| DEOPPILATION | • deoppilation n. (Obsolete) The removal of whatever stops up the passages. • DEOPPILATION n. the act of deoppilating, freeing from obstruction. |
| EPIMORPHOSIS | • epimorphosis n. The regeneration of tissues or organs through the dedifferentiation of existing, differentiated adult tissues. • EPIMORPHOSIS n. a type of development in animals, such as certain insect larvae, in which segmentation of the body is complete before hatching. |
| HYPOPLOIDIES | • hypoploidies n. Plural of hypoploidy. • HYPOPLOIDY n. the state of being hypoploid, having a chromosome number a few below the normal diploid number. |
| LIPOPROTEINS | • lipoproteins n. Plural of lipoprotein. • LIPOPROTEIN n. a water-soluble protein found in the blood, which carries cholesterol. |
| OLIGOPEPTIDE | • oligopeptide n. (Biochemistry) A peptide containing a relatively small number of amino acids. • OLIGOPEPTIDE n. a peptide comprising less than ten amino acids. |
| PHILOSOPHIES | • philosophies n. Plural of philosophy. • PHILOSOPHY n. all learning exclusive of technical precepts and practical arts. |
| PHILOSOPHISE | • philosophise v. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative spelling of philosophize. • PHILOSOPHISE v. to reason in the manner of a philosopher, also PHILOSOPHIZE. |
| PHILOSOPHIZE | • philosophize v. To ponder or reason out philosophically. • PHILOSOPHIZE v. to reason in the manner of a philosopher, also PHILOSOPHISE. |
| PHOTOPHILIES | • PHOTOPHILY n. the state of being photophilic, light-loving, turning towards the light. |
| PLEIOTROPIES | • pleiotropies n. Plural of pleiotropy. • PLEIOTROPY n. the property of having an effect simultaneously on more than one characteristic of the offspring. |
| PLEIOTROPISM | • pleiotropism n. (Genetics) pleiotropy. • PLEIOTROPISM n. the state of being pleiotropic, having an effect simultaneously on more than one character in the offspring. |
| POLYPLOIDIES | • polyploidies n. Plural of polyploidy. • POLYPLOIDY n. the condition of being polyploid. |
| POSTPOSITIVE | • postpositive adj. (Grammar, of an adjective or other modifier) Placed after the word modified, either immediately after… • postpositive n. (Grammar) A postpositive modifier. • POSTPOSITIVE adj. of an adjective, placed after the word it modifies e.g. attorney general, Scrabble player manque. |
| PREPOSITIONS | • prepositions n. Plural of preposition. • prepositions v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preposition. • PREPOSITION n. a function word that typically combines with a noun phrase to form a phrase which usually expresses a modification or predication. |
| PROPANEDIOIC | • PROPANEDIOIC adj. as in propanedioic acid, a white crystalline acid, aka malonic acid. |