CARPOGONIUM | • carpogonium n. (Biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive… • CARPOGONIUM n. an egg-bearing vessel in red algae. |
COPRODUCING | • coproducing v. Present participle of coproduce. • co-producing v. Present participle of co-produce. • COPRODUCE v. to produce in consort with. |
GONOPHOROUS | • GONOPHOROUS adj. relating to a gonophore, in certain flowers, an elongate structure bearing the stamens and pistil, also GONOPHORIC. |
GROUNDPLOTS | • GROUNDPLOT n. the plot of ground on which a building stands. |
OUTCROPPING | • outcropping n. An outcrop. • OUTCROPPING n. an outcrop. |
OUTDROPPING | • OUTDROP v. to surpass in dropping. |
OUTPOURINGS | • outpourings n. Plural of outpouring. • OUTPOURING n. the act of outpouring. |
OUTPOWERING | • outpowering v. Present participle of outpower. • OUTPOWER v. to surpass in power. |
OUTSPORTING | • outsporting v. Present participle of outsport. • OUTSPORT v. (Shakespeare) to sport beyond the limits of. |
OWERLOUPING | • OWERLOUP v. (Scots) to leap over, also OVERLEAP. |
PORRIGINOUS | • porriginous adj. Having or relating to the disease porrigo. • PORRIGINOUS adj. suffering from porrigo, a scalp disease that causes baldness. |
PROGNATHOUS | • prognathous adj. Having jaws that project forward more than is usual. • PROGNATHOUS adj. having a jaw that projects forward, also PROGNATHIC. |
PRONOUNCING | • pronouncing v. Present participle of pronounce. • pronouncing n. An utterance; a pronouncement. • PRONOUNCING n. the act of pronunciation. |
PROPOUNDING | • propounding v. Present participle of propound. • PROPOUND v. to propose. |
PROTOGYNOUS | • protogynous adj. (Biology) Exhibiting protogyny. • protogynous adj. (Botany) Whose female parts (stigma) becomes mature before the male ones (anthers). • protogynous adj. (Botany) Whose female parts (archegonia) mature before the male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids. |
SAPROGENOUS | • saprogenous adj. Saprogenic. • SAPROGENOUS adj. growing on decaying material; causing putrefaction. |
SPOROGENOUS | • sporogenous adj. Relating to sporogenesis. • SPOROGENOUS adj. of tissue or cells in which the spores are formed. |
SPOROGONIUM | • sporogonium n. The sporophyte of a bryophyte (moss, liverwort or hornwort), generally consisting of a foot, seta and capsule. • SPOROGONIUM n. an organ that produces asexual spores in mosses. |
THOROUGHPIN | • thoroughpin n. An abnormal swelling (tenosynovitis) on the sides of the hock joint of horses. • THOROUGHPIN n. a swelling of horses' hocks. |
UNPROVOKING | • unprovoking adj. Not provoking. • unprovoking v. Present participle of unprovoke. • UNPROVOKE v. (Shakespeare) to counteract the provocation of. |