| AMPHITRICHOUS | • amphitrichous adj. (Biology) (of bacteria) Having a single flagellum on each of two opposite ends. (Only one flagellum… • AMPHITRICHOUS adj. of or like amphitricha, bacteria that have flagella at both ends. |
| HOMEOMORPHOUS | • homeomorphous adj. Similar in form or structure. • homeomorphous adj. (Mathematics) Homeomorphic. • HOMEOMORPHOUS adj. like a homeomorph. |
| HYPERTROPHOUS | • hypertrophous adj. (Dated, medicine) Hypertrophic. • HYPERTROPHOUS adj. of an organ, abnormally enlarged. |
| HYSTERANTHOUS | • hysteranthous adj. (Botany) Having the leaves emerge after the flowers have opened. It typically refers to geophytes that… • HYSTERANTHOUS adj. having the leaves appearing after the flowers. |
| ISODIMORPHOUS | • isodimorphous adj. Having the quality of isodimorphism. • ISODIMORPHOUS adj. showing isodimorphism, isomorphism between each of the two forms of a dimorphous substance. |
| LISSOTRICHOUS | • lissotrichous adj. (Anthropology, rare) Straight-haired or smooth-haired; belonging to the lissotrichi. • LISSOTRICHOUS adj. having straight or smooth hair. |
| OPHIOMORPHOUS | • ophiomorphous adj. Having the form of a snake. • OPHIOMORPHOUS adj. snakelike, also OPHIOMORPHIC. |
| ORTHOGNATHOUS | • orthognathous adj. (Anatomy) straight-jawed. • ORTHOGNATHOUS adj. having a lower jaw that neither projects nor recedes, also ORTHOGNATHIC. |
| ORTHOSTICHOUS | • orthostichous adj. (Botany) Having orthostichies. • ORTHOSTICHOUS adj. arranged in vertical rows. |
| PENTADELPHOUS | • pentadelphous adj. (Botany) Of a flower or plant: having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so… • PENTADELPHOUS adj. having five bundles of stamens; united in five bundles. |
| PENTASTICHOUS | • pentastichous adj. (Botany) Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks. • PENTASTICHOUS adj. arranged in five rows. |
| POLYADELPHOUS | • polyadelphous adj. (Botany) Having stamens combined in more than two groups. • POLYADELPHOUS adj. of stamens, united in several bundles; having the stamens so united. |
| RHIZOMORPHOUS | • rhizomorphous adj. Of or relating to rhizomorphs. • RHIZOMORPHOUS adj. having the form of a root. |
| SAUROGNATHOUS | • saurognathous adj. (Zoology) having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral… • SAUROGNATHOUS adj. having a lizard-like arrangement of the palate-bones (as e.g. woodpeckers). |
| TAUROMORPHOUS | • tauromorphous adj. Bull-shaped. • TAUROMORPHOUS adj. bull-shaped. |
| TETRASTICHOUS | • tetrastichous adj. (Botany) Arranged in four vertical rows. • TETRASTICHOUS adj. having four rows. |