| COMPOSITIONS | • compositions n. Plural of composition. • COMPOSITION n. a piece of writing. |
| LYOSORPTIONS | • LYOSORPTION n. the adsorption of a liquid on a solid surface, esp. of a solvent on suspended particles. |
| MONOPSONISTS | • monopsonists n. Plural of monopsonist. • MONOPSONIST n. a participant in a monopsony. |
| 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. |
| OPISTHOTONOS | • opisthotonos n. (Medicine) Sustained tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened, as produced by various diseases. • OPISTHOTONOS n. extreme arching backwards of the spine and neck as a result of spasm of the muscles in that region, etc. |
| OPSONISATION | • opsonisation n. (British spelling, immunology) Alternative spelling of opsonization. • OPSONISATION n. the process of opsonising, also OPSONIZATION. |
| OVIPOSITIONS | • ovipositions n. Plural of oviposition. • OVIPOSITION n. the act of ovipositing. |
| PHONOLOGISTS | • phonologists n. Plural of phonologist. • PHONOLOGIST n. a student of phonology, the branch of linguistics that deals with systems of sounds. |
| PHOTOFISSION | • photofission n. (Nuclear physics) Nuclear fission as the result of the absorption of a gamma ray or other high-energy photon. • photofission v. (Nuclear physics) To undergo, or cause to undergo, photofission. • PHOTOFISSION n. nuclear fission induced by gamma rays. |
| PHOTOIONISES | • PHOTOIONISE v. to ionize by electromagnetic radiation, also PHOTOIONIZE. |
| PHOTOSENSORS | • photosensors n. Plural of photosensor. • PHOTOSENSOR n. a detector that is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation. |
| PHOTOTONUSES | • PHOTOTONUS n. the sensitivity of a living organism to light. |
| POSTPOSITION | • postposition n. (Grammar) A word that has the same purpose as a preposition but comes after the noun. • postposition n. The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after. • POSTPOSITION n. the placing of a grammatical element after a word to which it is primarily related in a sentence. |
| PROPOSITIONS | • propositions n. Plural of proposition. • propositions v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proposition. • PROPOSITION v. to make a proposal to. |
| SPONGOLOGIST | • spongologist n. One who studies spongology. • SPONGOLOGIST n. one who studies sponges. |
| TROPOMYOSINS | • tropomyosins n. Plural of tropomyosin. • TROPOMYOSIN n. a filamentous protein which controls the interaction of actin and myosin in muscle fibres. |