| CRYPTOBIONT | • cryptobiont n. (Biology) Any organism capable of cryptobiosis. • CRYPTOBIONT n. any organism that exhibits cryptobiosis. |
| CYPRINODONT | • cyprinodont n. (Zoology) Any of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows. • CYPRINODONT n. any small tropical or subtropical soft-finned fish of the mostly marine family Cyprinodontidae, resembling carp but having toothed jaws. |
| HYPONITROUS | • hyponitrous adj. Of or pertaining to hyponitrous acid or its derivatives. • HYPONITROUS adj. containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds. |
| LYOSORPTION | • LYOSORPTION n. the adsorption of a liquid on a solid surface, esp. of a solvent on suspended particles. |
| OPPORTUNITY | • opportunity n. A chance for advancement, progress or profit. • opportunity n. A favorable circumstance or occasion. • opportunity n. (Nonstandard, Euro-English) opportuneness. |
| PAROXYTONIC | • paroxytonic adj. (Prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable. • PAROXYTONIC adj. like a paroxytone. |
| PONDEROSITY | • ponderosity n. The quality of requiring extensive thought. • ponderosity n. (Obsolete) Weight; heaviness. • PONDEROSITY n. the state of being ponderous. |
| PREMONITORY | • premonitory adj. Serving as a warning. • PREMONITORY adj. conveying a warning, also PREMONITIVE. |
| PROTOGYNIES | • PROTOGYNY n. the development of female organs before male to avoid self-fertilization. |
| PROTOTYPING | • prototyping n. The rapid creation of prototypes of a new product for demonstration and research purposes. • PROTOTYPE v. to make a prototype. |
| PYROGNOSTIC | • pyrognostic adj. (Dated) of, relating to, or revealed by pyrognostics. • PYROGNOSTIC adj. relating to the testing of minerals by flame. |
| RETINOSCOPY | • retinoscopy n. (Medicine) Analysis of the refractive properties of the eye using a retinoscope; skiascopy. • RETINOSCOPY n. observation of the retina of the eye esp. to determine the state of refraction. |
| THYROTROPIN | • thyrotropin n. (Biochemistry) A thyroid-stimulating glycoprotein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland. • THYROTROPIN n. a hormone, produced in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, which stimulates the thyroid, also THYROTROPHIN. |
| TROPOMYOSIN | • tropomyosin n. (Biochemistry) A protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together… • TROPOMYOSIN n. a filamentous protein which controls the interaction of actin and myosin in muscle fibres. |