| ANAPLASTY | • anaplasty n. (Surgery) The restoration of lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue. • ANAPLASTY n. the art or operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue. |
| CONTRASTY | • contrasty adj. (Photography, television) Having great contrast between light and dark areas (of a subject or photograph). • CONTRASTY adj. of eg a photograph, showing strong contrasts. |
| DECASTYLE | • decastyle n. A portico with ten columns. • DECASTYLE n. a portico with ten columns in front. |
| DIASTYLES | • diastyles n. Plural of diastyle. • DIASTYLE n. a colonnade with closely spaced columns. |
| HEXASTYLE | • hexastyle adj. (Architecture) having six columns at the front on the portico. • hexastyle n. (Architecture) A temple or portico with six columns in front. • HEXASTYLE adj. having six columns in front. |
| HYPONASTY | • hyponasty n. (Botany) an upward bending of leaves or other plant parts, caused by increased growth on their lower surface. • HYPONASTY n. a tendency in part of a plant to grow more rapidly on the underside, so that it curves upwards. |
| NEOPLASTY | • neoplasty n. (Medicine, surgery, obsolete) Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty. • NEOPLASTY n. the surgical formation of new tissues or repair of damaged tissues. |
| OCTASTYLE | • octastyle adj. (Architecture) Having eight columns in the front row (Of a portico etc.). • octastyle n. A portico with eight columns. • OCTASTYLE adj. having eight columns at the end. |
| OTOPLASTY | • otoplasty n. (Surgery) A procedure of plastic surgery used to change the appearance or shape of a person’s ears. • OTOPLASTY n. cosmetic surgery on the ears. |
| OVERHASTY | • overhasty adj. Too hasty. • OVERHASTY adj. too hasty. |
| PEDERASTY | • pederasty n. Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy. • pederasty n. (Archaic) Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy. • PEDERASTY n. anal intercourse between a man and a boy, also PAEDERASTY. |
| POLYMASTY | • polymasty n. Synonym of polymastia. • POLYMASTY n. the presence of supernumerary breasts or nipples, also POLYMASTIA, POLYMASTISM. |
| ZOOPLASTY | • zooplasty n. The surgical grafting of tissue from an animal to a human; zoografting. • ZOOPLASTY n. the surgical transfer of tissue from an animal to man. |