| APOLOGISERS | • apologisers n. Plural of apologiser. • APOLOGISER n. one who apologises, also APOLOGIZER. |
| AZYGOSPORES | • azygospores n. Plural of azygospore. • AZYGOSPORE n. a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi. |
| GASTEROPODS | • gasteropods n. Plural of gasteropod. • GASTEROPOD n. any mollusc of the class Gastropoda, that includes the snails, whelks, limpets, and slugs, also GASTROPOD. |
| GASTROSCOPE | • gastroscope n. A form of endoscope used to view the inside of the stomach. • GASTROSCOPE n. an instrument for examining interior of the stomach. |
| GEOTROPISMS | • geotropisms n. Plural of geotropism. • GEOTROPISM n. a disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of an organ. |
| GOBSTOPPERS | • gobstoppers n. Plural of gobstopper. • gob␣stoppers n. Plural of gob stopper. • GOBSTOPPER n. (colloquial) a large sweet that is sucked. |
| HYGROSCOPES | • hygroscopes n. Plural of hygroscope. • HYGROSCOPE n. an instrument for displaying changes in air humidity. |
| PERISSOLOGY | • perissology n. Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness. • PERISSOLOGY n. superfluity of words, pleonasm. |
| PROGRESSION | • progression n. The act of moving from one thing to another. • progression n. The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward. • progression n. (Mathematics) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant. |
| PROLOGUISES | • prologuises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prologuise. • PROLOGUISE v. to speak a prologue, also PROLOGISE, PROLOGIZE, PROLOGUIZE. |
| SAPROGENOUS | • saprogenous adj. Saprogenic. • SAPROGENOUS adj. growing on decaying material; causing putrefaction. |
| SCRAPEGOODS | • scrape-goods n. Plural of scrape-good. • SCRAPEGOOD n. (archaic) a miser, a skinflint. |
| SPERMOGONES | • SPERMOGONE n. a flask-shaped structure in some fungi, also SPERMOGONIUM. |
| SPOROGENIES | • SPOROGENY n. the production of spores. |
| SPOROGENOUS | • sporogenous adj. Relating to sporogenesis. • SPOROGENOUS adj. of tissue or cells in which the spores are formed. |
| SPOROGONIES | • sporogonies n. Plural of sporogony. • SPOROGONY n. the growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ. |