| abiogenesis | The supposed production of certain living organisms directly from inanimate matter, rather… | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| abiogenist | A person who supports the hypothesis of abiogenesis (spontaneous generation). Cf. abiogenesis n. 1. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| ablastemic | Not associated with the tissues involved in germination. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| abumbral | In jellyfish and other medusae: of or relating to the aboral or outer surface of the… | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| acarophilous | That lives in or is adapted for a symbiotic relationship with mites; spec. (of a… | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| acetenyl | = ethynyl n. Freq. attrib. Originally as a formative element in the names of compounds, as acetenylbenzene. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| actinophonic | Relating to sound produced by the action of sunlight. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| activin | A gonadal glycoprotein which acts to stimulate the synthesis and secretion… | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| acyanogenic | Designating plants that do not produce cyanide. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| addressin | Any of a class of proteins that are expressed on the surfaces of cells and are specific… | 1988 | Go To Quotation |
| adenylyl | = adenyl n. | 1953 | Go To Quotation |
| adsorbability | The degree to which a substance or molecule is adsorbable. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| adsorbing | Of a material or surface: that adsorbs molecules of a gas, liquid, or solute. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| advective | Resulting from or involving advection. | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| Aegyptopithecus | An extinct ape-like primate, Aegyptopithecus zeuxis (now often placed in… | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| aeronomic | Of or relating to aeronomy. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| aeronomy | The branch of science that deals with the physics and chemistry of the (upper) atmosphere… | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| Afropithecus | A large extinct ape, Afropithecus turkanensis, known from mid Miocene fossil remains… | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| agboin | = dahoma n. | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| alloalbumin | Any of the genetically determined variant forms of albumin found in human serum. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| allochthon | An allochthonous rock or mineral formation; esp. a part of a faulted formation that… | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| allogeneic | Derived from a genetically dissimilar individual of the same species; occurring between two such individuals. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| allograft | A transplant (of tissue or an organ) between genetically dissimilar individuals of… | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| ammeter | An instrument for estimating the force of electric currents. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| anaseismic | (See quot.) | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| androstenedione | An androgenic steroid, C 19 H 26 O 2, from which testosterone and certain oestrogens are derived in humans. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| anemometric | Of or pertaining to anemometry. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| anglo-helvetium | A proposed name for: the element astatine. Cf. alabamine n. | 1942 | Go To Quotation |
| Ångström (unit) | A hundred-millionth of a centimetre (10 −8 cm.), used in measuring the wavelengths… | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| anthracic | Of or pertaining to the disease ‘anthrax’. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| anthropophagist | A habitual cannibal. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| anticyclonically | After the manner of an anticyclone. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| antlerless | Without antlers. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| apertometer | An appliance attached to a microscope for determining the angular aperture of object-glasses. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| aphototropic | Bending or turning away from the light (cf. apheliotropic adj.). | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| apogeotropically | In a direction away from the ground. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| apterygial | Destitute of fins, finless. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| Ardipithecus | Either of two extinct hominids of the genus Ardipithecus, known from late Miocene… | 1995 | Go To Quotation |
| arginase | An enzyme capable of hydrolysing arginine into ornithine and urea. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| arithmological | Pertaining to the scientific treatment of numbers. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| artinite | A magnesium-containing mineral associated with ultrabasic rocks such as serpentine… | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| ascorbic | vitamin C, the anti-scorbutic vitamin. | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| aseismic | Resistant to the destructive effects of earthquakes. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| asteroseismology | The study of the interior of stars by the observation and analysis of oscillations at their surface. Cf. helioseismology n. | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| astrophysics | With sing. concord. The branch of astronomy that deals with the physical properties… | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| augmentor | Physiol. Applied to a nerve or nerve cell by the stimulation of which the cardiac contractions are increased. Also attrib. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| auroric | = auroral adj. 3. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| Australopithecus | Any of several extinct bipedal hominids of the genus Australopithecus, known from… | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| autocollimation | The procedure of passing a beam of light though a converging lens on to a plane… | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| aviculturist | One who practises aviculture; a bird-fancier. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| bacteriocin | Any usu. proteinaceous antibiotic produced by bacteria of one strain and active against those of another strain. | 1954 | Go To Quotation |
| bacteriostasis | Inhibition of the growth of bacteria without destroying them. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| basylous | Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a basyl. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| beknotted | Tied into or covered with knots. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| bilayer | A layer or film two molecules thick; esp. one composed of lipids or phospholipids, as in cell membranes. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| biocatalysis | Originally: catalysis occurring naturally in a biological system. In later use: the… | 1929 | Go To Quotation |
