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. |
COUNTERPLOYS | • counterploys n. Plural of counterploy. • COUNTERPLOY n. a ploy in return. |
CYCLOPROPANE | • cyclopropane n. (Organic chemistry, pharmacology) The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6, an inflammable gas, sometimes… • CYCLOPROPANE n. a flammable gaseous saturated cyclic hydrocarbon sometimes used as a general anesthetic. |
CYCLOSPORINE | • cyclosporine n. (Pharmacology) Alternative form of ciclosporin. • CYCLOSPORINE n. an immunosuppressive drug used in organ transplants, also CYCLOSPORIN. |
CYPROTERONES | • cyproterones n. Plural of cyproterone. • CYPROTERONE n. a synthetic steroid that inhibits androgenic secretions, as of testosterone. |
GLYCOPROTEIN | • glycoprotein n. (Biochemistry) A protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates. • GLYCOPROTEIN n. any of the compounds formed by the conjugation of a protein with a substance containing a carbohydrate group other than a nucleic acid, also GLUCOPROTEIN. |
INCORPOREITY | • incorporeity n. The state or characteristic of being incorporeal. • INCORPOREITY n. the state of being incorporeal. |
LARYNGOSCOPE | • laryngoscope n. An endoscope used for viewing the interior of the larynx. • LARYNGOSCOPE n. an instrument for examining the interior of the larynx. |
MYRINGOSCOPE | • myringoscope n. A device for examining the eardrum. • MYRINGOSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the eardrum. |
OCEANOGRAPHY | • oceanography n. The exploration and scientific study of the oceans and ocean floor. • OCEANOGRAPHY n. the study of the oceans. |
PRONOUNCEDLY | • pronouncedly adv. In a pronounced manner; markedly, distinctively. • PRONOUNCED adv. strongly marked; unequivocal. |
PROTEOGLYCAN | • proteoglycan n. (Biochemistry) Any of many glycoproteins that have heteropolysaccharide side chains. • PROTEOGLYCAN n. any of a class of glycoproteins of high molecular weight that are found esp. in the extracellular matrix of connective tissue. |
RHYNCHOPHORE | • RHYNCHOPHORE n. a member of the Rhyncophora, weevils. |
SYNCHROSCOPE | • synchroscope n. An instrument that indicates the degree to which two alternating current systems are synchronised with… • synchroscope n. An instrument used to synchronise the propellers of a twin-engine aircraft. • SYNCHROSCOPE n. an instrument for detecting whether two moving parts are synchronized. |