ANTIPORNOGRAPHY | • antipornography adj. Opposed to the distribution and consumption of pornography. • ANTIPORNOGRAPHY adj. opposed to pornography. |
ENCEPHALOGRAPHY | • encephalography n. (Medicine) An X-ray examination of the brain in which air replaces some of the cerebrospinal fluid to… • ENCEPHALOGRAPHY n. radiography of the brain after the cerebrospinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (as air). |
HYPERPOLARISING | • hyperpolarising v. Present participle of hyperpolarise. • HYPERPOLARISE v. to increase the difference in electric potential across a cell membrane, also HYPERPOLARIZE. |
HYPERPOLARIZING | • hyperpolarizing v. Present participle of hyperpolarize. • HYPERPOLARIZE v. to produce an increase in potential difference across a biological membrane, also HYPERPOLARISE. |
MORPHOPHONOLOGY | • morphophonology n. A branch of linguistics concerned with phonemes, and the phonological representation of morphemes. • MORPHOPHONOLOGY n. the study of the phonemic shape and the phonological representation of a language's morphemes. |
PALAEONTOGRAPHY | • palaeontography n. The description of fossil remains in scientific literature. • palaeontography n. The representation of forms of life represented by fossil remains. • PALAEONTOGRAPHY n. descriptive palaeontology, the description of fossil remains. |
PHARYNGOSCOPIES | • pharyngoscopies n. Plural of pharyngoscopy. • PHARYNGOSCOPY n. examination of the pharynx. |
PHOSPHORYLATING | • phosphorylating v. Present participle of phosphorylate. • phosphorylating adj. That phosphorylates. • PHOSPHORYLATE v. to cause (an organic compound) to take up or combine with phosphoric acid or a phosphorus-containing group. |
PORPHYROGENITES | • porphyrogenites n. Plural of porphyrogenite. • PORPHYROGENITE n. a Byzantine emperor's son, born in the purple. |
PREPOSSESSINGLY | • prepossessingly adv. In a prepossessing manner. • PREPOSSESSING adv. creating a favorable impression; attractive. |
PSEUDOPREGNANCY | • pseudopregnancy n. Pseudocyesis or false pregnancy. • pseudopregnancy n. The persistence of the corpus luteum following infertile copulation in some mammals. • PSEUDOPREGNANCY n. false pregnancy. |
SEMIPORNOGRAPHY | • semipornography n. Material that is partly or somewhat pornographic. • SEMIPORNOGRAPHY n. material approaching the pornographic. |