CANOEWOODS | • CANOEWOOD n. another name for the tulip tree. |
CHIONODOXA | • chionodoxa n. (Botany) Any plant of the former genus Chionodoxa. • Chionodoxa prop.n. (Archaic) A former genus, now the series Scilla ser. Chionodoxa. • CHIONODOXA n. a liliaceous plant, glory-of-the-snow. |
COLOCATION | • colocation n. Alternative spelling of collocation. • colocation n. Alternative spelling of co-location. • co-location n. An instance of co-locating. |
COLORATION | • coloration n. The act or art of coloring. • coloration n. The quality of being colored. • coloration n. (Music) A notational device for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black… |
CONVOCATOR | • CONVOCATOR n. one who holds a convocation. |
COOPTATION | • cooptation n. A co-opting: a commandeering, appropriation, or taking over. • cooptation n. A co-opting: an absorption or assimilation. • coöptation n. Alternative form of cooptation. |
CORONATION | • coronation n. The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty… • coronation n. (Figuratively) A success in the face of little or no opposition. • Coronation prop.n. A town in Alberta, Canada. |
COROTATION | • corotation n. Rotation in conjunction with another body. • COROTATION n. the act of rotating in conjunction with another body. |
COSMOGONAL | • cosmogonal adj. (Archaic) Of or pertaining to cosmogony. • COSMOGONAL adj. relating to cosmogony, also COSMOGONIC, COSMOGONICAL. |
DEACONHOOD | • deaconhood n. The state or office of being a deacon; deaconship. • DEACONHOOD n. the office of deacon. |
GEOCORONAE | • GEOCORONA n. an outer layer of the earth's atmosphere. |
GEOCORONAS | • geocoronas n. Plural of geocorona. • GEOCORONA n. an outer layer of the earth's atmosphere. |
GONOCOCCAL | • gonococcal adj. (Medicine) Of, or pertaining to, gonococcus. • GONOCOCCAL adj. relating to gonococci. |
MONOATOMIC | • monoatomic adj. Alternative form of monatomic. • MONOATOMIC adj. of a molecule, consisting of one atom only, also MONATOMIC. |
MONOCLONAL | • monoclonal adj. (Biochemistry) genetically engineered from a single clone; used especially of a protein or antibody. • monoclonal n. (Immunochemistry) something produced from a single clone, especially a monoclonal antibody. • MONOCLONAL adj. derived from a single cell clone that can reproduce itself in vast quantities. |
NONTOBACCO | • nontobacco adj. Not tobacco; unrelated to tobacco. • NONTOBACCO adj. denoting a product not containing tobacco. |
NOSOCOMIAL | • nosocomial adj. (Medicine, chiefly of infections or their causal agents) Arising from hospital treatment or environment. • nosocomial adj. (Uncommon) Of, relating to, or happening in a hospital. • NOSOCOMIAL adj. of or relating to a hospital, e.g. a nosocomial infection is one picked up in hospital. |
OCEANOLOGY | • oceanology n. Oceanography. • OCEANOLOGY n. the science of the oceans. |
OCTOPODANS | • OCTOPODAN n. an octopus or other eight-armed creature, also OCTOPOD. |