| BILLYBOYS | • billyboys n. Plural of billyboy. • BILLYBOY n. a flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. |
| CLOYINGLY | • cloyingly adv. In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess. • cloyingly adv. In an excessively sweet manner. • CLOYING adv. CLOY, to gratify beyond desire. |
| CYTOLYSIN | • cytolysin n. (Biology) Any substance (especially an antibody) capable of breaking down the structure of a cell. • CYTOLYSIN n. an agent that dissolves cells esp. by breaking down their outer membrane. |
| CYTOLYSIS | • cytolysis n. The pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis. • CYTOLYSIS n. the dissolution of cells esp. by breaking down their outer membrane. |
| CYTOLYTIC | • cytolytic adj. Of or pertaining to cytolysis. • CYTOLYTIC adj. relating to the dissolution of cells esp. by breaking down their outer membrane. |
| HELIOTYPY | • heliotypy n. A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which… • HELIOTYPY n. a photomechanical process in which the gelatine relief is itself used to print from. |
| MYIOPHILY | • MYIOPHILY n. pollination of plants by flies, also MYOPHILY. |
| MYLOHYOID | • mylohyoid adj. (Anatomy) Relating to or in the region of the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus, or the mylohyoid muscle. • mylohyoid n. (Anatomy) Ellipsis of mylohyoid muscle.. • MYLOHYOID n. a nerve in the region of the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus. |
| PHILOGYNY | • philogyny n. Love or fondness for women. • PHILOGYNY n. the love of women. |
| POLYMYXIN | • polymyxin n. Any of several toxic antibiotics, derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa, used to treat infections… • POLYMYXIN n. one of a group of mainly toxic antibiotics. |
| POLYTYPIC | • polytypic adj. (Taxonomy) having several different taxa of the next lower rank, especially having several subspecies. • polytypic adj. (Conservation biology) of a habitat, not dominated by a single species. • polytypic adj. (Material science) of a substance, able to exist in more than one crystal structure, these differing in one dimension. |
| POLYVINYL | • polyvinyl adj. (Organic chemistry) composed of, or derived from, many vinyl groups. • polyvinyl n. (Organic chemistry) Any polymer derived from a vinyl compound. • POLYVINYL n. a vinyl polymer. |
| PYROLYSIS | • pyrolysis n. (Chemistry, physics) The decomposition of a material or compound due to heat, in the absence of oxygen… • PYROLYSIS n. decomposition due to heat. |
| PYROLYTIC | • pyrolytic adj. (Chemistry, physics) Of, relating to, or produced by pyrolysis. • PYROLYTIC adj. relating to pyrolysis, decomposition due to heat. |
| PYROXYLIC | • pyroxylic adj. (Obsolete, chemistry) Created by the destructive distillation of wood. • PYROXYLIC adj. produced by the action of heat on wood, also PYROLIGNEOUS, PYROLIGNIC. |
| PYROXYLIN | • pyroxylin n. (Organic chemistry) A highly inflammable form of nitrocellulose; used in the manufacture of collodion and lacquers. • PYROXYLIN n. any of the nitrocelluloses, also PYROXYLE, PYROXYLINE. |
| YOBBISHLY | • yobbishly adv. In a yobbish manner. • YOBBISH adv. like a yob. |
| ZYMOLYSIS | • zymolysis n. (Chemistry) The action of enzymes in breaking down organic substances during fermentation. • ZYMOLYSIS n. the action of enzymes. |
| ZYMOLYTIC | • zymolytic adj. Causing fermentation. • ZYMOLYTIC adj. relating to zymolysis, the action of enzymes. |