| COMPOSITOR | • compositor n. A person who sets type; a typesetter. • compositor n. One who, or that which, composes or sets in order. • compositor n. (Computer graphics) A system that puts images together in a buffer (such as individual windows on a… |
| HOMOEROTIC | • homoerotic adj. Arousing a homosexual desire. • homoerotic adj. Pertaining to homosexual love or desire. • homoerotic adj. Homosexual. |
| HORMOGONIA | • hormogonia n. Plural of hormogonium. • HORMOGONIUM n. a portion of a filament in many cyanobacteria that becomes detached as a reproductive body. |
| HOROLOGIUM | • Horologium prop.n. (Astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between… • HOROLOGIUM n. (obsolete) an instrument for telling the time, also HOROLOGE, HOROLOGION. |
| LOXODROMIC | • loxodromic adj. (Nautical) Pertaining to motion at a constant angle to the meridians; on a set compass bearing. • LOXODROMIC adj. pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables, also LOXODROMICAL. |
| MICROPROOF | • microproof adj. That may be used in a microwave oven without damage. |
| MONOCHROIC | • monochroic adj. Having only one colour. • MONOCHROIC adj. of one colour. • MONOCHROIC n. something of one colour. |
| MONOPTEROI | • monopteroi n. Plural of monopteros. • MONOPTEROS n. a building with single ring of columns supporting a roof. |
| MORPHOLINO | • morpholino n. (Genetics) A structural analog of natural nucleic acid used to modify gene expression, in which the… • MORPHOLINO n. a type of molecule used in altering the development of genes by preventing the access of other molecules. |
| OMNIVOROUS | • omnivorous adj. Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous. • omnivorous adj. (Figuratively) Having an interest in a variety of subjects. • omnivorous adj. (Figuratively) All-consuming. |
| OMOPHORION | • omophorion n. A band of brocade originally of wool decorated with crosses and worn on the neck and around the shoulders… • OMOPHORION n. an Eastern bishop's vestment like the pallium. |
| OPHIOMORPH | • OPHIOMORPH n. a caecilian amphibian. |
| ORISMOLOGY | • orismology n. (Rare, lexicography) The explanation of technical terms. • orismology n. (Rare, lexicography) Technical terms collectively; terminology. • ORISMOLOGY n. the science of defining technical terms. |
| OVARIOTOMY | • ovariotomy n. (Surgery) A surgical removal of an ovary. • OVARIOTOMY n. the operation of removing one or both of the ovaries, aka oophorectomy. |
| OXYMORONIC | • oxymoronic adj. Of or pertaining to an oxymoron. • OXYMORONIC adj. of or like an oxymoron, an apparent paradox achieved by the juxtaposition of words which seem to contradict one another. |
| PROMOTIONS | • promotions n. Plural of promotion. • PROMOTION n. the act of promoting. |
| PROOEMIONS | • PROOEMION n. a preface, also PROEM, PROOEMIUM. |
| SOPHOMORIC | • sophomoric adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore. • sophomoric adj. Conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature. • sophomoric adj. Pretentious; inflated in style or manner. |
| ZOOMORPHIC | • zoomorphic adj. Having the shape, form, or likeness of an animal. • zoömorphic adj. Alternative spelling of zoomorphic. • ZOOMORPHIC adj. having the form of an animal; of, relating to, or being a deity conceived of in animal form or with animal attributes. |