| CRYPTANALYST | • cryptanalyst n. An expert in analyzing and breaking codes and ciphers. • CRYPTANALYST n. one who deciphers codes. |
| 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. |
| HYMENOPLASTY | • hymenoplasty n. (Medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman’s hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken… • HYMENOPLASTY n. surgical reconstruction of the hymen to give the appearance of virginity, usually for religious or cultural reasons. |
| HYPOCOTYLOUS | • HYPOCOTYLOUS adj. of or like a hypocotyl, the stem of a plant below the cotyledons. |
| POLYCRYSTALS | • polycrystals n. Plural of polycrystal. • POLYCRYSTAL n. an object composed of several or many variously orientated crystals. |
| POLYMYOSITIS | • polymyositis n. (Medicine) An inflammatory disease affecting multiple muscles. • POLYMYOSITIS n. inflammation of several muscles at the same time. |
| POLYSTYRENES | • polystyrenes n. Plural of polystyrene. • POLYSTYRENE n. a polymer of styrene. |
| POLYSYNAPTIC | • polysynaptic adj. (Of a reflex or impulse) of or involving multiple synapses. • POLYSYNAPTIC adj. involving two or more synapses in the central nervous system. |
| 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!'. |
| STUPEFYINGLY | • stupefyingly adv. In a stupefying manner. • STUPEFYING adv. STUPEFY, to dull the senses of. |
| SYMPTOMOLOGY | • symptomology n. (Informal) symptomatology. • SYMPTOMOLOGY n. the science of symptoms. |
| SYNAPTICALLY | • synaptically adv. (Medicine, neurology) At or by means of a synapse. • SYNAPTICAL adv. of or pertaining to a synapse or synapses between nerve cells, also SYNAPTIC. |
| SYNOPTICALLY | • synoptically adv. In a synoptic manner. • synoptically adv. With reference to a synopsis. • SYNOPTICAL adv. relating to a synopsis. |
| TYROGLYPHIDS | • TYROGLYPHID n. a mite of the genus Tyroglyphus, including the cheesemite and the flour-mite. |