ENGYSCOPES | • engyscopes n. Plural of engyscope. • ENGYSCOPE n. (obsolete) a kind of reflecting microscope. |
GYMNOSPERM | • gymnosperm n. (Botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary. • GYMNOSPERM n. a plant with the ovules borne naked or unprotected, the conifers or cone-bearing plants and their allies. |
GYNOPHOBES | • gynophobes n. Plural of gynophobe. • GYNOPHOBE n. a person who hates or fears women. |
GYNOPHORES | • gynophores n. Plural of gynophore. • GYNOPHORE n. the pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. |
GYROPLANES | • gyroplanes n. Plural of gyroplane. • GYROPLANE n. an airplane balanced and supported by the aerodynamic forces acting on rapidly rotating horizontal or slightly inclined airfoils, also GYROCOPTER. |
HYPOGENOUS | • hypogenous adj. (Botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface. • HYPOGENOUS adj. produced or growing on the undersurface, esp. (of fern spores) growing on the undersurface of the leaves. |
HYPOGYNIES | • HYPOGYNY n. the condition of having flowers with organs below the ovary. |
PERIGYNOUS | • perigynous adj. (Botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the… • perigynous adj. (Botany) Having a hypanthium. • PERIGYNOUS adj. of a flower, having the perianth and stamens inserted on a flat or cup-shaped structure which arises below, and is not fused to, the ovary. |
POLYGENIES | • polygenies n. Plural of polygeny. • POLYGENY n. generation from multiple origins. |
POLYGENISM | • polygenism n. (Ethnology) The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair. • POLYGENISM n. the doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair. |
POLYGENIST | • polygenist n. One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair. • POLYGENIST n. one who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair. |
POLYGENOUS | • polygenous adj. Consisting of, or containing, many kinds or genres. • polygenous adj. Of or pertaining to polygenesis. • POLYGENOUS adj. of multiple origin or composition. |
POLYGONIES | • polygonies n. Plural of polygony. • POLYGONY n. (Spenser) the plant bistort. |
POLYGYNIES | • polygynies n. Plural of polygyny. • POLYGYNY n. the condition of having more than one wife at the same time. |
PYOGENESES | • PYOGENESIS n. the formation of pus. |
PYOGENESIS | • pyogenesis n. (Medicine) formation of pus. • PYOGENESIS n. the formation of pus. |
PYROGENOUS | • pyrogenous adj. (Pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenic. • pyrogenous adj. (Pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenetic. • PYROGENOUS adj. produced by, or producing, heat or fever, also PYROGENETIC, PYROGENIC. |
SEROTYPING | • serotyping v. Present participle of serotype. • serotyping n. Classification according to serotype. • SEROTYPING n. assignation to a particular serotype. |
SYPHONAGES | • SYPHONAGE n. the action of a syphon, also SIPHONAGE. |
ZYGOSPHENE | • zygosphene n. (Anatomy) A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and… • ZYGOSPHENE n. a median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa, called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in front. |