| AMPHITROPOUS | • amphitropous adj. (Botany) Having the ovule bent so that the ends are near each other. • AMPHITROPOUS adj. of an ovule, with its point of attachment in the middle. |
| APOMORPHINES | • apomorphines n. Plural of apomorphine. • APOMORPHINE n. an alkaloid prepared by dehydrating morphine, also APOMORPHIA. |
| APOTROPAISMS | • APOTROPAISM n. a magical practice averting evil. |
| EPIMORPHOSES | • EPIMORPHOSIS n. a type of development in animals, such as certain insect larvae, in which segmentation of the body is complete before hatching. |
| EPIMORPHOSIS | • epimorphosis n. The regeneration of tissues or organs through the dedifferentiation of existing, differentiated adult tissues. • EPIMORPHOSIS n. a type of development in animals, such as certain insect larvae, in which segmentation of the body is complete before hatching. |
| HAPTOTROPISM | • haptotropism n. (Biology) The movement of parts of a plant (especially tendrils) in response to a touch stimulus. • HAPTOTROPISM n. curving in response to touch, as a tendril. |
| OPPORTUNISMS | • opportunisms n. Plural of opportunism. • OPPORTUNISM n. the practice of regulating actions by favourable opportunities rather than consistent principles. |
| PERIMORPHOUS | • perimorphous adj. Perimorphic. • PERIMORPHOUS adj. like a perimorph, also PERIMORPHIC. |
| PERISPOMENON | • perispomenon adj. (Linguistics, of a word) Having a circumflex accent on the last syllable. • perispomenon n. (Linguistics) A word with a circumflex accent on the last syllable. • PERISPOMENON n. a word having a circumflex accent on the final syllable. |
| PHOSPHORISMS | • PHOSPHORISM n. (obsolete) chronic phosphorus poisoning. |
| PHOTOTROPISM | • phototropism n. (Biology) The movement of a plant towards or away from light. • PHOTOTROPISM n. movement directed by light. |
| PITTOSPORUMS | • pittosporums n. Plural of pittosporum. • PITTOSPORUM n. any of numerous chiefly subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees. |
| PITYROSPORUM | • Pityrosporum prop.n. Former name of Malassezia (“fungus genus”). • PITYROSPORUM n. a yeastlike fungus which can cause pityriasis. |
| PLEIOTROPISM | • pleiotropism n. (Genetics) pleiotropy. • PLEIOTROPISM n. the state of being pleiotropic, having an effect simultaneously on more than one character in the offspring. |
| PLEOMORPHIES | • PLEOMORPHY n. the state of being pleomorphic, occurring in several different forms. |
| PLEOMORPHISM | • pleomorphism n. (Biology) the occurrence of multiple structural forms during the life cycle of an organism. • pleomorphism n. (Chemistry) Synonym of polymorphism. • PLEOMORPHISM n. polymorphism; the occurrence of two or more structural forms during a life cycle. |
| POLYMORPHISM | • polymorphism n. The ability to assume different forms or shapes. • polymorphism n. (Biology) The coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not… • polymorphism n. (Object-oriented programming) The feature pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based… |
| PRECOMPOSING | • precomposing v. Present participle of precompose. • PRECOMPOSE v. to compose beforehand. |
| PROTOPLASMIC | • protoplasmic adj. (Cytology) Of or relating to protoplasm. • PROTOPLASMIC adj. of or like protoplasm, also PROTOPLASMAL, PROTOPLASMATIC, PROTOPLASTIC. |