ACTINOMORPHY | • actinomorphy n. The condition of being actinomorphic. • ACTINOMORPHY n. the quality of being actinomorphic. |
COMPENSATORY | • compensatory adj. (Of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury. • compensatory adj. Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something. • compensatory adj. (Genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation. |
CONTEMPORARY | • contemporary adj. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous. • contemporary adj. Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). • contemporary n. Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another. |
CRYPTOGAMIAN | • cryptogamian adj. Of or relating to the cryptogams. • CRYPTOGAMIAN adj. of or like a cryptogam, also CRYPTOGAMIC. |
CRYPTOMNESIA | • cryptomnesia n. (Psychology) The phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience. • CRYPTOMNESIA n. latent or subconscious memory. |
EMANCIPATORY | • emancipatory adj. Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator. • EMANCIPATORY adj. serving to emancipate. |
HYPONATREMIC | • hyponatremic adj. (Biology, medicine) Exhibiting or relating to hyponatremia. |
IMPERMANENCY | • impermanency n. Alternative form of impermanence. • IMPERMANENCY n. the state of being impermanent, also IMPERMANENCE. |
INCOMPARABLY | • incomparably adv. In an incomparable manner. • INCOMPARABLE adv. eminent beyond comparison. |
INTERCOMPANY | • intercompany adj. Between, or involving, different companies. • INTERCOMPANY adj. between companies. |
INTRACOMPANY | • intracompany adj. Occurring within or between the branches of a company. • INTRACOMPANY adj. occurring within or taking place between branches or employees of a company. |
MICROPAYMENT | • micropayment n. (Economics) A financial transaction for a very small amount of money. • MICROPAYMENT n. payment of a small or prorated sum for each access to a service, esp. on the Internet (as opposed to payment by subscription, etc.). |
PANCREOZYMIN | • pancreozymin n. (Dated) cholecystokinin. • PANCREOZYMIN n. a hormone that stimulates enzyme production by the pancreas. |
PARENCHYMATA | • parenchymata n. Plural of parenchyma. • PARENCHYMA n. the ordinary soft thin-walled tissue of plants, not differentiated into conducting or mechanical tissue. |
PREDOMINANCY | • predominancy n. Predominance. • PREDOMINANCY n. the state of being predominant, also PREDOMINANCE. |
PROSENCHYMAS | • PROSENCHYMA n. supporting plant tissue containing little protoplasm. |
PYROMAGNETIC | • pyromagnetic adj. (Obsolete) that functions as a result of heat and magnetism. • PYROMAGNETIC adj. of or concerned with the relationship between heat and magnetism. |
PYROMANIACAL | • pyromaniacal adj. Of or relating to pyromania. • PYROMANIACAL adj. relating to pyromania. |
TRYPANOSOMIC | • trypanosomic adj. Of or pertaining to a trypanosome. • TRYPANOSOMIC adj. of or like a trypanosome, also TRYPANOSOMAL. |