| GOMPHOSES | • gomphoses n. Plural of gomphosis. • GOMPHOSIS n. the growth of teeth into the bone cavity. |
| GOMPHOSIS | • gomphosis n. (Anatomy) a type of fibrous, immovable joint such as the one between the teeth and the alveolar bone. • GOMPHOSIS n. the growth of teeth into the bone cavity. |
| GYMNOSOPH | • gymnosoph n. A nudist; one who practises or promotes gymnosophy. • GYMNOSOPH n. one of a sect of naked ascetics of ancient India, also GYMNOSOPHIST. |
| HOMOGRAPH | • homograph n. A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology. • homograph n. (Computing) A text character or string that looks identical to another when rendered. • HOMOGRAPH n. one of two or more words that have the same spelling but differ in origin, meaning, and sometimes pronunciation e.g. bow (in hair) and bow (of a ship). |
| LAGOMORPH | • lagomorph n. A member of the mammalian taxonomic order, Lagomorpha, which includes hares, rabbits, and pikas. • LAGOMORPH n. a gnawing mammal (rabbits, hares, pikas). |
| MONOGRAPH | • monograph n. A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person. • monograph v. (Transitive) To write a monograph on (a subject). • monograph v. (Transitive, US) Of the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance). |
| MONOPHAGY | • monophagy n. The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species). • MONOPHAGY n. the eating of one kind of food only. |
| MORPHOGEN | • morphogen n. Any substance that governs the movement and development of cells during morphogenesis by forming a concentration… • MORPHOGEN n. a chemical substance that exerts an influence on morphogenesis. |
| NOMOGRAPH | • nomograph n. A nomogram. • NOMOGRAPH n. a chart or diagram of scaled lines or curves used to assist in mathematical calculations, also NOMOGRAM. |
| OMOPHAGIA | • omophagia n. The eating of raw food, especially raw flesh. • OMOPHAGIA n. the eating of raw flesh, also OMOPHAGY. |
| OMOPHAGIC | • omophagic adj. Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food. • OMOPHAGIC adj. relating to omophagia, the eating of raw flesh. |
| OOMPAHING | • oompahing v. Present participle of oompah. • OOMPAH v. to play a repeated rhythmic deep sound. |
| PHAGOSOME | • phagosome n. A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by phagocytosis. • PHAGOSOME n. part of a biological cell. |
| PHONOGRAM | • phonogram n. (Linguistics) A character or symbol (grapheme) that represents a sound, as opposed to logograms and determinatives. • phonogram n. (Law) An audio recording, regardless of physical format. • PHONOGRAM n. a letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound. |
| PHOTOGRAM | • photogram n. A photograph made without using a camera; normally by placing an object in contact with photosensitive… • PHOTOGRAM n. a photograph. |
| TOMOGRAPH | • tomograph n. A machine for making an X-ray of a single plane of the body. • TOMOGRAPH n. an instrument for viewing a section of an object using X-rays. |