| biogenesis | The origination of living organisms from other living organisms, rather than from… | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| biogenist | A person who supports a biogenetic theory of the origin of living forms. Opposed to abiogenist n. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| biogeology | The branch of science concerned with the interaction between living organisms and rock and other geological material. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| biostratigraphy | A branch of stratigraphy that uses the presence of fossils in the dating and ordering… | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| Boskop | In attrib. use with man, race, etc.: of or belonging to the early type of man indicated… | 1915 | Go To Quotation |
| calanoid | (Designating) a copepod of the order or suborder Calanoida… | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| calyptrogen | The outer zone or layer of the meristem or primary tissue of the youngest part of plants. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| carferal | (See quots.). | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| catadromous | Bot. (See quot. 1881.) | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| cebocephalic | Monkey-headed. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| chalcolithic | Of or pertaining to a period of culture characterized by the concurrent use of stone and bronze implements. (Cf. eneolithic adj.) | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| chemisorb | trans. To adsorb (a molecule, substance, etc.) by chemisorption. Also intr.: to undergo chemisorption. Cf. physisorb v. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| chromatroposcope | (See quot. 1881.) | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| chromiferous | Yielding chromium. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| citrate | trans. To treat with a citrate, esp. with sodium citrate. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| citrin | A water-soluble flavonoid found in citrus fruits, formerly considered to be a source of vitamin P. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| cline | A graded series of characters or differences in form within a species or other group… | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| conario- | Combining form of conarium n., conarial adj., as in conario-hypoˈphysial canal… | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| condensational | Of or belonging to condensation. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| conductometry | The study or science of the measurement of conductivity; the process of such measurement. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| conidiogenous | Promoting conidiogenesis; (of fungal cells) producing conidia. | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| contactiveness | Capacity of being in contact. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| corolliferous | Bearing a corolla; corollate. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| coronavirus | Any member of the genus Coronavirus of enveloped, single-stranded RNA viruses which… | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| corticoid | Any of the steroids isolated from the adrenal cortex. Also attrib. | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| corticosterone | A steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 4, produced by the adrenal cortex. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| cryoscopic | Of or relating to cryoscopy; involving use of a cryoscope. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| cryptomere | A genetic factor which is present but not expressed in the phenotype unless activated by another factor; a latent genetic factor. | 1906 | Go To Quotation |
| cubicity | The quality of being cubic. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| cupressineous | Of or belonging to the Cypress tribe, Cupressineæ, of the family Coniferæ. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| curie | Orig., a quantity of radon (radon 222, radium emanation) in radioactive equilibrium with… | 1910 | Go To Quotation |
| curite | An orange-red hydrated oxide of lead and uranium. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| cyanolabe | A blue-sensitive pigment present in the cones of the retina. Cf. chlorolabe n., erythrolabe n. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| cybotaxis | An arrangement of molecules in a liquid (see quot. 1927 cybotactic adj. at Derivatives). | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| deflocculation | The process by which floccules present in a liquid break up into fine particles… | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| deformational | Of or pertaining to deformation. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| demersal | Of the eggs of fishes: sinking to the bottom of the sea, deposited at or near the bottom. Of fish, etc.: living near the bottom. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| demographer | One versed in demography. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| demyelination | The removal or destruction of the myelin of nerve tissue. | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| denatant | Of fishes: swimming with the current. | 1915 | Go To Quotation |
| deproteinize | trans. To remove protein from, usu. as a purification measure in a process of chemical isolation. | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| desertic | Characteristic of a desert. Also fig. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| diaheliotropic | Growing or moving transversely to the direction of incident light; of or pertaining to diaheliotropism. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| diastatic | Pertaining to or of the nature of diastase. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| dictyotene | The dictyate stage of meiosis in oocytes; = dictyate n. Freq. attrib. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| diœcy | = diœcism n. | 1944 | Go To Quotation |
| diphyletic | Having two lines of descent; supposedly derived from two distinct sets of ancestors; also… | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| dislevelment | The condition of not being levelled; deviation from the level. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| dizygotic | Of twins: derived from two separate ova (and therefore not identical). | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| documentalist | A person engaged in documentation (see documentation n. 3b). | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| dreikanter | An angular, faceted pebble the surface of which has been cut by wind-blown sand; esp. one with three facets. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| dubu | In full dubu-house. In eastern Melanesia, a men's house or communal dwelling. | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| dynamicist | One who studies dynamics. | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| ebullioscopic | Of or pertaining to the ebullioscope or ebullioscopy. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| ecologist | An expert in or student of ecology. