ANTISYZYGY | • antisyzygy n. The presence of dueling polarities within one entity, thought of as typical for the Scottish psyche and literature. • ANTISYZYGY n. a union of opposites. |
DYSSYNERGY | • DYSSYNERGY n. muscular incoordination caused by a brain disorder, also DYSSYNERGIA. |
HYPERNYMY | • hypernymy n. (Semantics) The semantic relation between hypernyms; the quality of being hypernymous. • HYPERNYMY n. the state of being a hypernym, a word representing a class of words or things. |
HYPOGYNY | • HYPOGYNY n. the condition of having flowers with organs below the ovary. |
HYPONYMY | • hyponymy n. (Semantics) The semantic relation between hyponyms; the quality of being hyponymous. • HYPONYMY n. the formation of hyponyms. |
MYSTIFYINGLY | • mystifyingly adv. In a way that mystifies. • MYSTIFYING adv. MYSTIFY, to perplex. |
POLYEMBRYONY | • polyembryony n. (Botany) The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization… • polyembryony n. (Biology) The production of two or more embryos from a single fertilized egg. • POLYEMBRYONY n. the condition of having several embryos. |
POLYGYNY | • polygyny n. The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives. • polygyny n. The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens. • POLYGYNY n. the condition of having more than one wife at the same time. |
POLYONYMY | • polyonymy n. The use of many names for the same thing or person. • POLYONYMY n. a multiplicity of names for the same thing. |
SYNDACTYLY | • syndactyly n. (Biology) The normal condition, in some animals and birds, of having fused digits. • syndactyly n. (Teratology) The anomalous condition, in humans, of having some fingers or toes fused with a web. • SYNDACTYLY n. the state of being syndactyl, with digits joined together. |
SYNONYMITY | • synonymity n. The state of being a synonym. • SYNONYMITY n. the state of being synonymous. |
SYNONYMOUSLY | • synonymously adv. In a synonymous way. • SYNONYMOUS adv. having the character of a synonym. |
SYNONYMY | • synonymy n. (Semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning. • synonymy n. A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted. • synonymy n. The study of synonyms. |