| ANTHOLOGY | • anthology n. A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors. • anthology n. (Attributive) A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another. • anthology n. (By extension) An assortment of things. |
| COLOCYNTH | • colocynth n. A viny plant, Citrullus colocynthis, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. It produces a lemon-sized… • colocynth n. The powdered pulp of this fruit, a powerful hepatic stimulant and hydragogue cathartic used as a strong laxative. • COLOCYNTH n. (Greek) a cucurbitaceous plant with bitter-tasting gourds, also COLOQUINTIDA. |
| COTYLEDON | • cotyledon n. (Physiology) Each of the patches of villi on the foetal chorion in the placenta of ruminants and some other mammals. • cotyledon n. (Botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves… • COTYLEDON n. an embryonic leaf within a seed which may act as a food reserve or which may grow and photosynthesize. |
| CYCLOTRON | • cyclotron n. An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated… • CYCLOTRON n. a type of particle accelerator. |
| ETHNOLOGY | • ethnology n. (Anthropology) The branch of anthropology that studies and compares the different human cultures. • ETHNOLOGY n. cultural anthropology; the science concerned with the varieties of the human race. |
| HOLYSTONE | • holystone n. (Nautical) A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of ships, usually with sand and seawater. • holystone n. A stone with a naturally-formed hole, used by Yorkshiremen for good luck. • holystone v. (Transitive) To use a holystone. |
| MONOCOTYL | • monocotyl n. (Botany) Any monocotyledonous plant. • MONOCOTYL n. a plant having a single cotyledon, also MONOCOT, MONOCOTYLEDON. |
| MONOLATRY | • monolatry n. The worship of a single deity (possibly while believing in the existence of others). • MONOLATRY n. worship of one god without excluding belief in others. |
| MONOSTELY | • monostely n. (Botany) The property of being monostelic. • MONOSTELY n. a single stele, also MONOSTELE. |
| MONOSTYLE | • monostyle adj. (Architecture) Having a single column. • MONOSTYLE adj. consisting of a single shaft, also MONOSTYLAR. |
| MYLODONTS | • mylodonts n. Plural of mylodont. • MYLODONT n. (Greek) an extinct genus of large sloth-like American edentates, also MYLODON. |
| NOSTOLOGY | • nostology n. The study of senility; gerontology. • NOSTOLOGY n. the study of senility. |
| ODONTALGY | • odontalgy n. Archaic form of odontalgia. • ODONTALGY n. toothache, also ODONTALGIA. |
| ONCOLYTIC | • oncolytic adj. That breaks up cancer cells. • oncolytic n. Any drug or substance that breaks up cancer cells. • ONCOLYTIC n. an agent that destroys tumours. |
| OROTUNDLY | • orotundly adv. In an orotund manner. • OROTUND adv. marked by fullness and clarity of sound; pompous. |
| PLUTONOMY | • plutonomy n. (Sometimes derogatory) The study of the production and distribution of wealth, or a society seen as… • PLUTONOMY n. economics. |
| POLYTONAL | • polytonal adj. (Music) That uses two or more tonalities simultaneously. • POLYTONAL adj. of music, having many keys. |
| TELEONOMY | • teleonomy n. (Evolutionary theory) The quality of living organisms of seeming to be organized towards the attainment of an end. • TELEONOMY n. the property of living systems of being organized towards the attainment of ends without true purposiveness. |
| TOPONYMAL | • toponymal adj. Toponymic. • TOPONYMAL adj. relating to toponymy, the study of place-names, also TOPONYMIC, TOPONYMICAL. |