| AEROTROPISM | • aerotropism n. (Biology) The growth of an organism either towards, or away from a region of higher oxygen content. • aërotropism n. Alternative spelling of aerotropism. • AEROTROPISM n. curvature in response to concentration of oxygen. |
| COMPROMISER | • compromiser n. One who compromises; especially, one who compromises readily. • COMPROMISER n. one who compromises. |
| CORPORATISM | • corporatism n. The principle or practice of corporate action; (in later use chiefly) specifically, a political ideology… • corporatism n. (Derogatory, possibly nonstandard) The influence or effects of large business corporations. • CORPORATISM n. the policy of control of a country's economy through the combined power of the trade unions, large businesses, etc., also CORPORATIVISM. |
| ERIOPHORUMS | • ERIOPHORUM n. a plant of the cotton-grass genus. |
| EXPROMISSOR | • expromissor n. (Law) The new debtor introduced by expromission. • EXPROMISSOR n. a person relieving another of debt by taking it upon himself. |
| IMPLORATORS | • implorators n. Plural of implorator. • IMPLORATOR n. (Shakespeare) one who implores. |
| IMPROVISORS | • improvisors n. Plural of improvisor. • IMPROVISOR n. one who improvises, also IMPROVISATOR, IMPROVISER. |
| MICROPOROUS | • microporous adj. (Of a material) Having micropores of a size less than 2 nanometres. • MICROPOROUS adj. of or like a micropore. |
| MICROPOWERS | • MICROPOWER n. generating, using, or relating to small amounts of power. |
| MICROPROBES | • microprobes n. Plural of microprobe. • MICROPROBE n. a device that produces a very thin electron beam by which the chemical makeup of various compounds may be examined. |
| MICROSPORES | • microspores n. Plural of microspore. • MICROSPORE n. a spore giving rise to a male gametophyte. |
| MICROSPORIC | • microsporic adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to microspores. • MICROSPORIC adj. like a microspore, also MICROSPOROUS. |
| OPPROBRIUMS | • opprobriums n. Plural of opprobrium. • OPPROBRIUM n. something that brings disgrace; infamy, contempt. |
| ORTHOPRISMS | • ORTHOPRISM n. in monoclinic crystals, a form consisting of two faces parallel to the orthodiagonal. |
| OVERPROMISE | • overpromise v. To promise more than is delivered. • OVERPROMISE v. to promise too much. |
| PREMONITORS | • premonitors n. Plural of premonitor. • PREMONITOR n. one who, or that which, gives premonition. |
| PROCHRONISM | • prochronism n. An error in chronological order in which something is ascribed an earlier time than the actual one. • PROCHRONISM n. assigning a date to an event earlier than actual. |
| RHEOTROPISM | • rheotropism n. (Biology) movement stimulated by a current of water. • RHEOTROPISM n. the direction of growth by water. |
| RHIZOMORPHS | • rhizomorphs n. Plural of rhizomorph. • RHIZOMORPH n. a rootlike mass of fungal hyphae. |
| TRIMORPHOUS | • trimorphous adj. Trimorphic; having, or relating to, three forms. • TRIMORPHOUS adj. having three forms, also TRIMORPHIC. |