| AORTOGRAPHY | • aortography n. (Medicine) an arteriography of the aorta. • AORTOGRAPHY n. an arteriography of the aorta. |
| ARTHROSCOPY | • arthroscopy n. The examination of the interior of a joint (such as the knee) using an arthroscope. • ARTHROSCOPY n. the examination of joints with an arthroscope. |
| CHOROGRAPHY | • chorography n. The study of provinces, regions, cities, etc., as opposed to larger-scale geography. • CHOROGRAPHY n. the art of describing or mapping a region or district. |
| HETEROSPORY | • heterospory n. (Botany) The production of spores of two different sizes and sexes by the sporophytes of land plants. • HETEROSPORY n. the production of microspores and megaspores, as in seed plants. |
| HYDROPOWERS | • HYDROPOWER n. water power. |
| HYDROTROPIC | • hydrotropic adj. (Biology) exhibiting hydrotropism. • HYDROTROPIC adj. exhibiting hydrotropism, i.e. growth in the direction of water. |
| HYPERCOLOUR | • hypercolour n. Alternative form of hypercolor. • HYPERCOLOUR n. a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature. |
| MORPHOMETRY | • morphometry n. Measuring the external form and dimensions of living organisms, landforms, and other objects. • MORPHOMETRY n. measurement of form or shape. |
| MORPHOTROPY | • MORPHOTROPY n. the effect on crystalline form of the addition or substitution of an element or radical. |
| NEUROTROPHY | • neurotrophy n. (Biology) The nutrition and metabolism of tissues regulated by nerves. • NEUROTROPHY n. nutrition of the nervous system; the influence of the nervous system on nutrition. |
| ORTHOGRAPHY | • orthography n. (Countable, architecture) A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions… • orthography n. (Linguistics). • orthography n. (Countable, obsolete) Synonym of orthographer (“someone knowledgeable in spelling rules”). |
| ORTHOPHYRES | • ORTHOPHYRE n. a fine-grained syenitic rock with orthoclase crystals. |
| ORTHOPHYRIC | • orthophyric adj. Relating to or composed of orthophyre. • ORTHOPHYRIC adj. relating to orthophyre, a fine-grained syenitic rock with orthoclase crystals. |
| PORNOGRAPHY | • pornography n. The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. • pornography n. (By extension) The depiction of (non-sexual) subject matter so that it elicits feelings analogous to… • pornography n. (Usually humorous) The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something. |
| PORPHYROIDS | • porphyroids n. Plural of porphyroid. • PORPHYROID n. a metamorphic rock having a texture characterized by large crystals set in a finer groundmass. |
| PROHIBITORY | • prohibitory adj. That serves to prohibit or forbid. • PROHIBITORY adj. serving to prohibit. |
| PROTOTROPHY | • prototrophy n. The condition of being a prototroph. • PROTOTROPHY n. the state of being prototrophic. |
| PYROPHOROUS | • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) light-producing. • pyrophorous adj. (Archaic) of or relating to pyrophorus. • PYROPHOROUS adj. spontaneously igniting in air, also PYROPHORIC. |
| THYROTROPIC | • thyrotropic adj. Able to stimulate the action of the thyroid gland. • THYROTROPIC adj. exerting or characterized by a direct influence on the secretory activity of the thyroid gland, also THYROTROPHIC. |
| THYROTROPIN | • thyrotropin n. (Biochemistry) A thyroid-stimulating glycoprotein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland. • THYROTROPIN n. a hormone, produced in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, which stimulates the thyroid, also THYROTROPHIN. |