| CRYPTOGRAPHISTS | • cryptographists n. Plural of cryptographist. • CRYPTOGRAPHIST n. one who studies cryptographs. |
| CRYPTOSPORIDIUM | • cryptosporidium n. Any protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, intestinal parasites of humans and other vertebrates that… • Cryptosporidium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cryptosporidiidae – coccidian protozoan parasites causing the disease… • CRYPTOSPORIDIUM n. any of a genus of protozoans parasitic in the gut of vertebrates including humans and sometimes causing diarrhea. |
| HYPERPOLARISING | • hyperpolarising v. Present participle of hyperpolarise. • HYPERPOLARISE v. to increase the difference in electric potential across a cell membrane, also HYPERPOLARIZE. |
| HYPERRESPONSIVE | • hyperresponsive adj. Involving an abnormally high degree of responsiveness. • HYPERRESPONSIVE adj. excessively responsive. |
| MICROSPOROPHYLL | • microsporophyll n. A leaflike organ that bears one or more microsporangia (contrast megasporophyll or macrosporophyll). • MICROSPOROPHYLL n. a specialised leaf bearing or subtending one or more microsporangia. |
| PEROXYSULPHURIC | • PEROXYSULPHURIC adj. as in peroxysulphuric acid. |
| PORPHYROGENITES | • porphyrogenites n. Plural of porphyrogenite. • PORPHYROGENITE n. a Byzantine emperor's son, born in the purple. |
| PROTOPORPHYRINS | • protoporphyrins n. Plural of protoporphyrin. • PROTOPORPHYRIN n. metal-free porphyrin derived from blood hemin. |
| PTERYLOGRAPHIES | • pterylographies n. Plural of pterylography. • PTERYLOGRAPHY n. a description of pterylae. |
| PYRETOTHERAPIES | • PYRETOTHERAPY n. medical treatment by causing fever. |
| PYROPHOTOGRAPHS | • PYROPHOTOGRAPH n. a burnt-in photograph, e.g. on glass or porcelain. |
| PYROPHOTOMETERS | • PYROPHOTOMETER n. a type of pyrometer in which the temperature of an incandescent body is determined by photometric measurement of the light it emits. |
| RHOMBENPORPHYRS | • RHOMBENPORPHYR n. an intermediate, moderately fine-grained igneous rock with feldspar phenocrysts rhombic in section, also RHOMBENPORPHYRY, RHOMBPORPHYRY. |
| RHOMBPORPHYRIES | • RHOMBPORPHYRY n. an intermediate, moderately fine-grained igneous rock with feldspar inclusions, also RHOMBENPORPHYR, RHOMBENPORPHYRY. |
| RHYPAROGRAPHERS | • rhyparographers n. Plural of rhyparographer. • RHYPAROGRAPHER n. one who does genre or still-life pictures of sordid subjects. |
| RHYPAROGRAPHIES | • RHYPAROGRAPHY n. genre or still-life pictures of sordid subjects. |
| SEMIPORNOGRAPHY | • semipornography n. Material that is partly or somewhat pornographic. • SEMIPORNOGRAPHY n. material approaching the pornographic. |
| STAPHYLORRHAPHY | • staphylorrhaphy n. The operation of uniting a cleft palate by paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft. • STAPHYLORRHAPHY n. the operation of uniting a cleft palate. |