| ANDROCLINIUM | • ANDROCLINIUM n. another name for the clinandrium, a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers. |
| CENTROCLINAL | • CENTROCLINAL adj. dipping towards a centre from all directions. |
| CRAMBOCLINKS | • CRAMBOCLINK n. (Scots) rhyming doggerel. |
| HETEROCLITES | • heteroclites n. Plural of heteroclite. • HETEROCLITE n. an irregularly inflected word. |
| HETEROCLITIC | • heteroclitic adj. (Linguistics) In linguistics, particularly Indo-European Studies, signifying a stem which alternates… • heteroclitic adj. (Microbiology) Pertaining to antibodies that react to a wide variety of antigens. • heteroclitic n. A heteroclitic noun. |
| MACROCLIMATE | • macroclimate n. The climate of a relatively large geographic area. • MACROCLIMATE n. large-scale climate. |
| MATROCLINIES | • MATROCLINY n. the inheritance of traits primarily from the mother. |
| MATROCLINOUS | • matroclinous adj. Having mostly maternally inherited characteristics. • MATROCLINOUS adj. inherited from the mother; more like the mother than the father, also MATRICLINIC, MATRICLINOUS, MATROCLINAL, MATROCLINIC. |
| MICROCLIMATE | • microclimate n. A small, local region having a unique pattern of weather or weather effects that differ from the local climate. • MICROCLIMATE n. the climate of a very small area. |
| MONOCLINALLY | • monoclinally adv. (Geology) In a monoclinal manner. • MONOCLINAL adv. relating to a monocline. |
| MONOCLINISMS | • MONOCLINISM n. the state of being monoclinous. |
| PATROCLINIES | • PATROCLINY n. the inheritance of traits primarily from the father. |
| PATROCLINOUS | • patroclinous adj. Having traits mostly inherited from the male parent. • PATROCLINOUS adj. of animals and plants, showing the characters of the male parent, also PATRICLINIC, PATROCLINAL. |
| PLAGIOCLIMAX | • plagioclimax n. An altered or reduced climax of a plant ecosystem caused by human activity. • PLAGIOCLIMAX n. the climax stage of a community, influenced by man or some other outside factor. |
| PROCLIVITIES | • proclivities n. Plural of proclivity. • PROCLIVITY n. an inclination or predisposition toward something. |
| THERMOCLINES | • thermoclines n. Plural of thermocline. • THERMOCLINE n. in lakes, a region of rapidly changing temperature, found between the epilimnion and the hypolimnion. |