| ABIOTROPHY | • abiotrophy n. (Medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function… • ABIOTROPHY n. bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| ANISOTROPY | • anisotropy n. The property of being directionally dependent. • anisotropy n. The degree to which this property is exhibited. • ANISOTROPY n. the characteristics of exhibiting different values of a property in different directions. |
| COPYEDITOR | • copyeditor n. Alternative spelling of copy editor. • copy␣editor n. Someone who corrects printed material and prepares it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing. |
| CORPOREITY | • corporeity n. (Uncountable) The quality or fact of having a physical or material body. • corporeity n. (Countable) A body, a physical substance. • CORPOREITY n. the state of being corporeal. |
| CRYPTOZOIC | • cryptozoic adj. (Zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave. • cryptozoic adj. (Chiefly soil science, of an organism) Hidden (especially in the soil); not easily visible. • cryptozoic adj. (Parasitology) Relating to a cryptozoite. |
| DEPOSITORY | • depository n. A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository. • depository n. A trustee; a depositary. • DEPOSITORY n. a place where anything is deposited, also DEPOSITARY. |
| EXPOSITORY | • expository adj. Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition. • EXPOSITORY adj. pertaining to, or containing, exposition. |
| GYROPILOTS | • GYROPILOT n. a type of automatic pilot. |
| HELIOTROPY | • heliotropy n. Heliotropism. • HELIOTROPY n. the tendency of stems and leaves to bend towards the sun. |
| OPHIOLATRY | • ophiolatry n. Snake worship. • OPHIOLATRY n. worship of snakes. |
| PLEIOTROPY | • pleiotropy n. (Genetics) The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism. • pleiotropy n. (Pharmacology) The existence of drug effects other than the one for which the drug was designed; usually… • PLEIOTROPY n. the property of having an effect simultaneously on more than one characteristic of the offspring. |
| POLYCROTIC | • polycrotic adj. (Physiology) Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism. • POLYCROTIC adj. of or pertaining to polycrotism, the state of having several beats to each heartbeat. |
| POLYHISTOR | • polyhistor n. Someone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar. • POLYHISTOR n. a person of great and wide learning, also POLYHISTORIAN. |
| PROTOTYPIC | • prototypic adj. Of or pertaining to a prototype; prototypical. • PROTOTYPIC adj. relating to a prototype, also PROTOTYPAL, PROTOTYPICAL. |
| REPOSITORY | • repository n. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation. • REPOSITORY n. a side altar in a Catholic church. |
| SPOLIATORY | • spoliatory adj. Tending to spoil; destructive. • SPOLIATORY adj. tending to spoil, also SPOLIATIVE. |
| THIXOTROPY | • thixotropy n. (Physics) The reduction of viscosity with increased shear. • thixotropy n. (Medicine) The property of certain gels whereby they become fluids when agitated and return to being… • THIXOTROPY n. the property of certain gels of becoming fluid when agitated and of reverting back to a gel when left to stand. |
| VAPOROSITY | • vaporosity n. The quality of being vaporous. • vaporosity n. (Countable) Anything lacking substance. • VAPOROSITY n. the state of being vaporous. |