AEROLOGIST | • aerologist n. One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology. • AEROLOGIST n. one versed in aerology. |
ASTROLOGER | • astrologer n. One who studies or practices astrology. • ASTROLOGER n. one who affects to tell fortunes from the stars, also ASTROLOGIST. |
ATMOLOGIES | • ATMOLOGY n. the science of water vapour. |
AUTOGENOUS | • autogenous adj. Produced independently of an external cause or influence. • autogenous adj. (Anatomy) Developed from an independent centre of ossification. • AUTOGENOUS adj. self-generated. |
AUTOLOGIES | • autologies n. Plural of autology. • AUTOLOGY n. scientific study of oneself. |
BATOLOGIES | • BATOLOGY n. the study of brambles. |
CONTANGOES | • contangoes n. Plural of contango. • CONTANGO v. to exercise the right of contango. |
FLOODGATES | • floodgates n. Plural of floodgate. • flood-gates n. Plural of flood-gate (alternative spelling of floodgates). • flood␣gates n. Plural of flood gate. |
GASTEROPOD | • gasteropod n. Alternative form of gastropod. • GASTEROPOD n. any mollusc of the class Gastropoda, that includes the snails, whelks, limpets, and slugs, also GASTROPOD. |
GASTRONOME | • gastronome n. A lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet. • GASTRONOME n. a connoisseur of good eating and drinking; a gourmet, also GASTROLOGER, GASTRONOMER. |
HALOGETONS | • halogetons n. Plural of halogeton. • HALOGETON n. a coarse annual herb of the goosefoot family. |
OUTRAGEOUS | • outrageous adj. Violating morality or decency; provoking indignation or affront. • outrageous adj. Transgressing reasonable limits; extravagant, immoderate. • outrageous adj. Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. |
PROROGATES | • prorogates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prorogate. • PROROGATE v. to end a session (of Parliament); to postpone (a meeting), also PROROGUE. |
SEMATOLOGY | • sematology n. The science of signs, particularly of verbal signs, in the operation of thinking and reasoning; the… • SEMATOLOGY n. another name for semantics, the study of meaning. |
STEGANOPOD | • steganopod n. (Zoology) Any of the Steganopodes. • STEGANOPOD n. any bird of the pelican order. |
TOPAGNOSES | • TOPAGNOSIS n. a symptom of disease of or damage to the brain in which a person cannot identify a part of the body that has been touched, also TOPAGNOSIA. |
VAGOTOMIES | • vagotomies n. Plural of vagotomy. • VAGOTOMY n. surgical division of the vagus nerve. |
ZOOGAMETES | • zoogametes n. Plural of zoogamete. • ZOOGAMETE n. a motile gamete. |