| BOUSTROPHEDON | • boustrophedon adv. (Historical, calligraphy, of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left… • boustrophedon adj. (Historical, calligraphy, of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines. • boustrophedon adj. (Figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth. |
| ENTOMOPHAGOUS | • entomophagous adj. Feeding on insects; insectivorous. • ENTOMOPHAGOUS adj. eating insects. |
| ENTOMOPHILOUS | • entomophilous adj. Of, pertaining to, or pollinated by means of entomophily. • ENTOMOPHILOUS adj. of flowers, pollinated by insects. |
| EOSINOPHILOUS | • EOSINOPHILOUS adj. staining readily with eosin, also EOSINOPHILIC. |
| HOMEOTELEUTON | • homeoteleuton n. The repetition of endings in words; near rhyme. • homeoteleuton n. The accidental omission, when copying a text, of a passage between repeated words or phrases, as the… • HOMEOTELEUTON n. the use or occurrence of similar endings. |
| HOMOGENEOUSLY | • homogeneously adv. In a homogeneous manner. • HOMOGENEOUS adv. of a uniform consistency. |
| HOMOLOGOUMENA | • Homologoumena n. (Christianity) Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church;… • HOMOLOGOUMENA n. the books of the New Testament whose authenticity was universally acknowledged in the early Church, also HOMOLOGUMENA. |
| INHOMOGENEOUS | • inhomogeneous adj. Not homogeneous. • INHOMOGENEOUS adj. relating to inhomogeneity. |
| MELANOCHROOUS | • melanochroous adj. Melanochroic; dark-complexioned. • MELANOCHROOUS adj. belonging to the melanochroi, having dark hair and white skin, also MELANOCHROIC. |
| NEIGHBOURHOOD | • neighbourhood n. (British spelling) alternative form of neighborhood. • NEIGHBOURHOOD n. a district, locality, esp. with reference to its inhabitants as a community, also NEIGHBORHOOD. |
| NEUROETHOLOGY | • neuroethology n. The study of animal behavior and its underlying control by the nervous system. • NEUROETHOLOGY n. the description of features of animal behaviour in terms of the mechanisms of the nervous system. |
| NEUROHORMONAL | • neurohormonal adj. Of or pertaining to a neurohormone. • NEUROHORMONAL adj. involving both neural and hormonal mechanisms. |
| NEUROHORMONES | • neurohormones n. Plural of neurohormone. • NEUROHORMONE n. a hormone (as acetylcholine or norepinephrine) produced by or acting on nervous tissue. |
| NONHOMOSEXUAL | • nonhomosexual adj. Not homosexual. • nonhomosexual n. One who is not a homosexual. • NONHOMOSEXUAL n. one who is not homosexual. |
| OVERHONOURING | • OVERHONOUR v. to honour excessively, also OVERHONOR. |
| PHOTONEUTRONS | • photoneutrons n. Plural of photoneutron. • PHOTONEUTRON n. a neutron emitted from a nucleus as a result of photodisintegration. |
| SOUTHERNWOODS | • southernwoods n. Plural of southernwood. • SOUTHERNWOOD n. an aromatic South European shrub of the wormwood genus. |
| THEOLOGOUMENA | • theologoumena n. Plural of theologoumenon. • THEOLOGOUMENON n. theological statement as opposed to divine one. |
| UNORTHODOXIES | • unorthodoxies n. Plural of unorthodoxy. • UNORTHODOXY n. the state of being unorthodox. |