COMPOTATORY | • compotatory adj. Relating to compotation; drinking together. • COMPOTATORY adj. sharing in a compotation, carousing in company. |
HOMEOMORPHY | • homeomorphy n. (Biology) The evolution of similar external forms from very distant ancestors. • homeomorphy n. (Mathematics) The formation of a new graph by inserting new nodes along existing edges. • HOMEOMORPHY n. the state of being homeomorphic, also HOMOMORPHY. |
HOMOEOPATHY | • homoeopathy n. Alternative spelling of homeopathy. • homœopathy n. Alternative spelling of homeopathy. • HOMOEOPATHY n. the use of minute quantities of medications that in large amounts, produce symptoms like those of the disease being treated, also HOMEOPATHY. |
HOMOEOTYPIC | • HOMOEOTYPIC adj. denoting or relating to the second nuclear division of meiosis, which resembles mitosis, also HOMEOTYPIC. |
HOMOPOLYMER | • homopolymer n. (Chemistry) a polymer formed from a single type of monomer. • HOMOPOLYMER n. a DNA or RNA strand whose nucleotides are all of the same kind. |
METOPOSCOPY | • metoposcopy n. The practice of judging someone’s character, or telling their fortune, from studying their face or forehead. • METOPOSCOPY n. the art of judging a person's character and fortune from his face, principally his forehead. |
MORPHOTROPY | • MORPHOTROPY n. the effect on crystalline form of the addition or substitution of an element or radical. |
PHOTOCHROMY | • photochromy n. The art or process of reproducing colours by photography. • PHOTOCHROMY n. a former process of colour photography. |
POLYAMOROUS | • polyamorous adj. Having relationships with multiple partners, with the knowledge and consent of all involved; engaging in polyamory. • polyamorous adj. Open to having such relationships, regardless of one’s experience or current practices. • POLYAMOROUS adj. related to polyamory, the state or practice of having more than one open romantic relationship at a time. |
POLYCHOTOMY | • polychotomy n. Polytomy. • polychotomy n. A division or separation into more than two groups or pieces; a distinction that results in such division. • POLYCHOTOMY n. division into many parts, e.g. on a cladogram. |
POLYOMINOES | • polyominoes n. Plural of polyomino. • POLYOMINO n. a flat, many-sided shape made of up of identical squares placed side by side. |
POLYONYMOUS | • polyonymous adj. Having many names or titles. • POLYONYMOUS adj. (Greek) of e.g. gods, having or known by various names. |
PSYCHOMOTOR | • psychomotor adj. Of or pertaining to the function of muscles under the control of the mind. • PSYCHOMOTOR adj. pertaining to physical action as immediate result of mental act. |
PULMONOLOGY | • pulmonology n. The branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract. • PULMONOLOGY n. the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the lungs. |
TROPOMYOSIN | • tropomyosin n. (Biochemistry) A protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together… • TROPOMYOSIN n. a filamentous protein which controls the interaction of actin and myosin in muscle fibres. |