| ADENOSINE | • adenosine n. (Biochemistry, genetics, organic chemistry) A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated… • ADENOSINE n. a nucleotide made up of adenine and ribose. |
| BIOCENOSE | • BIOCENOSE adj. living together in mutual dependence. |
| BLUENOSED | • bluenosed adj. Alternative spelling of blue-nosed. • blue-nosed adj. Priggish. • BLUENOSED adj. puritanical. |
| BLUENOSES | • bluenoses n. Plural of bluenose. • BLUENOSE n. (Canadian) a nickname for a Nova Scotian. |
| COENOSARC | • coenosarc n. (Zoology) Living body held in common by many organisms included in a composite zoophyte, by which they… • cœnosarc n. Obsolete spelling of coenosarc. • COENOSARC n. the common soft tissue which unites the polyps of a compound hydroid. |
| CONENOSES | • conenoses n. Plural of conenose. • CONENOSE n. a bloodsucking insect. |
| HEGUMENOS | • hegumenos n. Alternative form of hegumen (“head of a monastery”). • HEGUMENOS n. (Greek) the head of a monastery, also HEGUMEN. |
| JALAPENOS | • jalapenos n. Plural of jalapeno. • jalapeños n. Plural of jalapeño. • JALAPENO n. (Spanish) an especially hot type of Capsicum pepper. |
| KENOSISES | • KENOSIS n. (Greek) Christ's acceptance of his human nature. |
| LICHENOSE | • lichenose adj. Lichenous. • LICHENOSE adj. of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding in lichens, also LICHENOUS. |
| SELENOSES | • selenoses n. Plural of selenosis. • SELENOSIS n. selenium poisoning. |
| SELENOSIS | • selenosis n. Selenium poisoning, especially of livestock, by selenium naturally occurring in plants and the soil. • SELENOSIS n. selenium poisoning. |
| STENOSING | • STENOSING adj. causing or characterized by stenosis (as of a tendon sheath). |
| THRENOSES | • THRENOS n. (Shakespeare) an ode for the dead, also THRENE. |
| TUBENOSES | • tubenoses n. Plural of tubenose. • TUBENOSE n. a bird with tubular nostrils. |
| VARGUENOS | • varguenos n. Plural of vargueno. • VARGUENO n. (Spanish) a cabinet or desk of a kind made at Vargas near Toledo. |