| COTEMPORANEOUS | • cotemporaneous adj. Living or existing at the same time; contemporaneous. • COTEMPORANEOUS adj. existing, occurring, or originating during the same time, also CONTEMPORANEOUS. |
| COUNTERMOTIONS | • countermotions n. Plural of countermotion. • COUNTERMOTION n. an opposite motion. |
| DIPLOSTEMONOUS | • diplostemonous adj. (Botany) Having twice as many stamens as petals in two whorls, the inner aligned with the petals. • diplostemonous adj. (Botany, uncommon) Having twice as many stamens as petals. • DIPLOSTEMONOUS adj. having two whorls of stamens, the outer alternating with the petals, the inner with the outer. |
| ENTOMOSTRACOUS | • entomostracous adj. (Zoology, archaic) Belonging to the Entomostraca, a former subclass of crustaceans. • ENTOMOSTRACOUS adj. of or like an entomostracan, any of the lower order of crustaceans. |
| HAPLOSTEMONOUS | • haplostemonous adj. (Botany) Having a single series of stamens, equal in number to the proper number of petals and alternating with them. • HAPLOSTEMONOUS adj. with one whorl of stamens. |
| HETERONOMOUSLY | • heteronomously adv. In a heteronomous manner. • HETERONOMOUS adv. subject to different or foreign laws. |
| HOMEOTELEUTONS | • homeoteleutons n. Plural of homeoteleuton. • HOMEOTELEUTON n. the use or occurrence of similar endings. |
| HOMOEOTELEUTON | • homoeoteleuton n. Alternative form of homeoteleuton. • HOMOEOTELEUTON n. the use of words with similar endings in close proximity, also HOMEOTELEUTON. |
| MACROEVOLUTION | • macroevolution n. Large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs… • MACROEVOLUTION n. evolution that results in relatively large and complex changes, as in species formation. |
| MICROEVOLUTION | • microevolution n. Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over… • MICROEVOLUTION n. comparatively minor evolutionary change involving the accumulation of variations in populations usually below the species level. |
| MONONUCLEOTIDE | • mononucleotide n. (Genetics) A single nucleotide. • MONONUCLEOTIDE n. a nucleotide that is derived from one molecule each of a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and a phosphoric acid. |
| MONOTONOUSNESS | • monotonousness n. The property of being monotonous. • MONOTONOUS n. uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone. |
| OSMOREGULATION | • osmoregulation n. The homeostatic regulation of osmotic pressure in the body in order to maintain a certain water content… • OSMOREGULATION n. regulation of osmotic pressure esp. in the body of a living organism. |
| PNEUMOCONIOTIC | • pneumoconiotic adj. (Medicine) Of, relating to, or affected by pneumoconiosis. • PNEUMOCONIOTIC n. a person suffering from pneumoconiosis. |
| PNEUMONOLOGIST | • pneumonologist n. Alternative form of pneumologist. • PNEUMONOLOGIST n. one who studies pneumonology. |
| SEMIAUTONOMOUS | • semiautonomous adj. Partially, but not fully, autonomous. • semi-autonomous adj. Alternative spelling of semiautonomous. • SEMIAUTONOMOUS adj. largely self-governing within a larger political or organizational entity. |
| THEOLOGOUMENON | • theologoumenon n. A theological statement which is of individual opinion and not doctrine. • THEOLOGOUMENON n. theological statement as opposed to divine one. |