CONGLOMERATOR | • conglomerator n. A person who founds or builds a conglomerate (business). • CONGLOMERATOR n. one who conglomerates. |
GERONTOLOGIES | • gerontologies n. Plural of gerontology. • GERONTOLOGY n. the scientific study of aging, also GERATOLOGY. |
GERONTOLOGIST | • gerontologist n. A physician who specializes in gerontology. • GERONTOLOGIST n. one who studies gerontology. |
GERONTOPHOBES | • gerontophobes n. Plural of gerontophobe. • GERONTOPHOBE n. one with a morbid fear of old age. |
GERONTOPHOBIA | • gerontophobia n. An abnormal and persistent fear of aging or growing old. • gerontophobia n. An abnormal and persistent fear of elderly individuals or people. • gerontophobia n. An aversion or hatred towards elderly people. |
NEUROETHOLOGY | • neuroethology n. The study of animal behavior and its underlying control by the nervous system. • NEUROETHOLOGY n. the description of features of animal behaviour in terms of the mechanisms of the nervous system. |
ORNITHOLOGIES | • ornithologies n. Plural of ornithology. • ORNITHOLOGY n. the study of birds. |
ORTHOGONALISE | • orthogonalise v. Alternative form of orthogonalize. • ORTHOGONALISE v. to make orthogonal, also ORTHOGONALIZE. |
ORTHOGONALIZE | • orthogonalize v. (Transitive) To make orthogonal. • ORTHOGONALIZE v. to make orthogonal, also ORTHOGONALISE. |
ORTHOHYDROGEN | • orthohydrogen n. (Physics) form of the hydrogen molecule (H2) in which the two nuclei have parallel spin; about 75% of… • ORTHOHYDROGEN n. the form of molecular hydrogen, constituting about 75 per cent of the total at normal temperatures, in which the nuclei of the atoms spin in the same direction. |
OVERPROMOTING | • overpromoting v. Present participle of overpromote. • OVERPROMOTE v. to promote excessively. |
PROTEROGYNOUS | • proterogynous adj. (Botany) Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous. • PROTEROGYNOUS adj. exhibiting proterogyny. |
ROENTGENOLOGY | • roentgenology n. (Medicine, archaic) Radiography. • ROENTGENOLOGY n. radiology, also RONTGENOLOGY. |
RONTGENOSCOPE | • RONTGENOSCOPE n. an apparatus for examining patients by use of X-rays, also ROENTGENOSCOPE. |
RONTGENOSCOPY | • RONTGENOSCOPY n. observation by means of X-rays. |
TROPOCOLLAGEN | • tropocollagen n. (Biochemistry) A component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other. • TROPOCOLLAGEN n. a subunit of collagen fibrils consisting of three polypeptide strands arranged in a helix. |