| AMPHIBOLOGIES | • amphibologies n. Plural of amphibology. • AMPHIBOLOGY n. a grammatically ambiguous phrase or sentence, also AMPHIBOLY. |
| BIOCOMPUTINGS | • BIOCOMPUTING n. the application of computers to problems in biology and biochemistry. |
| COMPASSIONING | • compassioning v. Present participle of compassion. • compassioning n. An act of bestowing compassion. • COMPASSION v. (archaic) to pity. |
| DIAGEOTROPISM | • diageotropism n. (Botany) The tendency of plant organs, such as roots, to assume a position oblique or transverse to… • DIAGEOTROPISM n. the tendency of roots to orient perpendicular to gravity. |
| MASTIGOPHORIC | • mastigophoric adj. Carrying or wielding a whip. • mastigophoric adj. (Biology, of a cell) Having a flagellum. • MASTIGOPHORIC adj. like a mastigophoran; whip-bearing, also MASTIGOPHOROUS. |
| MICROCOPYINGS | • MICROCOPYING n. the act of copying on microfilm. |
| OLIGOSPERMIAS | • oligospermias n. Plural of oligospermia. • OLIGOSPERMIA n. the condition of having less than the normal number of spermatozoa in the semen, a cause of infertility in men. |
| OVERPROMISING | • overpromising v. Present participle of overpromise. • OVERPROMISE v. to promise too much. |
| PHYSIOGNOMIES | • physiognomies n. Plural of physiognomy. • PHYSIOGNOMY n. the general appearance of anything, esp. the face, also FISNOMIE, PHISNOMY, VISNOMIE, VISNOMY. |
| PHYSIOGNOMIST | • physiognomist n. One who studies, or is an expert in, physiognomy; one who studies the outer appearance of the person… • PHYSIOGNOMIST n. a student of physiognomy. |
| PLAGIOTROPISM | • plagiotropism n. (Biology) The growth of a plant at an orientation to the angle of a stimulus. • PLAGIOTROPISM n. the tendency to grow at an oblique or horizontal angle. |
| POSTMODIFYING | • postmodifying v. Present participle of postmodify. • POSTMODIFY v. to modify the sense of (a word or phrase) by being placed after it. |
| PRIMATOLOGIES | • primatologies n. Plural of primatology. • PRIMATOLOGY n. the study of primates. |
| PRIMATOLOGIST | • primatologist n. A scientist whose speciality is primatology. • PRIMATOLOGIST n. one who studies primates. |
| PRIMOGENITORS | • primogenitors n. Plural of primogenitor. • PRIMOGENITOR n. the earliest ancestor; an ancestor or a forefather. |
| SIGMOIDOSCOPE | • sigmoidoscope n. (Medicine) An instrument used for examining the sigmoid colon. • SIGMOIDOSCOPE n. an instrument for examining the interior of the rectum and sigmoid colon. |
| SIGMOIDOSCOPY | • sigmoidoscopy n. (Medicine) Internal examination of the sigmoid colon. • SIGMOIDOSCOPY n. examination of the interior of the rectum and sigmoid colon. |
| SIPHONOGAMIES | • SIPHONOGAMY n. the state of reproducing by seed. |
| THIGMOTROPISM | • thigmotropism n. (Biology) Growth or motion in response to touch. • THIGMOTROPISM n. the response of an organism to direct contact with a surface, e.g. a creeping plant that twines itself around a support. |