| ANTHESIS | • anthesis n. (Botany) The event of a flower opening. • ANTHESIS n. (Greek) a fully opened flower. |
| BIOSYNTHESIS | • biosynthesis n. (Biochemistry) The synthesis of organic compounds within a living organism, especially the synthesis… • BIOSYNTHESIS n. the production of a chemical compound by a living organism. |
| CHEMOSYNTHESIS | • chemosynthesis n. The production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds such as carbon dioxide, using… • CHEMOSYNTHESIS n. synthesis of organic compounds (as in living cells) by energy derived from inorganic chemical reactions. |
| EPENTHESIS | • epenthesis n. (Phonetics, prosody) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy… • EPENTHESIS n. the insertion of an extra sound into a word, e.g. 'fillum' for 'film'. |
| NARCOSYNTHESIS | • narcosynthesis n. A form of narcoanalysis in which the patient is made to recall repressed memories under hypnosis. • NARCOSYNTHESIS n. narcoanalysis directed toward unearthing repressed memories. |
| NUCLEOSYNTHESIS | • nucleosynthesis n. (Physics, astronomy) Any of several processes that lead to the synthesis of heavier atomic nuclei. • NUCLEOSYNTHESIS n. the production of a chemical element from simpler nuclei, as of hydrogen, esp. in a star. |
| PARASYNTHESIS | • parasynthesis n. (Grammar) The formation of words by a combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in brown-eyed. • parasynthesis n. (Grammar) The formation of words in which the prefixing and the suffixing are involved simultaneously… • PARASYNTHESIS n. the derivation of words using hyphenated compounds. |
| PARENTHESIS | • parenthesis n. A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage… • parenthesis n. Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text). • parenthesis n. (Rhetoric) A digression; the use of such digressions. |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | • photosynthesis n. (Biology) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy… • PHOTOSYNTHESIS n. the biochemical process in which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll, and is used to fuel the building of sugar molecules. |
| POLYSYNTHESIS | • polysynthesis n. The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole. • polysynthesis n. (Linguistics) The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words; agglutination. • POLYSYNTHESIS n. the state of being polysynthetic. |
| PSYCHOSYNTHESIS | • psychosynthesis n. A form of psychology based on the direct experience of the self. • PSYCHOSYNTHESIS n. a form of psychotherapy combining psychoanalytic techniques with meditation and exercise. |
| RESYNTHESIS | • resynthesis n. A second or subsequent synthesis, especially one using components that were originally combined. • RESYNTHESIS n. a new synthesis. |
| SYNANTHESIS | • synanthesis n. (Botany) The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a blossom. • SYNANTHESIS n. synchronous maturity of male and female elements of plant. |
| SYNTHESIS | • synthesis n. The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things. • synthesis n. (Signal processing) Creation of a complex waveform by summation of simpler waveforms. • synthesis n. (Chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds. |