| DACTYLOSCOPY | • dactyloscopy n. The forensic analysis and comparison of fingerprints as a means of identification of individuals. • DACTYLOSCOPY n. the comparison of fingerprints for purpose of identification. |
| EPIPHYTOLOGY | • epiphytology n. Study of epiphytes and their ecology. • EPIPHYTOLOGY n. the study of epiphytes. |
| HYPOCOTYLOUS | • HYPOCOTYLOUS adj. of or like a hypocotyl, the stem of a plant below the cotyledons. |
| HYPOCYCLOIDS | • hypocycloids n. Plural of hypocycloid. • HYPOCYCLOID n. a curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls on the inside of another circle. |
| HYPODIPLOIDY | • hypodiploidy n. The state of being hypodiploid; hypoploidy in diploid organisms (including humans). • HYPODIPLOIDY n. the state of being hypodiploid, having slightly fewer than the diploid number of chromosomes. |
| LARYNGOPHONY | • laryngophony n. The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed upon the larynx. • LARYNGOPHONY n. the sound of the voice as heard through the stethoscope applied over the larynx. |
| LARYNGOSCOPY | • laryngoscopy n. The examination of the throat using a laryngoscope. • LARYNGOSCOPY n. examination by use of a laryngoscope. |
| NEURYPNOLOGY | • neurypnology n. (Obsolete) Alternative form of neurohypnology. • NEURYPNOLOGY n. an old name for the science of hypnotism, also NEUROHYPNOLOGY. |
| PARONYMOUSLY | • paronymously adv. In a paronymous way. • PARONYMOUS adv. having the nature of a paronym. |
| PHARYNGOLOGY | • pharyngology n. (Medicine) The science that studies the pharynx and treatment of its diseases. • PHARYNGOLOGY n. the study of the throat. |
| POLYEMBRYONY | • polyembryony n. (Botany) The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization… • polyembryony n. (Biology) The production of two or more embryos from a single fertilized egg. • POLYEMBRYONY n. the condition of having several embryos. |
| POLYGAMOUSLY | • polygamously adv. In a polygamous manner. • POLYGAMOUS adv. of or pertaining to polygamy. |
| POLYMYOSITIS | • polymyositis n. (Medicine) An inflammatory disease affecting multiple muscles. • POLYMYOSITIS n. inflammation of several muscles at the same time. |
| POLYPHYLLOUS | • polyphyllous adj. (Botany) Having many leaves (or flowers). • POLYPHYLLOUS adj. having the perianth leaves free. |
| POLYPHYODONT | • polyphyodont n. Any animal whose teeth are continuously replaced. • POLYPHYODONT adj. having more than two successive dentitions. |
| POLYSYNDETON | • polysyndeton n. (Rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence. • POLYSYNDETON n. the rhetorical device of repeating a conjunction for emphasis, as in 'it was red and yellow and pink and orange and blue!'. |
| POLYTONALITY | • polytonality n. (Music) The use of multiple keys in the same composition, especially by multiple instruments at the same time. • POLYTONALITY n. two or more tonalities in a composition. |
| PYRAMIDOLOGY | • pyramidology n. The study of pyramids (especially the Egyptian pyramids) from a supernatural or new-age perspective… • PYRAMIDOLOGY n. the study of the Egyptian pyramids. |
| SYMPTOMOLOGY | • symptomology n. (Informal) symptomatology. • SYMPTOMOLOGY n. the science of symptoms. |
| ZOOPHYTOLOGY | • zoophytology n. The natural history of zoophytes. • zoöphytology n. Archaic spelling of zoophytology. • ZOOPHYTOLOGY n. the study of zoophytes, plantlike animals. |