| BIOASTRONOMY | • bioastronomy n. Synonym of astrobiology. • BIOASTRONOMY n. the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space. |
| HETERONOMOUS | • heteronomous adj. Arising from an external influence, force, or agency; not autonomous. • heteronomous adj. (Biology, of parts of an organism) Differing in development or in specialization. • heteronomous adj. (Linguistics, of a language) Being a dialect of an autonomous language. |
| MICRODONTOUS | • MICRODONTOUS adj. having very small teeth, also MICRODONT. |
| MONOCHROMATS | • monochromats n. Plural of monochromat. • MONOCHROMAT n. a person who sees all colours as different shades of a single colour, also MONOCHROMATE. |
| MONOCHROMIST | • monochromist n. An artist working in the monochromatic style. • MONOCHROMIST n. a person who practises monochrome. |
| MONOPTEROSES | • MONOPTEROS n. a building with single ring of columns supporting a roof. |
| MONOSTROPHES | • monostrophes n. Plural of monostrophe. • MONOSTROPHE n. a poem in which all the stanzas or strophes are written in the same metre. |
| MONOSTROPHIC | • monostrophic adj. Of or pertaining to monostrophe. • monostrophic n. A monostrophe. • MONOSTROPHIC adj. having the same strophic or stanzaic structure throughout. |
| MONOTRICHOUS | • monotrichous adj. Having a single flagellum. • MONOTRICHOUS adj. of bacteria, having a single flagellum, also MONOTRICHIC. |
| MOTORISATION | • motorisation n. Alternative spelling of motorization. • MOTORISATION n. the act of motorising, also MOTORIZATION. |
| NONMOTORISED | • nonmotorised adj. Alternative spelling of nonmotorized. • NONMOTORISED adj. not motorised, also NONMOTORIZED. |
| NORMOTENSION | • normotension n. Blood pressure that is within the normal range. • NORMOTENSION n. normal blood pressure. |
| PROMONTORIES | • promontories n. Plural of promontory. • PROMONTORY n. a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water. |
| RODOMONTADES | • rodomontades n. Plural of rodomontade. • RODOMONTADE n. (French) a bragging speech; vain boasting or bluster. |
| SENSORIMOTOR | • sensorimotor adj. (Biology) Of or pertaining to both sensory and motor activity. • SENSORIMOTOR adj. of, relating to, or functioning in both sensory and motor aspects of bodily activity. |
| SEROTAXONOMY | • SEROTAXONOMY n. serological analysis as a source of information for taxonomic classification. |
| SOMATOTROPIN | • somatotropin n. (Biology, medicine) Synonym of growth hormone. • SOMATOTROPIN n. a polypeptide growth hormone, also SOMATOTROPHIN, SOMATOTROPINE. |
| SPERMATOZOON | • spermatozoon n. (Cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote. • spermatozoön n. Alternative spelling of spermatozoon. • SPERMATOZOON n. a male sexual cell, which fertilises the egg, also SPERMATOZOAN. |
| TROPOMYOSINS | • tropomyosins n. Plural of tropomyosin. • TROPOMYOSIN n. a filamentous protein which controls the interaction of actin and myosin in muscle fibres. |