| ABSORPTIOMETRY | • absorptiometry n. (Chemistry) Analysis using an absorptiometer. |
| CONTEMPTUOUSLY | • contemptuously adv. In a disrespectful or discourteous manner; condescendingly. • CONTEMPTUOUS adv. manifesting contempt. |
| HYPOPHYSECTOMY | • hypophysectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of the hypophysis (pituitary gland). • HYPOPHYSECTOMY n. the removal of the pituitary gland. |
| METAPSYCHOLOGY | • metapsychology n. (Psychology) The philosophical study of psychology and of the mind. • metapsychology n. (Psychology) A set of principles governing Freudian psychology. • metapsychology n. (Philosophy) The study of how human experience forms, filters perception and shapes identity. |
| MICROSPOROCYTE | • microsporocyte n. (Biology) A cell that produces (typically four) microspores during meiosis. • MICROSPOROCYTE n. a microspore mother cell. |
| MORPHOSYNTAXES | • morphosyntaxes n. Plural of morphosyntax. • MORPHOSYNTAX n. the study of the interaction of morphology and syntax. |
| NONEMPLOYMENTS | • NONEMPLOYMENT n. something that is not employment. |
| PHARYNGOTOMIES | • pharyngotomies n. Plural of pharyngotomy. • PHARYNGOTOMY n. the surgical removal of the pharynx. |
| PHONOCHEMISTRY | • PHONOCHEMISTRY n. the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves. |
| PHOTOCHEMISTRY | • photochemistry n. (Chemistry) The study of photochemical reactions. • PHOTOCHEMISTRY n. science, processes and properties of chemical changes effected by light. |
| POLYMERISATION | • polymerisation n. (British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of polymerization. • POLYMERISATION n. a chemical reaction in which two or more molecules combine to form larger molecules that contain repeating structural units, also POLYMERIZATION. |
| POLYMYOSITISES | • POLYMYOSITIS n. inflammation of several muscles at the same time. |
| POSTMASTECTOMY | • postmastectomy adj. After a mastectomy. • POSTMASTECTOMY adj. taking place after a mastectomy. |
| PYRENOMYCETOUS | • PYRENOMYCETOUS adj. belonging to the Pyrenomycetes, a group of Ascomycetes whose characteristic fructification is the perithecium. |
| SYMMETROPHOBIA | • symmetrophobia n. Aversion to symmetry. • SYMMETROPHOBIA n. fear of symmetry. |
| SYMPTOMOLOGIES | • symptomologies n. Plural of symptomology. • SYMPTOMOLOGY n. the science of symptoms. |
| THERMOPHYLLOUS | • THERMOPHYLLOUS adj. having leaves only in the warmer part of the year, deciduous. |