CLERGYPERSONS | • clergypersons n. Plural of clergyperson. |
CRYOPLANKTONS | • CRYOPLANKTON n. minute organisms, esp. algae, living in ice, snow, or icy water. |
CYCLOPROPANES | • cyclopropanes n. Plural of cyclopropane. • CYCLOPROPANE n. a flammable gaseous saturated cyclic hydrocarbon sometimes used as a general anesthetic. |
CYCLOSPORINES | • cyclosporines n. Plural of cyclosporine. • CYCLOSPORINE n. an immunosuppressive drug used in organ transplants, also CYCLOSPORIN. |
GLYCOPROTEINS | • glycoproteins n. Plural of glycoprotein. • GLYCOPROTEIN n. any of the compounds formed by the conjugation of a protein with a substance containing a carbohydrate group other than a nucleic acid, also GLUCOPROTEIN. |
LARYNGOSCOPES | • laryngoscopes n. Plural of laryngoscope. • LARYNGOSCOPE n. an instrument for examining the interior of the larynx. |
LARYNGOSCOPIC | • laryngoscopic adj. Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy. • LARYNGOSCOPIC adj. of or like a laryngoscope, an instrument for examining the interior of the larynx. |
LYCANTHROPIES | • lycanthropies n. Plural of lycanthropy. • LYCANTHROPY n. a delusion that one has become a wolf. |
LYCANTHROPIST | • lycanthropist n. One affected by the disease lycanthropy. • LYCANTHROPIST n. a werewolf; a person suffering from lycanthropy, also LYCANTHROPE. |
NONDESCRIPTLY | • nondescriptly adv. In a nondescript way. • NONDESCRIPT adv. belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind. |
POLYCENTRISMS | • polycentrisms n. Plural of polycentrism. • POLYCENTRISM n. the existence of many centers of Communist ideological thought. |
POLYCISTRONIC | • polycistronic adj. (Genetics) Describing mRNA that encodes for multiple different polypeptides. • POLYCISTRONIC adj. containing the genetic information of a number of cistrons. |
POSTCRANIALLY | • postcranially adv. (Anatomy) posterior to the cranium. • POSTCRANIAL adv. of or relating to the part of the body caudal to the head. |
PROSTACYCLINS | • prostacyclins n. Plural of prostacyclin. • PROSTACYCLIN n. a prostaglandin which dilates blood vessels and inhibits blood clotting. |
PROTEOGLYCANS | • proteoglycans n. Plural of proteoglycan. • PROTEOGLYCAN n. any of a class of glycoproteins of high molecular weight that are found esp. in the extracellular matrix of connective tissue. |
SYCOPHANTLIER | • SYCOPHANTLY adj. like a sycophant. |