (Medicine) Low volume of semen. • OLIGOSPERMIA n. the condition of having less than the normal number of spermatozoa in the semen, a cause of infertility in men. |
| PHYSIOLOGIES | • physiologies n. Plural of physiology. • PHYSIOLOGY n. a branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved. |
| PIGEONHOLING | • pigeonholing v. Present participle of pigeonhole. • pigeonholing n. The classification of disparate entities into categories, not always for the right reason. • pigeon-holing v. Present participle of pigeon-hole. |
| PRECOGNITION | • precognition n. (Parapsychology) Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form… • precognition n. (Scotland, law) The practice of taking a factual statement from a witness before a trial. • PRECOGNITION n. clairvoyance relating to an event or state not yet experienced. |
| PRIMOGENITOR | • primogenitor n. An initial ancestor. • PRIMOGENITOR n. the earliest ancestor; an ancestor or a forefather. |