| ENTOMOPHILOUS | • entomophilous adj. Of, pertaining to, or pollinated by means of entomophily. • ENTOMOPHILOUS adj. of flowers, pollinated by insects. |
| EPIZOOTIOLOGY | • epizootiology n. The study of the dynamics and epidemiology of animal diseases. • EPIZOOTIOLOGY n. the sum of the factors controlling the occurrence of a disease or pathogen of animals. |
| HOMOEOTYPICAL | • HOMOEOTYPICAL adj. denoting or relating to the second nuclear division of meiosis, which resembles mitosis, also HOMEOTYPICAL. |
| ISOPROTERENOL | • isoproterenol n. (Pharmacology) Synonym of isoprenaline. • ISOPROTERENOL n. a sympathomimetic agent used in the treatment of asthma. |
| LEONTOPODIUMS | • LEONTOPODIUM n. any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, that includes edelweiss. |
| MONOTELEPHONE | • monotelephone n. (Historical) An early telephonic device that transmits only one specific tone. • MONOTELEPHONE n. a telephone that transmits sounds of one pitch only. |
| NONCOMPLETION | • noncompletion n. Lack of completion; failure to finish. • NONCOMPLETION n. failure to complete something. |
| OLIGOTROPHIES | • OLIGOTROPHY n. the state of being oligotrophic. |
| PALAEONTOLOGY | • palaeontology n. Britain standard spelling of paleontology. • palæontology n. Obsolete typography of palaeontology. • PALAEONTOLOGY n. the study of fossils, also PALEONTOLOGY. |
| PALEONTOLOGIC | • paleontologic adj. Pertaining to paleontology; characteristic of paleontology. • PALEONTOLOGIC adj. relating to paleontology, also PALEONTOLOGICAL. |
| PHOTOCOPIABLE | • photocopiable adj. Capable of being photocopied. • PHOTOCOPIABLE adj. that can be photocopied. |
| PHOTOELECTRON | • photoelectron n. (Physics) An electron ejected from the surface of a material by the photoelectric effect. • PHOTOELECTRON n. an electron released from a surface by a photon. |
| PHOTOGEOLOGIC | • photogeologic adj. Of, relating to, indicated by, or produced by photogeology. • PHOTOGEOLOGIC adj. relating to photogeology, also PHOTOGEOLOGICAL. |
| PHOTOPOLYMERS | • photopolymers n. Plural of photopolymer. • PHOTOPOLYMER n. a photosensitive plastic used esp. in the manufacture of printing plates. |
| POLTROONERIES | • poltrooneries n. Plural of poltroonery. • POLTROONERY n. mean pusillanimity, cowardice. |
| POLYCHOTOMIES | • polychotomies n. Plural of polychotomy. • POLYCHOTOMY n. division into many parts, e.g. on a cladogram. |
| POLYCOTYLEDON | • polycotyledon n. (Botany) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed. • POLYCOTYLEDON n. any of various plants, esp. gymnosperms, that have or appear to have more than two cotyledons. |
| TOXOPLASMOSES | • toxoplasmoses n. Plural of toxoplasmosis. • TOXOPLASMOSIS n. an infection of animals (esp. the domestic cat) and humans by microorganisms, prob protozoa, of the genus Toxoplasma. |
| TROPOCOLLAGEN | • tropocollagen n. (Biochemistry) A component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other. • TROPOCOLLAGEN n. a subunit of collagen fibrils consisting of three polypeptide strands arranged in a helix. |