| ANTHROPOGENY | • anthropogeny n. The study of human origins, human generation, or the origin and development of man. • ANTHROPOGENY n. the study of human generation or evolution. |
| 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. |
| CONTEMPORARY | • contemporary adj. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous. • contemporary adj. Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). • contemporary n. Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another. |
| COUNTERPLOYS | • counterploys n. Plural of counterploy. • COUNTERPLOY n. a ploy in return. |
| CYPROTERONES | • cyproterones n. Plural of cyproterone. • CYPROTERONE n. a synthetic steroid that inhibits androgenic secretions, as of testosterone. |
| ENANTIOTROPY | • ENANTIOTROPY n. the existence in a substance of two crystal forms, one stable above, the other below, a transition temperature. |
| GLYCOPROTEIN | • glycoprotein n. (Biochemistry) A protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates. • GLYCOPROTEIN n. any of the compounds formed by the conjugation of a protein with a substance containing a carbohydrate group other than a nucleic acid, also GLUCOPROTEIN. |
| HYMENOPTERON | • hymenopteron n. Any insect of the order Hymenoptera. • HYMENOPTERON n. an order of insect having four membranous wings, e.g. ants, bees, wasps, also HYMENOPTERAN. |
| INCORPOREITY | • incorporeity n. The state or characteristic of being incorporeal. • INCORPOREITY n. the state of being incorporeal. |
| PANTALOONERY | • pantaloonery n. (Dated) The character or performances of a pantaloon; buffoonery. • pantaloonery n. (Dated) Materials used to make pantaloons. • PANTALOONERY n. buffoonery. |
| PERINATOLOGY | • perinatology n. A branch of obstetrics focusing on the medical and surgical management of high-risk pregnancies. |
| PHYTOHORMONE | • phytohormone n. A plant hormone. • PHYTOHORMONE n. a plant hormone, regulating growth. |
| PORTENTOUSLY | • portentously adv. In an ominous manner. • portentously adv. In a pompous manner. • PORTENTOUS adv. of, relating to, or constituting a portent. |
| PROTEOGLYCAN | • proteoglycan n. (Biochemistry) Any of many glycoproteins that have heteropolysaccharide side chains. • PROTEOGLYCAN n. any of a class of glycoproteins of high molecular weight that are found esp. in the extracellular matrix of connective tissue. |
| PROTEOLYSING | • proteolysing v. Present participle of proteolyse. • PROTEOLYSE v. to split proteins by proteolysis. |
| PYRITOHEDRON | • pyritohedron n. (Mathematics) An irregular dodecahedron, the faces of which are identical but irregular pentagons. • pyritohedron n. (Mineralogy) The shape of one of the crystal habits of pyrite. • PYRITOHEDRON n. a pentagonal dodecahedron. |
| TRYPANOSOMES | • trypanosomes n. Plural of trypanosome. • TRYPANOSOME n. a parasite causing sleeping sickness. |