AGAMOSPERMY | • agamospermy n. (Botany) The asexual production of embryos and seeds. • AGAMOSPERMY n. the formation of seeds without fertilisation. |
ANEMOGRAPHY | • anemography n. A scientific description of the winds. • anemography n. The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph. • ANEMOGRAPHY n. measurement by use of an anemograph, an instrument for measuring pressure and velocity of wind. |
ANGELOLATRY | • angelolatry n. The worshipping of angels. • ANGELOLATRY n. worship of or belief in angels. |
ANGELOPHANY | • angelophany n. The appearance of an angel to a human being. • ANGELOPHANY n. the manifestation of an angel to a human. |
ARCHAEOLOGY | • archaeology n. The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains… • archæology n. Archaic spelling of archaeology. • ARCHAEOLOGY n. the study of ancient human artefacts, also ARCHEOLOGY. |
DECAGONALLY | • decagonally adv. In a decagonal manner. • DECAGONAL adv. of a plane figure, having ten sides. |
ERGATOCRACY | • ergatocracy n. Government by the workers. • ERGATOCRACY n. government by the workers or the working class. |
GYNAECOMAST | • gynaecomast n. Alternative form of gynecomast. • gynæcomast n. Obsolete typography of gynaecomast. • GYNAECOMAST n. a man suffering from gynaecomastia. |
HAEMATOLOGY | • haematology n. (Medicine) The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs. • hæmatology n. (UK, dated) Alternative spelling of haematology. • HAEMATOLOGY n. the study of blood, diseases of blood, and blood-forming tissues, also HEMATOLOGY. |
HEXAGONALLY | • hexagonally adv. In a hexagonal manner. • HEXAGONAL adv. having six sides and six angles. |
KARYOGAMIES | • karyogamies n. Plural of karyogamy. • KARYOGAMY n. a process of fusion of the nuclei of two cells; the second step in syngamy. |
LAEVOGYRATE | • laevogyrate adj. Alternative form of levogyrate. • LAEVOGYRATE adj. of, having or causing laevorotation. |
LEGATIONARY | • legationary adj. Relating to a legation. • LEGATIONARY adj. relating to a legation. |
LOGODAEDALY | • logodaedaly n. (Rare) Skill or cleverness in the coining of new words. • logodaedaly n. (Quite rare) A skillfully or cleverly coined new word. • LOGODAEDALY n. verbal legerdemain, esp. in the imaginative or capricious coining of new words. |
PALEOGRAPHY | • paleography n. The study of old or ancient forms of writing. • paleography n. Ancient scripts or forms of writing themselves, as uncial, scriptio continua, or methods of using papyrus scrolls. • paleography n. (Obsolete) Paleogeography. |
PTYALAGOGUE | • ptyalagogue n. Any sialogogue. • PTYALAGOGUE n. a substance promoting salivation. |
PYROGALLATE | • pyrogallate n. (Chemistry) any salt of the phenol pyrogallol when viewed as an acid. • PYROGALLATE n. any salt or ester of pyrogallol. |
STEATOPYGAS | • STEATOPYGA n. an excessive development of fat on the buttocks, esp. on females, also STEATOPYGIA. |
STEATOPYGIA | • steatopygia n. An excessive accumulation of fat on the buttocks. • STEATOPYGIA n. an excessive development of fat on the buttocks, esp. of females, also STEATOPYGA. |