DOOHICKIES | • doohickies n. Plural of doohicky (alternative form of doohickeys). • DOOHICKEY n. a doodad, a thingy. |
LIKELIHOOD | • likelihood n. The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or… • likelihood n. (Statistics, probability theory) The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution… • likelihood n. Likeness, resemblance. |
LIKELIHOODS | • likelihoods n. Plural of likelihood. • LIKELIHOOD n. probability. |
PHOTOKINESIS | • photokinesis n. Any movement that is in response to light. • photokinesis n. (Parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate light. • PHOTOKINESIS n. motion or activity induced by light. |
PHOTOKINETIC | • photokinetic adj. Of or pertaining to photokinesis. • PHOTOKINETIC adj. relating to photokinesis. |
POIKILOTHERM | • poikilotherm adj. Cold-blooded. • poikilotherm n. A cold-blooded animal. • POIKILOTHERM n. an organism that takes on the temperature of its surroundings. |
UNLIKELIHOOD | • unlikelihood n. Absence of likelihood; the state of being unlikely or improbable; improbability. • UNLIKELIHOOD n. the state of being unlikely. |
POIKILOTHERMS | • poikilotherms n. Plural of poikilotherm. • POIKILOTHERM n. an organism that takes on the temperature of its surroundings. |
POIKILOTHERMY | • poikilothermy n. (Biology) The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature… • POIKILOTHERMY n. the state of being cold-blooded, also POIKILOTHERMISM. |
UNLIKELIHOODS | • unlikelihoods n. Plural of unlikelihood. • UNLIKELIHOOD n. the state of being unlikely. |
KINETHEODOLITE | • kinetheodolite n. A form of theodolite used to track the movement of an aircraft or missile. • KINETHEODOLITE n. a theodolite used in tracking missiles and satellites. |
POIKILOTHERMAL | • poikilothermal adj. Poikilothermic. • POIKILOTHERMAL adj. having a variable blood temperature, cold blooded, also POIKILOTHERMIC. |
POIKILOTHERMIC | • poikilothermic adj. (Of an animal) Having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature. • POIKILOTHERMIC adj. having a variable blood temperature, cold blooded, also POIKILOTHERMAL. |
CHOLECYSTOKININ | • cholecystokinin n. (Biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK. • CHOLECYSTOKININ n. a hormone secreted esp. by the duodenal mucosa that regulates the emptying of the gallbladder and secretion of enzymes by the pancreas and that has been found in the brain. |
KINETHEODOLITES | • KINETHEODOLITE n. a theodolite used in tracking missiles and satellites. |
POIKILOTHERMIES | • POIKILOTHERMY n. the state of being cold-blooded, also POIKILOTHERMISM. |
POIKILOTHERMISM | • poikilothermism n. Poikilothermy. • POIKILOTHERMISM n. the state of being cold-blooded, also POIKILOTHERMY. |