EMBOURGEOISE | • embourgeoise v. (Transitive) To make bourgeois; to gentrify. • embourgeoisé adj. Made or become bourgeois. • EMBOURGEOISE v. to cause to become bourgeois or middle-class. |
ETONOGESTREL | • etonogestrel n. A steroidal progestin used in hormonal contraceptives. • ETONOGESTREL n. a molecule used in certain hormonal contraceptives. |
FOREGONENESS | • foregoneness n. The quality of being foregone. • FOREGONENESS n. the state of being foregone. |
GOOSEBERRIES | • gooseberries n. Plural of gooseberry. • GOOSEBERRY n. the small oval fruit (usually green) of the gooseberry-bush, a prickly shrub of the saxifrage family. |
HETEROGENOUS | • heterogenous adj. (Genetics) derived from a different individual or species. • heterogenous adj. Alternative spelling of heterogeneous. • HETEROGENOUS adj. originating outside the body. |
HETEROGONIES | • heterogonies n. Plural of heterogony. • HETEROGONY n. the condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils. |
HETEROLOGIES | • heterologies n. Plural of heterology. • HETEROLOGY n. the study of differences. |
HETEROZYGOTE | • heterozygote n. (Genetics) A diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci. • heterozygote n. (Biology) A bacteriophage that has two different copies of its genetic material and so produces two… • HETEROZYGOTE n. a heterozygous individual. |
ORTHOGENESES | • orthogeneses n. Plural of orthogenesis. • ORTHOGENESIS n. the belief that biological variation results in new species, always along the same path. |
OVERGENEROUS | • overgenerous adj. Generous to an excessive degree. • OVERGENEROUS adj. excessively generous. |
OVERGOVERNED | • overgoverned v. Simple past tense and past participle of overgovern. • OVERGOVERN v. to govern to excess. |
PREGNENOLONE | • pregnenolone n. (Biochemistry, steroids) A steroid prohormone involved in the steroidogenesis of progesterone, mineralocorticoids… • PREGNENOLONE n. a steroid ketone formed by the oxidation of steroids and yielding progesterone on dehydrogenation. |
PROGESTERONE | • progesterone n. (Biochemistry, steroids, uncountable) A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is… • progesterone n. (Biochemistry, steroids, countable) A synthetic version of the compound, used in contraceptive pills… • PROGESTERONE n. a female sex hormone that prepares the uterus for the fertilized ovum and maintains pregnancy. |
SPOROGENESES | • sporogeneses n. Plural of sporogenesis. • SPOROGENESIS n. reproduction by means of spores. |
STEREOGNOSES | • STEREOGNOSIS n. the ability to establish the weight and form of an object by touch alone. |
STEREOLOGIES | • STEREOLOGY n. the study of three-dimensional properties of objects usually observed two-dimensionally. |