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| ecotoxicological | Of, relating to, or designating the nature, effects, and interactions of substances… | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| effluve | The diffusion of electricity from an electrified body by radiation or atmospheric conduction. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| eigenvalue | One of those special values of a parameter in an equation for which the equation has a solution (see quot. 1938). | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| electron microscopy | The use of the electron microscope in scientific investigation; the branch of technology concerned with this. | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| electro-optically | As regards electro-optical properties; by means of or as a result of electro-optical properties. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| emended | Freed from faults, improved, corrected. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| emprosthotonic | Of or characterized by emprosthotonos n. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| epidemiologist | One who studies epidemic diseases. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| epidiascope | A magic lantern made to project images of both opaque and transparent objects. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| ergosome | (See quots.) | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| erythrolabe | A red-sensitive pigment present in the cones of the retina. Cf. chlorolabe n., cyanolabe n. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| euphenics | A practice analogous to eugenics in which physical improvement of man is sought… | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| euthutropic | | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| ex-focal | Not passing through the focus. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| exotospore | = sporozoite n. at sporo- comb._form Affix. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| extensionally | By way of extension. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| faunistic | Of or pertaining to a faunist; hence, relating to a fauna. faunistic position n. the place… | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| faunological | Of or pertaining to faunology. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| fermorite | An arsenate and phosphate of calcium and strontium in the apatite group. | 1910 | Go To Quotation |
| flocculency | = flocculence n. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| florencite | A basic phosphate of cerium (and sometimes other rare earths) and aluminium. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| formant | Phonetics. The characteristic pitch of a vowel-sound; spec. one of several characteristic… | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| freeze-drying | A method of drying foodstuffs, blood plasma, pharmaceuticals, etc. while retaining… | 1944 | Go To Quotation |
| fusidic | a steroid, C 31 H 48 O 6, with antibiotic properties, orig. isolated from a strain of… | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| gametoid | (See quot. 1953.) | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| geikielite | A titanate of magnesium, with some magnesium replaced by iron, known only as brownish or bluish black rolled pebbles from Ceylon. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| geochemical | Of or relating to geochemistry; of or relating to the natural chemical composition and processes of the earth. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| geochemistry | The branch of science concerned with the chemical composition of the earth and… | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| geomagnetician | = geomagnetist n. | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| geotectonical | = tectonic adj. 2. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| gonad | Any organ in an animal (as a testis or an ovary) that produces gametes. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| grantsmanship | Adroitness in obtaining grants to support academic (esp. scientific) research. | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| guanamine | (See quot. 1881.) | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| gymnemic | an impure substance which is obtained from the leaves of Gymnema sylvestre and is believed… | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| hafnium | A metallic element with a silver lustre usually found associated with zirconium, which… | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| haldu | A tree, Adina cordifolia, of the family Rubiaceæ, found in Burma (Myanmar), India… | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| harpacticoid | One of the order Harpacticoida, very small worm-like copepod crustacea. Also as adj. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| hassium | A radioactive transuranic chemical element, atomic number 108, produced artificially. Symbol Hs. | 1992 | Go To Quotation |
| heliogram | A message transmitted by a heliograph (see heliograph n. 4). | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| heterogenist | An upholder of the hypothesis of heterogeny or spontaneous generation. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| heterogonic | = allometric adj. | 1924 | Go To Quotation |
| heteroplastide | An organism composed of tissues of different kinds, as most animals and plants: opp. to homoplastide. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus, a retrovirus (genus Lentivirus) which chronically infects… | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| hologenesis | The name of a theory of evolution first propounded by D. Rosa (in Ologenesi (1918))… | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| homeobox | A distinctive highly conserved DNA sequence of about 180 base pairs which is present… | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| homodimer | A dimer formed from two identical monomers. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| homoplastide | An organism consisting of a number of cells all of the same kind. Opp. to heteroplastide and monoplastide. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| hydraulician | One versed in hydraulics; a hydraulic engineer. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| hyperphoric | (See quot. 1889.) | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| hypertensin | Either of two polypeptides, of which one (hypertensin I) is formed in the blood by the… | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| in-circle | An inscribed circle. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| inducibility | The property or state of being inducible; spec. in Biochem. (see inducible adj. 1c). | 1953 | Go To Quotation |
