| ANTIPOVERTY | • antipoverty adj. (Politics) that serves to alleviate poverty. • ANTIPOVERTY adj. opposed to poverty. |
| CRYPTOZOITE | • cryptozoite n. The exoerythrocytic stage of a malarial parasite. • CRYPTOZOITE n. a malarial parasite at the stage of development in its host before it enters the red blood cells. |
| DIOPTOMETRY | • DIOPTOMETRY n. the measurement of ocular refraction. |
| EXPATIATORY | • expatiatory adj. Expansive; diffusive. • EXPATIATORY adj. expansive, also EXPATIATIVE. |
| EXTIRPATORY | • extirpatory adj. Extirpative. • EXTIRPATORY adj. serving to extirpate, also EXTIRPATIVE. |
| HETEROTYPIC | • heterotypic adj. Of or involving a different type or types. • heterotypic adj. (Genetics) Relating to the first nuclear division in meiosis. • HETEROTYPIC adj. denoting or relating to the first nuclear division of meiosis, in which the chromosome number is halved, also HETEROTYPICAL. |
| HYPONITRITE | • hyponitrite n. (Inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of nitrogen NO- derived from hyponitrous acid; any salt containing… • HYPONITRITE n. a salt or ester of hyponitrous acid. |
| IMPETRATORY | • impetratory adj. (Obsolete) Containing or expressing entreaty. • IMPETRATORY adj. relating to impetration, also IMPETRATIVE. |
| ITEROPARITY | • iteroparity n. (Biology) The condition of being iteroparous. • ITEROPARITY n. the state of being iteroparous. |
| KRYPTONITES | • KRYPTONITE n. something that renders a person or thing helpless. |
| OPERATIVITY | • operativity n. Operativeness. • OPERATIVITY n. the state of being operative. |
| PETITIONARY | • petitionary adj. Supplicatory; making a petition. • petitionary adj. Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition. • PETITIONARY adj. like a petition. |
| POTTERINGLY | • potteringly adv. So as to potter; in a slow and aimless manner. • POTTERING adv. busying oneself with trifling tasks. |
| PROTEOLYTIC | • proteolytic adj. (Biochemistry) Of, relating to, or promoting proteolysis. • PROTEOLYTIC adj. relating to proteolysis, the disintegration of protein. |
| PYRRHOTITES | • pyrrhotites n. Plural of pyrrhotite. • PYRRHOTITE n. magnetic pyrites, an iron sulphide, often containing nickel, also PYRRHOTINE. |
| RETINOPATHY | • retinopathy n. (Medicine) Non-inflammatory disease of the retina. • RETINOPATHY n. any of various noninflammatory disorders of the retina including some that cause blindness. |
| STEREOTYPIC | • stereotypic adj. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a stereotype; stereotypical. • STEREOTYPIC adj. of or like a stereotype, also STEREOTYPICAL. |
| TEMPORALITY | • temporality n. The condition of being bounded in time (of being temporal). • TEMPORALITY n. civil or political as distinguished from spiritual or ecclesiastical power or authority. |
| TETRAPLOIDY | • tetraploidy n. (Uncountable, genetics) The state of being tetraploid, having four sets of chromosomes. • tetraploidy n. (Countable, genetics) An instance of being tetraploid. • TETRAPLOIDY n. the state of being tetraploid, having four haploid sets of chromosomes. |
| TREPIDATORY | • trepidatory adj. That trepidates, or that causes trepidations. • trepidatory adj. Of an earthquake, having a vertical, up-and-down motion, as opposed to a horizontal, side-to-side motion. • TREPIDATORY adj. causing trepidation, trembling; alarmed agitation. |