| CHORIZONT | • chorizont n. (UK) One who challenges a widely held assumption of authorship for a major work, especially one who… • CHORIZONT n. a person who disputes identity of authorship, esp. one who ascribes the Iliad and Odyssey to different authors, also CHORIZONTIST. |
| DISSEIZOR | • disseizor n. (Law) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold. • DISSEIZOR n. one who deprives another of seisin, also DISSEISOR. |
| EPIZOISMS | • EPIZOISM n. the state of being epizoic, living on the outside of an animal. |
| EPIZOITES | • epizoites n. Plural of epizoite. • EPIZOITE n. an epizoic organism. |
| EPIZOOTIC | • epizootic n. (Epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population of non-human animals at a frequency… • epizootic n. A particular epizootic disease. • epizootic n. (Dialectal, humorous, often in the plural) A disease or ailment (of humans). |
| HORIZONAL | • horizonal adj. (Philosophy) Relating to a horizon. • HORIZONAL adj. of the horizon. |
| MESTIZOES | • mestizoes n. Plural of mestizo. • MESTIZO n. (Spanish) a (male) person of mixed, esp. Spanish and American-Indian parentage, also MESTESO, MESTINO. |
| RHIZOBIAL | • rhizobial adj. Of or pertaining to rhizobia. • RHIZOBIAL adj. relating to a rhizobium, a bacterium important in nitrogen fixation in leguminous plants. |
| RHIZOBIUM | • rhizobium n. (Biology) Any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on the roots of legumes and fix nitrogen. • rhizobium n. (Biology, by extension) Any diazotrophic bacterium that can fix nitrogen and form root nodules in legumes. • Rhizobium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae – soil bacteria that fix nitrogen in association with… |
| RHIZOCARP | • RHIZOCARP n. a water-fern or heterosporous fern. |
| RHIZOCAUL | • rhizocaul n. (Botany) The rootstock of a polyp. • RHIZOCAUL n. the rootlike stalk of a hydrozoan colony. |
| RHIZOIDAL | • rhizoidal adj. Resembling the root of a plant. • RHIZOIDAL adj. relating to a rhizoid, a short hairlike organ in the lower plants, serving as a root. |
| RHIZOMATA | • rhizomata n. Plural of rhizoma. • RHIZOMA n. (Greek) a rootlike, underground stem, also RHIZOME. |
| RHIZOPODS | • rhizopods n. Plural of rhizopod. • RHIZOPOD n. any of a class of protozoans. |
| RHIZOTOMY | • rhizotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal nerve roots in order to… • RHIZOTOMY n. the surgical severance of the spinal nerve roots to alleviate pain. |
| SCHIZOIDS | • schizoids n. Plural of schizoid. • SCHIZOID n. one suffering from schizophrenia. |
| SCHIZONTS | • schizonts n. Plural of schizont. • SCHIZONT n. in protozoans, a mature trophozoite about to reproduce by schizogony. |
| SCHIZOPOD | • schizopod n. (Zoology) Any of the Schizopoda. • SCHIZOPOD n. one of the Schizopoda, shrimplike crustaceans. |
| VIZORLESS | • vizorless adj. Without a vizor. • VIZORLESS adj. without a vizor, also VISORLESS. |