| ACROPHONY | • acrophony n. The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented… • ACROPHONY n. the use of a word starting with a letter of the alphabet as the name of the letter. |
| GYNOPHORE | • gynophore n. (Botany) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera Telopea… • GYNOPHORE n. the pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. |
| IONOTROPY | • ionotropy n. (Chemistry) A form of tautomerism involving the movement or redistribution of charges. • ionotropy n. (Physiology) The regulation of neurotransmitters or cell receptors by ion channels. • IONOTROPY n. the reversible interconversion of a pair of organic isomers. |
| PHONATORY | • phonatory adj. Relating to phonation. • PHONATORY adj. relating to phonation, the production of vocal sound. |
| PHYTOTRON | • phytotron n. (Biology) A laboratory in the form of a greenhouse or similar building in which plants can be grown… • PHYTOTRON n. an apparatus that produces climates artificially for the study of plant growth. |
| PROCARYON | • PROCARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROKARYON. |
| PROCYONID | • procyonid n. (Zoology) Any member of the family Procyonidae, a New World family of the order Carnivora, including… • PROCYONID n. a member of the Procyonidae: racoons, coatis etc. |
| PROKARYON | • PROKARYON n. the nucleus of a blue-green alga, bacterium etc., also PROCARYON. |
| PROPYLONS | • propylons n. Plural of propylon. • PROPYLON n. an entrance to a temple. |
| PROTOGYNY | • protogyny n. (Biology) The condition in which an organism begins life as a female and then changes into a male. • protogyny n. (Botany) The condition of flowers whose female parts mature before the male ones. • PROTOGYNY n. the development of female organs before male to avoid self-fertilization. |
| PYROPHONE | • pyrophone n. (Music) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by flames of gas in tubes of different length. • PYROPHONE n. an organ producing interference-tones by pairs of flames in tubes. |
| SPOROGENY | • sporogeny n. Sporogenesis. • SPOROGENY n. the production of spores. |
| SPOROGONY | • sporogony n. The formation of sporozoites from spores or zygotes. • SPOROGONY n. the growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ. |