| COTYLEDONARY | • cotyledonary adj. Of or pertaining to a cotyledon. • COTYLEDONARY adj. relating to or having cotyledons, also COTYLEDONOUS. |
| DACTYLIOLOGY | • dactyliology n. The branch of archaeology dealing with gem engraving. • dactyliology n. The branch of archaeology dealing with finger rings. • DACTYLIOLOGY n. the study of finger-rings. |
| 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. |
| DYSTELEOLOGY | • dysteleology n. (Philosophy) The view that existence has no telos or final cause from purposeful design. • dysteleology n. The study of apparently functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants. • DYSTELEOLOGY n. the study of functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants. |
| 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. |
| MYCOTOXOLOGY | • MYCOTOXOLOGY n. the study of mycotoxins. |
| POLYMYOSITIS | • polymyositis n. (Medicine) An inflammatory disease affecting multiple muscles. • POLYMYOSITIS n. inflammation of several muscles at the same time. |
| 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. |
| SYMBOLOLATRY | • symbololatry n. The worship of symbols. • SYMBOLOLATRY n. the worship of symbols. |
| 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. |