| APOTHECARY | • apothecary n. (Archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical)… • apothecary n. (Archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary’s shop, a drugstore. • apothecary n. (Uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine. |
| APOTHECIAL | • apothecial adj. (Lichenology) Relating to the apothecium. • APOTHECIAL adj. relating to an apothecium, an open cup- or disc-shaped fruiting body borne by many lichens. |
| APOTHECIUM | • apothecium n. (Lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures… • APOTHECIUM n. the spore-producing organ of certain fungi, also APOTHECE. |
| CATHECTING | • cathecting v. Present participle of cathect. • CATHECT v. to invest with psychic energy. |
| ENDOTHECIA | • endothecia n. Plural of endothecium. • ENDOTHECIUM n. the inner lining of a mature anther. |
| HYDROTHECA | • hydrotheca n. (Zoology) One of the calicles that protect the hydranths in certain Hydroidea (Thecaphora). • HYDROTHECA n. the horny cup of a hydranth. |
| HYPOTHECAE | • hypothecae n. Plural of hypotheca. • HYPOTHECA n. the inner and younger layer of the cell wall of a diatom. |
| MONOTHECAL | • monothecal adj. (Botany) Having a single loculament. • MONOTHECAL adj. having only one theca, also MONOTHECOUS. |
| PERITHECIA | • perithecia n. Plural of perithecium. • PERITHECIUM n. a small fruiting body containing ascospores. |
| PITHECOIDS | • PITHECOID n. an ape, esp. a higher or anthropoid ape. |
| RHINOTHECA | • rhinotheca n. The hornlike covering of the upper part of a bird’s beak. • RHINOTHECA n. the sheath of the upper mandible of a bird. |
| THECODONTS | • thecodonts n. Plural of thecodont. • THECODONT n. a member of the order Thecodontia of archosaurian reptiles with teeth fixed in sockets in the jawbone. |
| ZOOTHECIAL | • ZOOTHECIAL adj. of or like a zoothecium, the tubular sheath of certain infusorians. |
| ZOOTHECIUM | • zoothecium n. (Zoology) The outer layer of certain protozoans. • ZOOTHECIUM n. the tubular sheath of certain infusorians. |