| AUTOMORPHIC | • automorphic adj. (Geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic. • automorphic adj. (Mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular. • automorphic adj. (Mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism. |
| AUTOTROPHIC | • autotrophic adj. (Biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using… • AUTOTROPHIC adj. capable of building up food materials from inorganic matter. |
| AUXOTROPHIC | • auxotrophic adj. (Biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent… • AUXOTROPHIC adj. requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| COAUTHORING | • coauthoring v. Present participle of coauthor. • co-authoring v. Present participle of co-author. • COAUTHOR v. to write together. |
| HEMITROPOUS | • hemitropous adj. Turned half round; half inverted. • hemitropous adj. (Botany, of an ovule) Having the raphe terminating about halfway between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous. • HEMITROPOUS adj. of a crystal, having a twinned structure, also HEMITROPAL, HEMITROPE, HEMITROPIC. |
| HOLOTHURIAN | • holothurian n. (Zoology) sea cucumber (of the class Holothuroidea). • HOLOTHURIAN n. any member of a class of wormlike unarmoured echinoderms, aka sea cucumbers. |
| HYPONITROUS | • hyponitrous adj. Of or pertaining to hyponitrous acid or its derivatives. • HYPONITROUS adj. containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds. |
| MESOTHORIUM | • mesothorium n. (Physics) Any product of the radioactive decay of thorium, mainly isotopes of radium and actinium. • MESOTHORIUM n. an old name for either of two radioactive elements. |
| NOTOTHERIUM | • Nototherium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Diprotodontidae – extinct marsupials with hypsodont molars, a relative… • NOTOTHERIUM n. an extinct Pleistocene rhinoceros-sized marsupial of the genus Nototherium, related to the wombats. |
| ORNITHOSAUR | • ORNITHOSAUR n. a pterodactyl. |
| OUTHOMERING | • outhomering v. Present participle of outhomer. • OUTHOMER v. to surpass in hitting home runs. |
| OUTHUMORING | • outhumoring v. Present participle of outhumor. • OUTHUMOR v. to surpass in humoring, also OUTHUMOUR. |
| OUTTHROWING | • outthrowing v. Present participle of outthrow. • OUTTHROW v. to throw farther than. |
| OUTWORTHING | • outworthing v. Present participle of outworth. • OUTWORTH v. (Shakespeare) to exceed in worth. |
| RHIZOMATOUS | • rhizomatous adj. (Botany) Having the nature or habit of a rhizome or rootstock. • RHIZOMATOUS adj. having the form of a rhizome. |
| THOROUGHPIN | • thoroughpin n. An abnormal swelling (tenosynovitis) on the sides of the hock joint of horses. • THOROUGHPIN n. a swelling of horses' hocks. |
| TRICHRONOUS | • TRICHRONOUS adj. trisemic. |
| TRIMORPHOUS | • trimorphous adj. Trimorphic; having, or relating to, three forms. • TRIMORPHOUS adj. having three forms, also TRIMORPHIC. |
| ULOTRICHOUS | • ulotrichous adj. Having woolly hair. • ULOTRICHOUS adj. having wooly or crisply curling hair. |