| COMPENSATORY | • compensatory adj. (Of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury. • compensatory adj. Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something. • compensatory adj. (Genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation. |
| CONTEMPORARY | • contemporary adj. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous. • contemporary adj. Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). • contemporary n. Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another. |
| GYMNOSOPHIES | • GYMNOSOPHY n. deep contemplation performed while naked. |
| HYMENOPHORES | • hymenophores n. Plural of hymenophore. • HYMENOPHORE n. the fruiting body of some basidiomycetous fungi. |
| HYMENOPTERON | • hymenopteron n. Any insect of the order Hymenoptera. • HYMENOPTERON n. an order of insect having four membranous wings, e.g. ants, bees, wasps, also HYMENOPTERAN. |
| MONOPHYLETIC | • monophyletic adj. (Biology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms. • monophyletic adj. (Biology) Deriving from a single clade (monophylum). • monophyletic adj. (Biology) Descending from a single ancestral species. |
| MONOPHYSITES | • monophysites n. Plural of monophysite. • Monophysites n. Plural of Monophysite. • MONOPHYSITE n. one believing that Christ had but a single divine nature. |
| MYRINGOSCOPE | • myringoscope n. A device for examining the eardrum. • MYRINGOSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the eardrum. |
| NONEMPLOYEES | • nonemployees n. Plural of nonemployee. • NONEMPLOYEE n. one who is not an employee. |
| OMNIPOTENTLY | • omnipotently adv. In an omnipotent manner. • OMNIPOTENT adv. all-powerful. |
| PHYTOHORMONE | • phytohormone n. A plant hormone. • PHYTOHORMONE n. a plant hormone, regulating growth. |
| PNEUMATOLOGY | • pneumatology n. The study of spiritual beings and phenomena, especially the interactions between humans and God. • pneumatology n. (Christianity, theology) The study of the Holy Spirit as revealed in Scripture. • pneumatology n. The science dealing with air or gases, their physical and chemical properties, therapeutic applications, etc. |
| PNEUMONOLOGY | • pneumonology n. Alternative form of pneumology. • PNEUMONOLOGY n. the study of the respiratory system. |
| POLYDEMONISM | • polydemonism n. (Religion) The existence of multiple demons; the worship of these demons. • POLYDEMONISM n. the belief in and worship of numerous supernatural powers, also POLYDAEMONISM. |
| POLYEMBRYONY | • polyembryony n. (Botany) The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization… • polyembryony n. (Biology) The production of two or more embryos from a single fertilized egg. • POLYEMBRYONY n. the condition of having several embryos. |
| PSEUDONYMOUS | • pseudonymous adj. Of or pertaining to a pseudonym. • pseudonymous adj. (Of a name) Fictitious. • pseudonymous adj. That uses a pseudonym. |
| SPHYGMOPHONE | • sphygmophone n. (Physiology) An electrical instrument for determining by ear the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance. • SPHYGMOPHONE n. an instrument for hearing the pulse. |
| SYNAPTOSOMES | • synaptosomes n. Plural of synaptosome. • SYNAPTOSOME n. a nerve ending that is isolated from homogenized nerve tissue. |
| TRYPANOSOMES | • trypanosomes n. Plural of trypanosome. • TRYPANOSOME n. a parasite causing sleeping sickness. |