| COMPENSATORY | • compensatory adj. (Of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury. • compensatory adj. Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something. • compensatory adj. (Genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation. |
| COUNTERPLOYS | • counterploys n. Plural of counterploy. • COUNTERPLOY n. a ploy in return. |
| CYCLOSPORINE | • cyclosporine n. (Pharmacology) Alternative form of ciclosporin. • CYCLOSPORINE n. an immunosuppressive drug used in organ transplants, also CYCLOSPORIN. |
| CYPROTERONES | • cyproterones n. Plural of cyproterone. • CYPROTERONE n. a synthetic steroid that inhibits androgenic secretions, as of testosterone. |
| HYMENOPHORES | • hymenophores n. Plural of hymenophore. • HYMENOPHORE n. the fruiting body of some basidiomycetous fungi. |
| LARYNGOSCOPE | • laryngoscope n. An endoscope used for viewing the interior of the larynx. • LARYNGOSCOPE n. an instrument for examining the interior of the larynx. |
| MYRINGOSCOPE | • myringoscope n. A device for examining the eardrum. • MYRINGOSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the eardrum. |
| OROPHARYNGES | • oropharynges n. Plural of oropharynx. • OROPHARYNX n. the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the epiglottis. |
| OROPHARYNXES | • oropharynxes n. Plural of oropharynx. • OROPHARYNX n. the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the epiglottis. |
| POLYISOPRENE | • polyisoprene n. (Chemistry) Any polymer whose constituent monomer is isoprene; especially natural, and some synthetic, rubbers. • POLYISOPRENE n. a rubberlike polymer of isoprene. |
| POLYPROPENES | • polypropenes n. Plural of polypropene. • POLYPROPENE n. any of various thermoplastic plastics or fibers that are polymers of propylene, also POLYPROPYLENE. |
| PORTENTOUSLY | • portentously adv. In an ominous manner. • portentously adv. In a pompous manner. • PORTENTOUS adv. of, relating to, or constituting a portent. |
| PROTEOLYSING | • proteolysing v. Present participle of proteolyse. • PROTEOLYSE v. to split proteins by proteolysis. |
| PYROLIGNEOUS | • pyroligneous adj. Produced from wood by the action of heat, especially by destructive distillation. • PYROLIGNEOUS adj. produced by the action of heat on wood, also PYROLIGNIC, PYROXYLIC. |
| SYNCHROSCOPE | • synchroscope n. An instrument that indicates the degree to which two alternating current systems are synchronised with… • synchroscope n. An instrument used to synchronise the propellers of a twin-engine aircraft. • SYNCHROSCOPE n. an instrument for detecting whether two moving parts are synchronized. |
| TRYPANOSOMES | • trypanosomes n. Plural of trypanosome. • TRYPANOSOME n. a parasite causing sleeping sickness. |