| BUOYANTLY | • buoyantly adv. In a buoyant manner. • BUOYANT adv. having buoyancy. |
| CLOYINGLY | • cloyingly adv. In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess. • cloyingly adv. In an excessively sweet manner. • CLOYING adv. CLOY, to gratify beyond desire. |
| CYTOLYSIN | • cytolysin n. (Biology) Any substance (especially an antibody) capable of breaking down the structure of a cell. • CYTOLYSIN n. an agent that dissolves cells esp. by breaking down their outer membrane. |
| ENJOYABLY | • enjoyably adv. In an enjoyable manner. • ENJOYABLE adv. that can be enjoyed. |
| HONEYEDLY | • honeyedly adv. In a honeyed way. • HONEYED adv. HONEY, to sweeten with a sweet thick fluid. |
| HYMNOLOGY | • hymnology n. The study of hymns; hymnody. • HYMNOLOGY n. the study of hymns. |
| HYPNOLOGY | • hypnology n. A treatise on sleep; the doctrine or science of sleep. • HYPNOLOGY n. the study of sleep or hypnosis. |
| MONOPHYLY | • monophyly n. (Systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from… • MONOPHYLY n. the state of being monophyletic. |
| PHILOGYNY | • philogyny n. Love or fondness for women. • PHILOGYNY n. the love of women. |
| PHYLOGENY | • phylogeny n. (Systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades. • phylogeny n. (Systematics, informal) A phylogenetic diagram. • phylogeny n. The historical development of a human social or racial group. |
| POLYANDRY | • polyandry n. The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than… • polyandry n. (Zoology) The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males. • polyandry n. Sexual relations with multiple males, by a female or a male, human or non-human, within or without marriage. |
| POLYMYXIN | • polymyxin n. Any of several toxic antibiotics, derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa, used to treat infections… • POLYMYXIN n. one of a group of mainly toxic antibiotics. |
| POLYONYMS | • polyonyms n. Plural of polyonym. • POLYONYM n. a name consisting of several words. |
| POLYONYMY | • polyonymy n. The use of many names for the same thing or person. • POLYONYMY n. a multiplicity of names for the same thing. |
| POLYPHONY | • polyphony n. (Music) Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just… • polyphony n. The quality of a text of being capable of being read in more than one way. • POLYPHONY n. composition in separate, but simultaneous and harmonizing, parts. |
| POLYVINYL | • polyvinyl adj. (Organic chemistry) composed of, or derived from, many vinyl groups. • polyvinyl n. (Organic chemistry) Any polymer derived from a vinyl compound. • POLYVINYL n. a vinyl polymer. |
| PYROXYLIN | • pyroxylin n. (Organic chemistry) A highly inflammable form of nitrocellulose; used in the manufacture of collodion and lacquers. • PYROXYLIN n. any of the nitrocelluloses, also PYROXYLE, PYROXYLINE. |
| UNROYALLY | • unroyally adv. In a way that is not royal, or does not befit royalty. • UNROYAL adv. not royal. |
| YOUNGTHLY | • youngthly adj. (Obsolete, poetic) youthful. • YOUNGTHLY adj. (Spenser) youthful, also YOUTHLY, YOUTHSOME, YOUTHY. |