APOLOGETIC | • apologetic adj. Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing. • apologetic adj. (Dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense. • APOLOGETIC adj. expressing apology. |
GEOTROPISM | • geotropism n. (Biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards). • GEOTROPISM n. a disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of an organ. |
LOGOTYPIES | • LOGOTYPY n. the use of logotypes. |
OPTOLOGIES | • OPTOLOGY n. the study of sight. |
PEDOLOGIST | • pedologist n. A scientist who studies origins, composition and distribution of soils and the materials from which soils are formed. • pedologist n. A scientist who specializes in pedology. • pedologist n. A scientist who studies soil as a component of natural systems. |
PENOLOGIST | • penologist n. A student of, or expert in, penology. • PENOLOGIST n. one versed in, or a student of, penology. |
PETROLOGIC | • petrologic adj. Of or pertaining to petrology. • PETROLOGIC adj. relating to petrology, also PETROLOGICAL. |
PHLOGOPITE | • phlogopite n. (Mineralogy) A mica mineral with the chemical formula KMg3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2, a basic potassium magnesium… • PHLOGOPITE n. a brown mica containing magnesium, a constituent of limestones and dolomites. |
PHOTOGENIC | • photogenic adj. Generated or caused by light. • photogenic adj. Producing or emitting light, luminescent. • photogenic adj. Looking good when photographed. |
PROGENITOR | • progenitor n. A forefather, any of a person’s direct ancestors. • progenitor n. An individual from whom one or more people (Dynasty, tribe, nation...) are descended. • progenitor n. (Biology) An ancestral form of a species. |
PROTOGENIC | • protogenic adj. Of or pertaining to an early or original race or lineage; primitive. • protogenic adj. (Geology) Relating to crystalline or fire-formed rocks. • protogenic adj. (Botany) Relating to intercellular spaces formed within undifferentiated plant tissues. |
PROTOGINES | • protogines n. Plural of protogine. • PROTOGINE n. a kind of granite or gneiss containing a silvery talcose mineral. |
TOPOLOGIES | • topologies n. Plural of topology. • TOPOLOGY n. the branch of mathematics that deals with those properties of figures and surfaces which are independent of size and shape. |
TORPEDOING | • torpedoing v. Present participle of torpedo. • torpedoing n. The act of firing a torpedo. • TORPEDO v. to attack with a torpedo. |
TYPOLOGIES | • typologies n. Plural of typology. • TYPOLOGY n. the study of classification according to type. |