| CHRONOLOGY | • chronology n. (Uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred. • chronology n. (Countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements. • CHRONOLOGY n. the science that deals with measuring time by regular divisions and that assigns to events their proper dates. |
| CONCHOLOGY | • conchology n. The study of molluscs and their shells. • conchology n. The hobby of shell collecting. • CONCHOLOGY n. the study of shells. |
| GONOPHORES | • gonophores n. Plural of gonophore. • GONOPHORE n. in certain flowers, an elongate structure bearing the stamens and pistil. |
| GONOPHORIC | • GONOPHORIC adj. relating to a gonophore, in certain flowers, an elongate structure bearing the stamens and pistil, also GONOPHOROUS. |
| GONORRHOEA | • gonorrhoea n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of gonorrhea. • gonorrhœa n. Obsolete spelling of gonorrhea. • GONORRHOEA n. a sexually transmitted contagious infection of the mucous membrane of the genital tract, also GONORRHEA. |
| HOMOGENOUS | • homogenous adj. (Biology) Having the same genetic structure; exhibiting homogeny. • homogenous adj. (See usage notes) Alternative form of homogeneous (“having the same composition”). • HOMOGENOUS adj. having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification. |
| HOMOGONIES | • HOMOGONY n. the condition of having flowers with uniform stamens and pistils. |
| HOMOGONOUS | • homogonous adj. (Botany) Having all the flowers alike in terms of the stamens and pistils. • HOMOGONOUS adj. exhibiting homogony, the condition of having flowers of equal size. |
| HORMOGONIA | • hormogonia n. Plural of hormogonium. • HORMOGONIUM n. a portion of a filament in many cyanobacteria that becomes detached as a reproductive body. |
| HOROLOGION | • horologion n. A liturgical book in the Eastern Church, containing the daily offices corresponding to the Western breviary. • HOROLOGION n. a horologe, also HOROLOGE, HOROLOGIUM. |
| HOTFOOTING | • hotfooting v. Present participle of hotfoot. • HOTFOOT v. to hurry. |
| LOOPHOLING | • loopholing v. Present participle of loophole. • LOOPHOLE v. to make small openings in. |
| ORTHOGONAL | • orthogonal adj. (Geometry) Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other. • orthogonal adj. (Mathematics). • orthogonal adj. (Statistics) Statistically independent, with reference to variates. |
| PHONOLOGIC | • phonologic adj. Alternative form of phonological. • PHONOLOGIC adj. relating to phonology, also PHONOLOGICAL. |
| SHONGOLOLO | • shongololo n. (South Africa) A millipede. • SHONGOLOLO n. (Nguni) a kind of millipede, having a hard shiny dark brown segmented exoskeleton, also SONGOLOLO. |