| UTEROTOMY | • uterotomy n. Surgical incision into the uterus. • UTEROTOMY n. surgical removal of the womb. |
| DEUTEROTOKY | • deuterotoky n. The production of both male and female offspring by parthenogenesis. • DEUTEROTOKY n. parthenogenesis in which both males and females are produced. |
| QUOTEWORTHY | • quoteworthy adj. Worthy of being quoted; quotable. • QUOTEWORTHY adj. worth being quoted. |
| PORTENTOUSLY | • portentously adv. In an ominous manner. • portentously adv. In a pompous manner. • PORTENTOUS adv. of, relating to, or constituting a portent. |
| STERTOROUSLY | • stertorously adv. With heavy breathing, as if snoring; in a stertorous manner. • STERTOROUS adv. with a snoring sound. |
| EXPOSTULATORY | • expostulatory adj. Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation. • EXPOSTULATORY adj. relating to expostulation, also EXPOSTULATIVE. |
| HETEROCYSTOUS | • heterocystous adj. Having heterocysts. • HETEROCYSTOUS adj. of or like a heterocyst. |
| HETEROSTYLOUS | • heterostylous adj. Exhibiting heterostyly. • HETEROSTYLOUS adj. having styles of different length in different flowers, also HETEROSTYLED. |
| INTERLOCUTORY | • interlocutory adj. Of or pertaining to dialogue or conversation. • interlocutory adj. Interjected into something spoken. • interlocutory adj. (Law) Expressed during a legal action that awaits final decision. |
| NEUROTOXICITY | • neurotoxicity n. The state or property of being neurotoxic. • NEUROTOXICITY n. the state of being neurotoxic. |
| PTERIDOPHYTOUS | • PTERIDOPHYTOUS adj. of or like a pteridophyte, a fern, also PTERIDOPHYTIC. |
| THYSANOPTEROUS | • thysanopterous adj. Of or pertaining to the Thysanoptera. • THYSANOPTEROUS adj. belonging to the Thysanoptera, an order of insects with fringed wings, some of which are serious pests to fruit, such as thrips. |
| AUTOTETRAPLOIDY | • autotetraploidy n. The property of being autotetraploid. • AUTOTETRAPLOIDY n. the state of being autotetraploid. |
| CHEMOAUTOTROPHY | • chemoautotrophy n. (Biology) A mode of growth in which CO2 is the exclusive source of assimilated carbon, and energy is… • CHEMOAUTOTROPHY n. the production of energy by the oxidation of inorganic compounds, such as iron, ammonia and hydrogen sulphide. |
| HETERODACTYLOUS | • heterodactylous adj. (Zoology) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons. • HETERODACTYLOUS adj. having the first and second toes turned backwards, as in trogons, and not the first and fourth as in parrots. |
| ICHTHYODORULITE | • ichthyodorulite n. (Zoology) One of the spiny plates found on the back and tail of certain skates. • ichthyodorulite n. (Geology) A fossil fish-spine found in stratified rock. • ICHTHYODORULITE n. a fossilised fish-spine, also ICHTHYODORYLITE. |
| INTERLOCUTORILY | • INTERLOCUTORY adv. made during the progress of a legal action and not final or definitive. |
| NORTHCOUNTRYMEN | • north␣countrymen n. Plural of north countryman. • NORTHCOUNTRYMAN n. one living in the north. |