| AMPULLOSITY | • ampullosity n. (Rare, formal) turgidity of language; bombast. • AMPULLOSITY n. (Browning) turgidity, bombast. |
| COMPLIANTLY | • compliantly adv. In a compliant manner. • COMPLIANT adv. yielding. |
| COMPLICITLY | • complicitly adv. In a complicit manner. • COMPLICIT adv. having or showing complicity, that is a party to or involved in wrongdoing, also COMPLICITOUS. |
| HOMOPHYLLIC | • HOMOPHYLLIC adj. exhibiting homophyly, resemblance due to common ancestry. |
| IMPLORINGLY | • imploringly adv. Beseechingly; in a manner that beseeches or implores. • IMPLORING adv. IMPLORE, to beg for urgently. |
| IMPLOSIVELY | • implosively adv. In an implosive manner; by means of implosion. • IMPLOSIVE adv. of or relating to implosion. |
| IMPOLITICLY | • impoliticly adv. In an impolitic manner. • IMPOLITIC adv. not politic, also IMPOLITICAL, UNPOLITIC. |
| MALACOPHILY | • malacophily n. (Botany) pollination by snails. • MALACOPHILY n. pollination by snails. |
| MESOPHYLLIC | • mesophyllic adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf. • mesophyllic adj. (Ecology) Of or pertaining to mesophily. • MESOPHYLLIC adj. of or like a mesophyll, also MESOPHYLLOUS. |
| MICROPHYLLS | • microphylls n. Plural of microphyll. • MICROPHYLL n. a type of (usually small) leaf having a single medial vein, characteristic of the glycophytes (clubmosses, spike mosses, and quillworts). |
| PALLIDOTOMY | • pallidotomy n. A neurosurgical procedure whereby a tiny electrical probe is placed in the globus pallidus and heated… |
| PHYLLOMANIA | • phyllomania n. (Botany) The over-production of leaves by a plant (usually a tree), at the expense of flowers, seeds, etc. • PHYLLOMANIA n. abnormal leaf-production. |
| PLASMOLYSIS | • plasmolysis n. (Biology) the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss. • PLASMOLYSIS n. the removal of water from a cell by osmosis. |
| PLASMOLYTIC | • plasmolytic adj. Relating to plasmolysis. • PLASMOLYTIC adj. relating to plasmolysis. |
| POLEMICALLY | • polemically adv. In a polemical manner. • POLEMICAL adv. related to polemics, debate, also POLEMIC. |
| POLYGLOTISM | • polyglotism n. The use, notably in speech, of several languages. • polyglotism n. The ability to communicate in several languages. • POLYGLOTISM n. the use of many languages. |
| POLYMERLIKE | • polymerlike adj. Resembling a polymer. |
| POLYNOMIALS | • polynomials n. Plural of polynomial. • POLYNOMIAL n. an expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus. |
| PROMYCELIAL | • PROMYCELIAL adj. like a promycelium, a short germ-tube put out by some fungal spores. |
| SYMPODIALLY | • sympodially adv. (Botany) In a sympodial manner. • SYMPODIAL adv. relating to a sympodium, a stem involved in sympodial growth. |