| infantilization | The action of prolonging or perpetuating a state of infancy. | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| infra-red | Lying beyond the red end of the visible spectrum: the epithet of electromagnetic radiation… | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| intergalactic | Situated between the galaxies; of, pertaining to, or occupying the regions between galaxies. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| interoperable | Able to operate in conjunction. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| interpolability | The state or quality of being interpolable. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| interspecific | Existing or prevailing between different species. Also, formed or obtained from (individuals of) different species. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| intron | A segment of an RNA molecule which is excised during or soon after its transcription from… | 1978 | Go To Quotation |
| introscope | An instrument designed to be inserted into tubes so as to permit a visual examination… | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| ionic | Of or relating to ions; composed of or containing ions; that is an ion. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ionosphere | A region of the outer atmosphere of the earth, beginning at a height of 50–80 km.… | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| irreciprocal | Not reciprocal. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| irreciprocity | Absence of reciprocity. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| isogram | A proposed general term for lines on a diagram, etc. indicating equality of… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| isotope | A variety of a chemical element (strictly, of one particular element) which is… | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
| jasperize | trans. To convert by petrifaction into jasper, or into a form of silica resembling jasper. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| javanicin | A red, crystalline, bicyclic compound, C 15 H 14 O 6, isolated from the fungus Fusarium javanicum… | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| kefir | An effervescent liquor resembling koumiss, prepared from milk which has been… | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| Kenyanthropus | An extinct hominid, Kenyanthropus platyops, known from Pliocene fossil remains found… | 2001 | Go To Quotation |
| kilchoanite | A colourless, orthorhombic polymorph of a calcium silicate, Ca 3 Si 2 O 7, of which rankinite is another polymorph. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| kipperer | One who kippers herrings. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| koji | An enzyme preparation derived from various moulds, esp. Aspergillus oryzæ and… | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| koutekite | An arsenide of copper, Cu 5 As 2, found as bluish-grey microscopic grains with a metallic lustre. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| laminaran | A polysaccharide that consists chiefly of glucose residues and occurs in seaweeds of the genus Laminaria and other brown algae. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| lanthanate | = lanthanide n. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| latimeria | A large marine fish of the genus so called, the only living representative of the… | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| lengenbachite | A sulphide of silver, copper, lead, and arsenic, (Ag,Cu) 2 Pb 6 As 4 S 13, occurring as steel-grey blade-shaped crystals. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| lipotropic | Tending to prevent or remove an accumulation of excess fat in the liver. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| liskeardite | Hydrous arseniate of iron and aluminium. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| long-running | Continuing for a relatively long period of time; spec. of a play: having a large number of consecutive performances. | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| luminologist | One who studies the luminescent phenomena in living organisms. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| MACHO | A relatively dark, dense object, such as a brown dwarf, a low-mass star, or a black hole… | 1990 | Go To Quotation |
| macrocycle | A macrocyclic ring, molecule, or compound. | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| madreporarian | Of, relating to, or designating a true or stony coral (order Scleractinia). | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| magnetizability | Capacity for being magnetized. | 1879 | Go To Quotation |
| magnolioid | Of, relating to, or characteristic of the subclass Magnoliidae of dicotyledonous plants or its order Magnoliales. | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| Makalian | Of, relating to, or designating an East African pluvial period of the Pleistocene… | 1929 | Go To Quotation |
| mammato- | Forming names of clouds which have rounded festoons on their undersurface, as mammato-cirrus, mammato-cumulus. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| mannoprotein | A glycoprotein containing mannose, found esp. in yeast cell walls. | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| manometrically | In a manometric way; by means of a manometer. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| mar-fire | Phosphorescence on the sea. Cf. mareel n. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| marrite | A sulphide and arsenide of lead and silver, PbAgAsS 3, which is found as grey… | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| matriheritage | A matriherital system of inheritance. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| matriherital | Designating a system of inheritance according to which the title to inherit passes through the mother's line. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| maturase | Any of a class of enzymes encoded by open reading frames within introns, which are… | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| Maxim | attrib. Designating a recoil-operated machine-gun, having an outer casing around the… | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| mechano- | designating a phenomenon by which a linear flow of superfluid liquid helium (helium… | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| Meg | An instrument designed for measuring earth and electrical insulation resistance. Cf. Megger n. | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| megagamete | The larger (usually female) gamete in an organism in which the male and female gametes are unequal in size; a macrogamete. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| megatherial | Resembling a megatherium. In quots. fig.: ponderous, unwieldy. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| megatherm | A plant (or other organism) requiring a very warm environment. Cf. megistotherm n. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| megavoltage | Voltage exceeding one million volts, spec. as used in the generation of… | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| megistotherm | A plant requiring a very hot environment. Cf. megatherm n. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| melanophlogite | A form of silica with a clathrate structure containing organic impurities, which… | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| merisis | Growth of a plant which is due to an increase in the number of cells rather than to cell expansion. