ANTHROPOPHYTE | • anthropophyte n. (Ecology) A plant introduced into a new habitat by humans. • ANTHROPOPHYTE n. a plant introduced incidentally in the course of cultivation. |
CEPHALOSPORIN | • cephalosporin n. Any of a class of natural and synthetic antibiotics developed from Acremonium fungi, having a cepham structure. • CEPHALOSPORIN n. any of a group of wide-spectrum antibiotics derived from the fungus Cephalosporin. |
MORPHOPHONEME | • morphophoneme n. (Linguistics) One of the units of which the underlying representations of morphemes are composed. • MORPHOPHONEME n. either or any of two or more phonemes which form variant morphs representing one morpheme (as in wife, wives). |
NEPHROSCOPIES | • nephroscopies n. Plural of nephroscopy. • NEPHROSCOPY n. use of the nephroscope. |
PARTHENOSPORE | • PARTHENOSPORE n. a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi. |
PHARYNGOSCOPE | • pharyngoscope n. An instrument used to examine the pharynx. • PHARYNGOSCOPE n. an instrument for inspecting the pharynx. |
PHONOGRAPHERS | • phonographers n. Plural of phonographer. • PHONOGRAPHER n. a specialist in phonography. |
PHONOGRAPHIES | • phonographies n. Plural of phonography. • PHONOGRAPHY n. a system of spelling or shorthand based on speech sounds. |
PNEUMATOPHORE | • pneumatophore n. (Zoology) A gas-filled sac or float of some colonial marine coelenterates, such as the Portuguese man-of-war. • pneumatophore n. (Botany) An aerial root, in mangroves etc., specialized for gaseous exchange. • pneumatophore n. An apparatus consisting of a bag with a tube and mouthpiece, which may be attached to the body. The… |
PORNOGRAPHERS | • pornographers n. Plural of pornographer. • PORNOGRAPHER n. one who produces pornography. |
PORNOGRAPHIES | • pornographies n. Plural of pornography. • PORNOGRAPHY n. the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement. |
PROPOXYPHENES | • propoxyphenes n. Plural of propoxyphene. • PROPOXYPHENE n. a narcotic analgesic structurally related to methadone but less addicting. |
SIPHONOPHORES | • siphonophores n. Plural of siphonophore. • SIPHONOPHORE n. a marine creature, colonial in habit. |