| COPYEDITORS | • copyeditors n. Plural of copyeditor. • copy␣editors n. Plural of copy editor. |
| 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. |
| POLYAMORIST | • polyamorist n. An advocate or practitioner of polyamory. |
| POLYCROTISM | • polycrotism n. (Physiology) That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several… • POLYCROTISM n. the state of having several beats to each heartbeat. |
| POLYHISTORS | • polyhistors n. Plural of polyhistor. • POLYHISTOR n. a person of great and wide learning, also POLYHISTORIAN. |
| POLYHISTORY | • POLYHISTORY n. great and varied learning. |
| PONDEROSITY | • ponderosity n. The quality of requiring extensive thought. • ponderosity n. (Obsolete) Weight; heaviness. • PONDEROSITY n. the state of being ponderous. |
| POSTERIORLY | • posteriorly adv. After (in time). • posteriorly adv. Behind (in position). • posteriorly adv. Towards the posterior. |
| PROTEOLYSIS | • proteolysis n. (Biochemistry) The hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids, especially as part of the digestion of food. • PROTEOLYSIS n. the disintegration of protein. |
| PROTOGYNIES | • PROTOGYNY n. the development of female organs before male to avoid self-fertilization. |
| 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. |
| SPOROCYSTIC | • sporocystic adj. Relating to sporocysts. • SPOROCYSTIC adj. of or like a sporocyst. |
| SPOROPHYTIC | • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to a sporophyte plant. • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Having the characteristics of a sporophyte. • SPOROPHYTIC adj. of or like a sporophyte. |
| SUPPOSITORY | • suppository n. (Medicine) A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially… • SUPPOSITORY n. a solid but readily meltable cone or cylinder of usually medicated material for insertion into a bodily passage or cavity, as the rectum. |
| 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. |