| ANTIMONOPOLY | • antimonopoly adj. (Law) Usually with respect to laws or policies: in opposition to the creation or continuance of a monopoly. • ANTIMONOPOLY adj. opposed to monopoly. |
| HOMOPOLARITY | • HOMOPOLARITY n. the state of being homopolar. |
| HYPOTROCHOID | • hypotrochoid n. (Geometry) A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on the radius line outside one circle which rotates… • HYPOTROCHOID n. the curve traced by a point on the radius, or radius produced, of a circle rolling within another circle. |
| LYOSORPTIONS | • LYOSORPTION n. the adsorption of a liquid on a solid surface, esp. of a solvent on suspended particles. |
| MONOPODIALLY | • monopodially adv. By means of a monopodium. • MONOPODIAL adv. having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk. |
| ORNITHOSCOPY | • ornithoscopy n. Birdwatching. • ORNITHOSCOPY n. bird watching. |
| PALEOBIOLOGY | • paleobiology n. The branch of biology or paleontology concerned with the study of fossils of plants and animals. • PALEOBIOLOGY n. a branch of paleontology concerned with the biology of fossil organisms, also PALAEBIOLOGY, PALAEOBIOLOGY. |
| PAROEMIOLOGY | • paroemiology n. Alternative form of paremiology. • PAROEMIOLOGY n. the study of proverbs. |
| PATHOBIOLOGY | • pathobiology n. (Biology) The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than… • pathobiology n. (Medicine) pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease). • pathobiology n. (Medicine) The biologic explanations of pathogenesis, to include both pathoanatomy and pathophysiology. |
| PHOTOBIOLOGY | • photobiology n. The study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes. • PHOTOBIOLOGY n. the study of the effects of light on organisms. |
| PHOTOCOPYING | • photocopying v. Present participle of photocopy. • photocopying n. The process by which photocopies are made. • PHOTOCOPYING n. the act of making a photocopy. |
| POLYRIBOSOME | • polyribosome n. (Biochemistry) A cluster of ribosomes, connected by mRNA, that collectively synthesizes protein. • POLYRIBOSOME n. a cluster of ribosomes linked together by a molecule of messenger RNA and forming the site of protein synthesis. |
| PROTISTOLOGY | • protistology n. (Biology) The scientific study of protists. • PROTISTOLOGY n. the study of protists. |
| PROTOHISTORY | • protohistory n. The period between prehistory and history, during which a culture or civilization has not yet developed… • PROTOHISTORY n. the study of human beings in the times that immediately antedate recorded history. |
| PYCNOGONOIDS | • pycnogonoids n. Plural of pycnogonoid. • PYCNOGONOID n. a sea-spider, also PYCNOGONID. |
| TROPOMYOSINS | • tropomyosins n. Plural of tropomyosin. • TROPOMYOSIN n. a filamentous protein which controls the interaction of actin and myosin in muscle fibres. |