CLEISTOGAMOUS | • cleistogamous adj. (Botany) Pertaining to cleistogamy. • CLEISTOGAMOUS adj. relating to cleistogamy, the production of small inconspicuous closed self-pollinating flowers additional to and often more fruitful than showier ones on the same plant, also CLEISTOGAMIC. |
COLOURCASTING | • colourcasting v. Present participle of colourcast. • COLOURCAST v. to broadcast (a television programme) in colour, also COLORCAST. |
COLOURWASHING | • COLOURWASH v. to paint with this. |
CORALLIGENOUS | • coralligenous adj. Producing coral. • CORALLIGENOUS adj. producing coral. |
GRAMINICOLOUS | • graminicolous adj. That lives on grass. • GRAMINICOLOUS adj. esp. of parasitic fungi, living on grass. |
GRANDILOQUOUS | • grandiloquous adj. Grandiloquent. • GRANDILOQUOUS adj. (archaic) grandiloquent, also GRANDILOQUENT. |
MAGNOLIACEOUS | • magnoliaceous adj. Of, or pertaining to, the Magnoliaceae family of plants, which includes the magnolia. • MAGNOLIACEOUS adj. belonging to the magnolia family. |
MUSICOLOGICAL | • musicological adj. Of or pertaining to musicology. • MUSICOLOGICAL adj. related to musicology. |
NUMISMATOLOGY | • numismatology n. Numismatics. • NUMISMATOLOGY n. the study or collection of coins and medals. |
ORNITHOGALUMS | • ORNITHOGALUM n. a plant of a large genus of herbs of the family Liliaceae. |
PLAGIOSTOMOUS | • plagiostomous adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Plagiostomi. • PLAGIOSTOMOUS adj. of or like a plagiostome, also PLAGIOSTOMATOUS. |
PLAGIOTROPOUS | • PLAGIOTROPOUS adj. showing plagiotropism, the tendency to grow at an oblique or horizontal angle. |
PROMULGATIONS | • promulgations n. Plural of promulgation. • PROMULGATION n. the act of promulgating. |
SPHAGNICOLOUS | • sphagnicolous adj. (Botany) Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum. • SPHAGNICOLOUS adj. living in peat moss. |
TAUTOLOGISING | • tautologising v. Present participle of tautologise. • TAUTOLOGISE v. to use tautology, also TAUTOLOGIZE. |
UNAPOLOGISING | • UNAPOLOGISING adj. not apologising, also UNAPOLOGIZING. |
URBANOLOGISTS | • urbanologists n. Plural of urbanologist. • URBANOLOGIST n. one who studies towns. |
VULCANOLOGIES | • vulcanologies n. Plural of vulcanology. • VULCANOLOGY n. the study of volcanoes, also VOLCANOLOGY. |
VULCANOLOGIST | • vulcanologist n. A person who studies volcanos. • VULCANOLOGIST n. one who studies vulcanology, also VOLCANOLOGIST. |