| COHOMOLOGIES | • cohomologies n. Plural of cohomology. • COHOMOLOGY n. a theory in topology which uses groups to study the properties of topological spaces. |
| HOMOIOMEROUS | • homoiomerous adj. Alternative form of homoeomerous. • HOMOIOMEROUS adj. having all the somites alike, also HOMEOMERIC, HOMEOMEROUS, HOMOEOMERIC, HOMOEOMEROUS. |
| NONPOISONOUS | • nonpoisonous adj. Not poisonous. • non-poisonous adj. Alternative spelling of nonpoisonous. • NONPOISONOUS adj. not poisonous. |
| ODONTOLOGIES | • ODONTOLOGY n. the study of teeth. |
| ODONTOLOGIST | • odontologist n. One who studies teeth. • ODONTOLOGIST n. a student of odontology. |
| ONOMASIOLOGY | • onomasiology n. (Linguistics) A branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts. • ONOMASIOLOGY n. the branch of semantics concerned with the meanings of and meaning relations between individual words. |
| OPISTHODOMOI | • opisthodomoi n. Plural of opisthodomos. • OPISTHODOMOS n. (Greek) a portico or apartment at the back of an ancient Greek or Roman temple. |
| OPISTHODOMOS | • opisthodomos n. (Greek architecture) A porch at the rear of a temple, set against the blank back wall of the cella. • OPISTHODOMOS n. (Greek) a portico or apartment at the back of an ancient Greek or Roman temple. |
| OPISTHOTONOS | • opisthotonos n. (Medicine) Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases. • OPISTHOTONOS n. extreme arching backwards of the spine and neck as a result of spasm of the muscles in that region, etc. |
| OSTEOPOROSIS | • osteoporosis n. (Pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become… • OSTEOPOROSIS n. development of a porous structure in bone due to loss of calcium, resulting in brittleness. |
| OSTEOPOROTIC | • osteoporotic adj. Relating to osteoporosis. • OSTEOPOROTIC adj. relating to osteoporosis. |
| PODOCONIOSES | • PODOCONIOSIS n. endemic elephantiasis of the lower legs. |
| PODOCONIOSIS | • podoconiosis n. (Pathology) An endemic form of nonfilarial elephantiasis. • PODOCONIOSIS n. endemic elephantiasis of the lower legs. |
| POGONOTOMIES | • POGONOTOMY n. shaving. |
| PROSOPOPOEIA | • prosopopoeia n. (Rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of… • prosopopoeia n. Personification of an abstraction. • prosopopœia n. Obsolete typography of prosopopoeia. |
| SOCIOBIOLOGY | • sociobiology n. The science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in… • SOCIOBIOLOGY n. the study of the biological basis of human behaviour. |