| CRIMINOLOGY | • criminology n. The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour. • CRIMINOLOGY n. study of crime; criminals. |
| HYPOLIMNION | • hypolimnion n. (Geography) The perpetually cold layer of water that lies beneath the thermocline of a thermally stratified lake. • HYPOLIMNION n. a lower and colder layer of water in a lake. |
| INCOMMODITY | • incommodity n. (Archaic) inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage. • INCOMMODITY n. anything that causes inconvenience. |
| INNOXIOUSLY | • innoxiously adv. (Archaic) In an innoxious manner. • INNOXIOUS adv. harmless. |
| ISOANTIBODY | • isoantibody n. An antibody produced by an individual against isoantigens produced by members of the same species. • ISOANTIBODY n. an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissue from an individual of the same species. |
| ISOTONICITY | • isotonicity n. The state of being isotonic, or extent to which something is isotonic. • ISOTONICITY n. the quality of being isotonic. |
| KINESIOLOGY | • kinesiology n. (Medicine) The study of body movement. • kinesiology n. (Medicine) The application of such principles to the diagnosis and treatment of muscular imbalance. • KINESIOLOGY n. the study of human movement and posture, including aspects of anatomy. |
| MYOINOSITOL | • myoinositol n. (Organic chemistry) The most commonly-occurring isomer of inositol. • MYOINOSITOL n. a biologically active inositol that is a component of many phospholipids and occurs widely in plants, animals, and microorganisms. |
| NONMINORITY | • nonminority n. One who is not part of a (sociopolitical) minority. • NONMINORITY n. something that is not a minority. |
| NONMOTILITY | • nonmotility n. Absence of motility; inability to move. • NONMOTILITY n. the state of being nonmotile. |
| NOTIONALITY | • notionality n. The state or property of being notional. • notionality n. A notional or groundless opinion. • NOTIONALITY n. the state of being notional. |
| OBSIDIONARY | • obsidionary adj. Obsidional; relating to a siege. • OBSIDIONARY adj. of or relating to a siege, also OBSIDIONAL. |
| OMNIFORMITY | • omniformity n. The condition or quality of having every form. • OMNIFORMITY n. the state of having every form. |
| ONEIRODYNIA | • oneirodynia n. A violent or disturbed imagination during sleep, as in the case of nightmares and sleepwalking. • ONEIRODYNIA n. a nightmare. |
| OPSONIFYING | • opsonifying v. Present participle of opsonify. • OPSONIFY v. to form opsonins in, a substance of blood serum making bacteria vulnerable to phagocytic action. |
| OPTIONALITY | • optionality n. (Finance, business) The value of additional optional investment opportunities available only after having… • optionality n. Quality or state in which choice or discretion is allowed. • OPTIONALITY n. the state of being optional. |
| PINOCYTOSIS | • pinocytosis n. (Biology) A form of endocytosis in which material enters a cell through its membrane and is incorporated… • PINOCYTOSIS n. a process by which droplets of liquid are taken into a cell in small vesicles pinched off from the cell membrane. |
| PINOCYTOTIC | • pinocytotic adj. Relating to pinocytosis. • PINOCYTOTIC adj. relating to pinocytosis, drinking by cells. |
| SYNOECIOSIS | • SYNOECIOSIS n. the rhetorical figure of coupling opposites. |
| VOLITIONARY | • volitionary adj. Relating to the volition or will; volitional. • VOLITIONARY adj. relating to volition, also VOLITIONAL. |