| CACOPHONOUS | • cacophonous adj. Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds. • CACOPHONOUS adj. discordant, unpleasantly noisy, also CACOPHONIC, CACOPHONICAL, CACOPHONIOUS. |
| COLOURPOINT | • colourpoint n. (Felinology) Any of several forms of Siamese cat and closely-related breeds that have dark tips to the extremities. • COLOURPOINT n. a breed of domestic cat, also COLORPOINT. |
| ENDOSPOROUS | • endosporous adj. (Botany) Having the spores contained in a case; applied to fungi. • ENDOSPOROUS adj. of or like an endospore. |
| GONOPHOROUS | • GONOPHOROUS adj. relating to a gonophore, in certain flowers, an elongate structure bearing the stamens and pistil, also GONOPHORIC. |
| HOMOPHONOUS | • homophonous adj. (Phonetics, semantics) Having the same pronunciation. • homophonous adj. (Music) Homophonic; sounding the same. • HOMOPHONOUS adj. exhibiting homophonous, sameness of sound. |
| MONOCARPOUS | • monocarpous adj. Synonym of monocarpic. • MONOCARPOUS adj. having only one ovary; producing one fruit, also MONOCARPIC. |
| MONOPHAGOUS | • monophagous adj. (Biology) That eats only one kind of food. • monophagous adj. That (prefers to) eat alone. • MONOPHAGOUS adj. feeding on only one type of food. |
| NONCOMPOUND | • noncompound adj. Not compound. • noncompound n. That which is not a compound. • NONCOMPOUND adj. not compound. |
| OUTSCOOPING | • outscooping v. Present participle of outscoop. • OUTSCOOP v. to surpass in scooping. |
| POISONOUSLY | • poisonously adv. In a poisonous manner. • poisonously adv. (Obsolete) Using poison. • POISONOUS adv. having the quality or effect of poison. |
| POLYONYMOUS | • polyonymous adj. Having many names or titles. • POLYONYMOUS adj. (Greek) of e.g. gods, having or known by various names. |
| POLYPHONOUS | • polyphonous adj. Polyphonic. • POLYPHONOUS adj. relating to polyphony, also POLYPHONIC. |
| POULTROONES | • POULTROONE n. (Shakespeare) a poltroon, also POLTROON. |
| PROLOCUTION | • prolocution n. (Obsolete) An introductory speech. • prolocution n. (Obsolete) Speaking on behalf of others. • PROLOCUTION n. an introductory speech or saying. |
| PROTOGYNOUS | • protogynous adj. (Biology) Exhibiting protogyny. • protogynous adj. (Botany) Whose female parts (stigma) becomes mature before the male ones (anthers). • protogynous adj. (Botany) Whose female parts (archegonia) mature before the male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids. |
| PULMONOLOGY | • pulmonology n. The branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract. • PULMONOLOGY n. the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the lungs. |
| SOUNDPROOFS | • soundproofs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of soundproof. • SOUNDPROOF v. to insulate so as to obstruct the passage of sound. |
| SPOROGENOUS | • sporogenous adj. Relating to sporogenesis. • SPOROGENOUS adj. of tissue or cells in which the spores are formed. |
| SPOROGONIUM | • sporogonium n. The sporophyte of a bryophyte (moss, liverwort or hornwort), generally consisting of a foot, seta and capsule. • SPOROGONIUM n. an organ that produces asexual spores in mosses. |