| CYTOLYSINS | • cytolysins n. Plural of cytolysin. • CYTOLYSIN n. an agent that dissolves cells esp. by breaking down their outer membrane. |
| DANDYISHLY | • dandyishly adv. In a dandyish manner. • DANDYISH adv. suggestive of a dandy. |
| DYSFLUENCY | • dysfluency n. Alternative form of disfluency. |
| POLYGYNIES | • polygynies n. Plural of polygyny. • POLYGYNY n. the condition of having more than one wife at the same time. |
| POLYGYNIST | • polygynist n. One who practices or advocates polygyny. • POLYGYNIST n. one who practises polygyny, marriage to several women. |
| POLYGYNOUS | • polygynous adj. (Botany) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia; polygynian. • polygynous adj. Having more than one female as wife or mate; practicing polygyny. • POLYGYNOUS adj. having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia, also POLYGYNIAN. |
| POLYLYSINE | • polylysine n. A polypeptide (or section of a protein) consisting only of lysine residues. • POLYLYSINE n. a protein whose polypeptide chain consists entirely of lysine residues. |
| POLYMYXINS | • polymyxins n. Plural of polymyxin. • POLYMYXIN n. one of a group of mainly toxic antibiotics. |
| POLYVINYLS | • polyvinyls n. Plural of polyvinyl. • POLYVINYL n. a vinyl polymer. |
| PYCNOSTYLE | • pycnostyle adj. (Architecture) Having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column. • pycnostyle n. (Architecture) A colonnade of this kind. • PYCNOSTYLE adj. with close-set columns, one and a half diameters apart. |
| PYROLYSING | • pyrolysing v. Present participle of pyrolyse. • PYROLYSE v. to decompose by heating, also PYROLIZE, PYROLISE, PYROLYZE. |
| PYROXYLINS | • pyroxylins n. Plural of pyroxylin. • PYROXYLIN n. any of the nitrocelluloses, also PYROXYLE, PYROXYLINE. |
| SYNDACTYLS | • syndactyls n. Plural of syndactyl. • SYNDACTYL n. an animal with digits joined together. |
| SYNDACTYLY | • syndactyly n. (Biology) The normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits. • syndactyly n. (Teratology) The anomalous condition, in humans, of having some fingers or toes fused with a web. • SYNDACTYLY n. the state of being syndactyl, with digits joined together. |
| SYNECOLOGY | • synecology n. (Ecology) One of two broad subdivisions of ecology (the other being autecology), meaning the study of… • SYNECOLOGY n. the study of ecological communities, also SYNOECOLOGY. |
| SYNOVIALLY | • SYNOVIAL adv. relating to the synovia, a lubricating fluid in the joints. |