| ARTHROSCOPY | • arthroscopy n. The examination of the interior of a joint (such as the knee) using an arthroscope. • ARTHROSCOPY n. the examination of joints with an arthroscope. |
| CONTROVERSY | • controversy n. A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife. • CONTROVERSY n. the action of disputing or contending one with another. |
| GYROCOPTERS | • gyrocopters n. Plural of gyrocopter. • GYROCOPTER n. an airplane balanced and supported by the aerodynamic forces acting on rapidly rotating horizontal or slightly inclined airfoils, also GYROPLANE. |
| HETEROSPORY | • heterospory n. (Botany) The production of spores of two different sizes and sexes by the sporophytes of land plants. • HETEROSPORY n. the production of microspores and megaspores, as in seed plants. |
| OBSERVATORY | • observatory n. A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also… • observatory n. A lookout (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area). • OBSERVATORY n. a building or place given over to or equipped for observation of natural phenomena (as in astronomy). |
| ORTHOPHYRES | • ORTHOPHYRE n. a fine-grained syenitic rock with orthoclase crystals. |
| OVERSTOREYS | • overstoreys n. Plural of overstorey. • OVERSTOREY n. the highest level of trees in a rainforest, also OVERSTORY. |
| POSTERIORLY | • posteriorly adv. After (in time). • posteriorly adv. Behind (in position). • posteriorly adv. Towards the posterior. |
| PROCARYOTES | • procaryotes n. Plural of procaryote. • PROCARYOTE n. a bacterium or blue-green algae whose nucleus lacks a limiting membrane, also PROKARYOT, PROKARYOTE. |
| PROKARYOTES | • prokaryotes n. Plural of prokaryote. • PROKARYOTE n. a bacterium or blue-green algae whose nucleus lacks a limiting membrane, also PROCARYOTE, PROKARYOT. |
| STORYBOARDS | • storyboards n. Plural of storyboard. • storyboards v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of storyboard. • STORYBOARD n. a board on which is mounted a series of rough sketches outlining a story. |
| SYNCHROTRON | • synchrotron n. (Physics) A form of cyclotron in which charged particles are accelerated by an electric field that is… • SYNCHROTRON n. a type of very high-energy particle accelerator. |
| TORTUROUSLY | • torturously adv. In a torturous fashion, or as if in torture. • TORTUROUS adv. involving, or pertaining to, torture. |