| DEOXYCORTONES | • DEOXYCORTONE n. a corticosteroid hormone important in maintaining sodium and water balance in the body. |
| MIFEPRISTONES | • MIFEPRISTONE n. a synthetic compound that inhibits the action of progesterone, used in pill form to induce abortion in early pregnancy. |
| PHOTONEGATIVE | • photonegative adj. (Biology) having a negative phototropic or phototactic response; repelled by light. • PHOTONEGATIVE adj. exhibiting negative phototropism or phototaxis. |
| PHOTONEUTRONS | • photoneutrons n. Plural of photoneutron. • PHOTONEUTRON n. a neutron emitted from a nucleus as a result of photodisintegration. |
| PLASTERSTONES | • PLASTERSTONE n. gypsum. |
| PROPAROXYTONE | • proparoxytone adj. (Linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable. • proparoxytone n. (Linguistics) A proparoxytone word. • PROPAROXYTONE n. in ancient Greek, a word having the acute accent on the third last syllable. |
| STADDLESTONES | • staddle␣stones n. Plural of staddle stone. • STADDLESTONE n. a low mushroom-shaped arrangement of a conical and flat, circular stone, used as a support for a haystack. |
| STONEBREAKERS | • stonebreakers n. Plural of stonebreaker. • STONEBREAKER n. a person that breaks up stone; a machine used to break up stone. |
| STONECUTTINGS | • stonecuttings n. Plural of stonecutting. • STONECUTTING n. the business of a stonecutter. |
| STONELESSNESS | • stonelessness n. Lack of stones. • STONELESSNESS n. the state of being stoneless. |
| STONEWALLINGS | • stonewallings n. Plural of stonewalling. • STONEWALLING n. defensive play in cricket. |
| THUNDERSTONES | • thunderstones n. Plural of thunderstone. • THUNDERSTONE n. (Shakespeare) a thunderbolt. |