| ANASTIGMAT | • anastigmat n. (Photography) An anastigmatic lens. • ANASTIGMAT n. a lens esp. designed to avoid the defect of stigmatism. |
| ANASTOMOSE | • anastomose v. (Transitive, of streams and rivers, blood vessels, etc.) To join (two or more things) by anastomosis… • anastomose v. (Intransitive, of rivers, blood vessels, etc.) To join by anastomosis. • anastomose adj. (Botany, mycology) Joined or run together; interconnected. |
| ANASTROPHE | • anastrophe n. (Rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence. • ANASTROPHE n. an inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect e.g. 'To market went she'. |
| CHEMONASTY | • chemonasty n. A nastic response to a change in chemicals or nutrients. • CHEMONASTY n. plant movement provoked but not orientated by a chemical action. |
| DYNASTICAL | • dynastical adj. Dynastic; pertaining to a dynasty. • DYNASTICAL adj. relating to a dynasty, also DYNASTIC. |
| EPINASTIES | • epinasties n. Plural of epinasty. • EPINASTY n. a downward bending of plant parts. |
| GYMNASTICS | • gymnastics n. A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility… • gymnastics n. Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility. • GYMNASTICS n. exercises and activities devised to strengthen the body and improve agility and coordination. |
| HYPONASTIC | • hyponastic adj. (Botany) Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth. • HYPONASTIC adj. relating to hyponasty, a tendency in part of a plant to grow more rapidly on the underside. |
| MONASTICAL | • monastical adj. Alternative form of monastic. • MONASTICAL adj. of or pertaining to monasteries. |
| NASTURTIUM | • nasturtium n. The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America. • nasturtium n. A plant in this genus, Tropaeolum majus. • nasturtium n. Any of the plants in the genus, Nasturtium, that includes watercress. |
| NYCTINASTY | • nyctinasty n. (Botany) The movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness; the closing of a flower at night. • NYCTINASTY n. sleep-movement in plants, e.g. the closing of petals. |
| PHOTONASTY | • photonasty n. A nastic response to a change in light levels. • PHOTONASTY n. the adoption of a certain position due to the effect of light on growth. |
| PLEONASTES | • pleonastes n. Plural of pleonaste. • PLEONASTE n. a dark-green to black variety of spinel. |
| PLEONASTIC | • pleonastic adj. (Not comparable) Of, or relating to pleonasm. • pleonastic adj. (Grammar) Redundant. • pleonastic adj. (Linguistics) Characterised by the use of redundant words or an excessive number of words. |
| SYNASTRIES | • synastries n. Plural of synastry. • SYNASTRY n. coincidence of stellar influences. |