| ALLOCHTHONOUS | • allochthonous adj. Originating in a place other than where it is found. • allochthonous adj. (Geology) Buried or found in a place remote from the site of formation. • ALLOCHTHONOUS adj. refers to something, e.g. a rock, formed elsewhere than in its present location. |
| BUTTONHOLDING | • BUTTONHOLD v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLE. |
| ENTOMOPHILOUS | • entomophilous adj. Of, pertaining to, or pollinated by means of entomophily. • ENTOMOPHILOUS adj. of flowers, pollinated by insects. |
| HAEMODILUTION | • haemodilution n. Alternative form of hemodilution. • HAEMODILUTION n. an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells, also HEMODILUTION. |
| HEMODILUTIONS | • hemodilutions n. Plural of hemodilution. • HEMODILUTION n. decreased concentration of cells and solids in the blood resulting from gain of fluid, also HAEMODILUTION. |
| HOMEOTELEUTON | • homeoteleuton n. The repetition of endings in words; near rhyme. • homeoteleuton n. The accidental omission, when copying a text, of a passage between repeated words or phrases, as the… • HOMEOTELEUTON n. the use or occurrence of similar endings. |
| HONOURABILITY | • honourability n. A state or condition or being honourable. • HONOURABILITY n. the quality of being honourable, also HONORABILITY. |
| LEUCITOHEDRON | • LEUCITOHEDRON n. the cubic icositetrahedron, simulated by typical leucite crystals. |
| LUTEOTROPHINS | • luteotrophins n. Plural of luteotrophin. • LUTEOTROPHIN n. another name for the hormone prolactin, also LUTEOTROPIN. |
| MONOTHALAMOUS | • monothalamous adj. (Botany) Whose spikelets are all similar. • monothalamous adj. (Zoology) Having a single chamber. • MONOTHALAMOUS adj. of an animal or protist, having a shell, test, or skeleton with a single chamber. |
| 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. |
| OPENMOUTHEDLY | • openmouthedly adv. With the mouth open, especially in astonishment. • OPENMOUTHED adv. vociferous. |
| ORNITHOGALUMS | • ORNITHOGALUM n. a plant of a large genus of herbs of the family Liliaceae. |
| STENOPHYLLOUS | • stenophyllous adj. (Botany) Having narrow leaves. • STENOPHYLLOUS adj. with narrow leaves. |
| SULPHONATIONS | • sulphonations n. Plural of sulphonation. • SULPHONATION n. the act of sulphonating. |
| TAUTOPHONICAL | • tautophonical adj. Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound. • TAUTOPHONICAL adj. relating to tautophony, also TAUTOPHONIC. |
| THEOLOGOUMENA | • theologoumena n. Plural of theologoumenon. • THEOLOGOUMENON n. theological statement as opposed to divine one. |
| THOUSANDFOLDS | • thousandfolds n. Plural of thousandfold. • THOUSANDFOLD n. a thousand times as much. |
| THYROGLOBULIN | • thyroglobulin n. (Biochemistry) A globulin, produced by the thyroid gland, that has a role in the production of the thyroid hormones. • THYROGLOBULIN n. an iodine-containing protein of the thyroid gland that is the precursor of thyroxine and triiodothyronine. |
| UNTHEOLOGICAL | • untheological adj. Not theological. • UNTHEOLOGICAL adj. not theological. |