| BUTTONHOOKING | • buttonhooking v. Present participle of buttonhook. • BUTTONHOOK v. to make a kind of offensive play in American football. |
| ENTOMOPHAGOUS | • entomophagous adj. Feeding on insects; insectivorous. • ENTOMOPHAGOUS adj. eating insects. |
| GEITONOGAMOUS | • geitonogamous adj. Relating to or exhibiting geitonogamy. • GEITONOGAMOUS adj. relating to geitonogamy, pollination of a flower by another flower on the same plant. |
| NEUROETHOLOGY | • neuroethology n. The study of animal behavior and its underlying control by the nervous system. • NEUROETHOLOGY n. the description of features of animal behaviour in terms of the mechanisms of the nervous system. |
| NONCONTAGIOUS | • noncontagious adj. Not contagious. • non-contagious adj. Alternative spelling of noncontagious. • NONCONTAGIOUS adj. not contagious. |
| NONCONTIGUOUS | • noncontiguous adj. Not contiguous. • non-contiguous adj. Alternative form of noncontiguous. • NONCONTIGUOUS adj. not contiguous. |
| ODONTOGLOSSUM | • odontoglossum n. Any of very many orchids of the genus Odontoglossum. • ODONTOGLOSSUM n. any of a genus of widely cultivated tropical American orchids. |
| ORTHOGNATHOUS | • orthognathous adj. (Anatomy) straight-jawed. • ORTHOGNATHOUS adj. having a lower jaw that neither projects nor recedes, also ORTHOGNATHIC. |
| PROTEROGYNOUS | • proterogynous adj. (Botany) Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous. • PROTEROGYNOUS adj. exhibiting proterogyny. |
| PULMONOLOGIST | • pulmonologist n. A physician who specializes in pulmonology. • PULMONOLOGIST n. a consultant in pulmonology, the study of the lungs. |
| STEGANOPODOUS | • steganopodous adj. (Zoology) Having all four toes webbed together. • STEGANOPODOUS adj. relating to the Steganopodes, an order of birds including pelicans. |
| THEOLOGOUMENA | • theologoumena n. Plural of theologoumenon. • THEOLOGOUMENON n. theological statement as opposed to divine one. |
| THOROUGHGOING | • thoroughgoing adj. With great attention to detail; complete, thorough. • thorough-going adj. Alternative form of thoroughgoing. • THOROUGHGOING adj. marked by thoroughness or zeal. |