| 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. |
| GYNOPHOBE | • gynophobe n. One who fears or hates women. • GYNOPHOBE n. a person who hates or fears women. |
| GYNOPHORE | • gynophore n. (Botany) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera Telopea… • GYNOPHORE n. the pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. |
| HYPNOLOGY | • hypnology n. A treatise on sleep; the doctrine or science of sleep. • HYPNOLOGY n. the study of sleep or hypnosis. |
| 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. |
| NEPHOLOGY | • nephology n. The branch of meteorology that studies clouds. • NEPHOLOGY n. the study of clouds. |
| PHENOLOGY | • phenology n. (Biology) The study of the effect of climate on periodic biological phenomena. • PHENOLOGY n. the study of organisms as affected by climate, also PHAENOLOGY. |
| PHONOLOGY | • phonology n. (Linguistics, uncountable) The study of the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable… • phonology n. (Linguistics, countable) The way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system. • PHONOLOGY n. the branch of linguistics that deals with systems of sounds. |
| PHOTOGENY | • photogeny n. (Obsolete) photography. • PHOTOGENY n. (obsolete) photography. |
| POENOLOGY | • poenology n. Obsolete form of penology. • pœnology n. Archaic spelling of penology. • POENOLOGY n. the study of crime and punishment, also PENOLOGY. |
| POLYGONAL | • polygonal adj. Having many angles; hence characteristic of a polygon. • polygonal adj. Comprised of polygons. • POLYGONAL adj. like a polygon. |
| POLYGONUM | • polygonum n. (Botany) Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including… • Polygonum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Polygonaceae – including the various knotweeds, smartweeds, and bistort. • POLYGONUM n. any plant of the knotgrass family Polygonaceae. |
| POPJOYING | • popjoying n. (Dated, rare) sport; amusement. • POPJOY v. to amuse oneself. |
| POYSONING | • poysoning v. Present participle of poyson. • poysoning n. Obsolete spelling of poisoning. • POYSON v. (obsolete) to poison. |
| PROTOGYNY | • protogyny n. (Biology) The condition in which an organism begins life as a female and then changes into a male. • protogyny n. (Botany) The condition of flowers whose female parts mature before the male ones. • PROTOGYNY n. the development of female organs before male to avoid self-fertilization. |
| SPOROGENY | • sporogeny n. Sporogenesis. • SPOROGENY n. the production of spores. |
| SPOROGONY | • sporogony n. The formation of sporozoites from spores or zygotes. • SPOROGONY n. the growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ. |