| HYOPLASTRON | • hyoplastron n. (Anatomy) The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles. • HYOPLASTRON n. in a turtle's plastron, a plate between the hypoplastron and the entoplastron. |
| HYPONITROUS | • hyponitrous adj. Of or pertaining to hyponitrous acid or its derivatives. • HYPONITROUS adj. containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds. |
| LYOSORPTION | • LYOSORPTION n. the adsorption of a liquid on a solid surface, esp. of a solvent on suspended particles. |
| PAROXYTONES | • paroxytones n. Plural of paroxytone. • PAROXYTONE n. a word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable. |
| PETROMONEYS | • PETROMONEY n. money from oil revenues. |
| PHONOTYPERS | • PHONOTYPER n. one who phonotypes, prints in phonotype. |
| PONDEROSITY | • ponderosity n. The quality of requiring extensive thought. • ponderosity n. (Obsolete) Weight; heaviness. • PONDEROSITY n. the state of being ponderous. |
| PROTOGYNIES | • PROTOGYNY n. the development of female organs before male to avoid self-fertilization. |
| 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. |
| PYROGNOSTIC | • pyrognostic adj. (Dated) of, relating to, or revealed by pyrognostics. • PYROGNOSTIC adj. relating to the testing of minerals by flame. |
| RETINOSCOPY | • retinoscopy n. (Medicine) Analysis of the refractive properties of the eye using a retinoscope; skiascopy. • RETINOSCOPY n. observation of the retina of the eye esp. to determine the state of refraction. |
| STEREOPHONY | • stereophony n. The reproduction of stereophonic sound. • STEREOPHONY n. the reproduction of sound. |
| SYNCOPATORS | • syncopators n. Plural of syncopator. • SYNCOPATOR n. one who syncopates. |
| TROPOMYOSIN | • tropomyosin n. (Biochemistry) A protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together… • TROPOMYOSIN n. a filamentous protein which controls the interaction of actin and myosin in muscle fibres. |
| TRYPANOSOME | • trypanosome n. Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of… • TRYPANOSOME n. a parasite causing sleeping sickness. |