| CIRCUMJACENT | • circumjacent adj. (Archaic, literary) Lying or located in the area around something. • CIRCUMJACENT adj. bordering on every side. |
| COMPLACENCES | • complacences n. Plural of complacence. • COMPLACENCE n. self-satisfaction esp. when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies, also COMPLACENCY. |
| COMPLACENTLY | • complacently adv. In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled. • COMPLACENT adv. marked by complacency. |
| INTERJACENCY | • interjacency n. The quality of being interjacent. • interjacency n. Something that lies between. • INTERJACENCY n. the state of being situated between. |
| METACENTRICS | • metacentrics n. Plural of metacentric. • METACENTRIC n. a chromosome having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length. |
| PARACENTESES | • paracenteses n. Plural of paracentesis. • PARACENTESIS n. the tapping of body fluid. |
| PARACENTESIS | • paracentesis n. (Surgery) A medical procedure involving needle drainage of fluid from a body cavity, most commonly the abdomen. • PARACENTESIS n. the tapping of body fluid. |
| PLACENTATION | • placentation n. (Biology) The local fusion of the embryonic stage of an animal to its parent for physiological exchange… • placentation n. (Botany) The manner in which the seeds are attached to the placenta within the ovary locules. • PLACENTATION n. the arrangement of placentas and ovules in a plant ovary. |
| PLACENTIFORM | • placentiform adj. (Botany) Having the shape of a placenta, or thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle. • PLACENTIFORM adj. cake-shaped. |
| PLACENTOLOGY | • placentology n. (Medicine) The study of the placenta. • PLACENTOLOGY n. the scientific study of placentae. |
| SUBJACENCIES | • subjacencies n. Plural of subjacency. • SUBJACENCY n. the state of being subjacent, underlying. |
| UNCOMPLACENT | • uncomplacent adj. Not complacent. • UNCOMPLACENT adj. not complacent. |