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| merogony | Embryonic development occurring in a fragment of an ovum (originally spec. in an enucleated ovum containing a male pronucleus). | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| meson | Originally: any of a group of unstable subatomic particles (first found in cosmic rays)… | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| mesonic | = mesic adj. | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| mesoplastral | Designating a bone which forms the mesoplastron (of a turtle). | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| mesoseismal | Relating to or designating the region near the epicentre of an earthquake. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| mesostasis | The most recently formed interstitial substance (whether glassy or cryptocrystalline) in an igneous rock. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| mesotherm | A plant (or other organism) requiring a moderately warm environment. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| mesotron | A meson (in the original sense: see meson n.); spec. = mu-meson n. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| metabolizer | An individual or organism that metabolizes a particular substance. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| metallogeny | The formation of mineral deposits, esp. as related to petrographic and tectonic… | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| metaphyte | A multicellular plant. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| methanometer | An instrument for measuring the concentration of methane in air, esp. in mines. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| methylmalonyl | The acyl group derived from methylmalonic acid; esp. in methylmalonyl coenzyme A, methylmalonyl CoA… | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| micrococcus | Any member of the genus Micrococcus, originally comprising all spherical bacteria… | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| microcrystallinity | The property or state of being microcrystalline. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| microfibril | Any of various submicroscopic fibrils found in biological material; esp. each of a… | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| microlithic | Geol. Containing microliths; = microlitic adj. rare. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| microperthitic | Having the structure characteristic of microperthite. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| microprobe | trans. To examine using a microprobe. | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| microseismically | As regards microseismic activity. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| microseismometry | The detection or measurement of weak earth tremors. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| miersite | A tetrahedral iodide of silver and copper, (Ag,Cu)I (with the ratio of silver… | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| mikrom | = micron n. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| Millerian | Of, relating to, or designating the Miller indices. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| Millon | the Millon reaction (see sense 1c) employed as a test for phenols, esp. for proteins containing tyrosine. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| mimetism | Biol. = mimesis n. 2. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| miniaturing | The action of miniature v.; painting in miniature; collecting miniatures. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| minihelix | A short helical region of a larger nucleic acid molecule, esp. a tRNA; a synthetic analogue… | 1978 | Go To Quotation |
| minisatellite | Any segment of DNA consisting of a short sequence of nucleotides (typically 10 to 60… | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| miraculin | A glycoprotein found in the berry of the West African shrub Synsepalum dulcificum… | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| mitose | intr. Of a cell nucleus: to divide by mitosis. | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| molybdoprotein | A protein that contains molybdenum. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| monerula | Haeckel's name for: an ovum with an indistinguishable nucleus (immediately after fertilization). | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| monobromized | = monobrominated adj. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| monocephalic | Having a single head. Also fig. and in extended use. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| monodont | = homodont n. Obs. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| Monoplacophora | A class of mainly extinct univalved marine molluscs with a limpet-shaped shell… | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| monosubstitution | Substitution affecting only one of the atoms or positions in a molecular structure. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| morphinism | Addiction to or dependence on morphine or opium. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| morphotropic | Of, relating to, or exhibiting morphotropy. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| morphotropism | = morphotropy n. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| mucolipid | A sphingolipid which contains neuraminic acid (or a derivative of neuraminic acid). | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| mucolytic | Able to degrade or disperse mucus or mucoids, or decrease their viscosity. | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| mu-meson | = muon n. | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| muramic | an amino sugar, C 9 H 17 NO 7, which is present in combined form in the cell walls of bacteria and bacterial spores. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| muscarine | A quaternary ammonium base, C 9 H 21 NO 3, found in the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)… | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| mutational | Of or relating to mutation. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| mycobiont | The fungal component of a lichen; a lichenized fungus. Cf. phycobiont n. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| mylonite | A schist, esp. a banded one, resulting from the grinding or crushing of rocks. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| mylonized | = mylonitized adj. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| myoball | A spheroidal syncytium produced in tissue culture from myoblasts or muscle cells. | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| myrmecological | Of or relating to myrmecology or the study of ants. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| mysterium | A mysterious element; spec. a hypothetical substance to which a galactic radio emission… | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| myxovirus | (In form Myxovirus) a group of viruses including the influenza viruses and other… | 1954 | Go To Quotation |
| myxoxanthin | A carotenoid pigment found in cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), now identified as 4-oxo-β-carotene (echinenone). | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| nadorite | An orthorhombic oxychloride of antimony and lead, PbSbO 2 Cl, usually occurring as brown to yellow tabular or prismatic crystals. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| nahcolite | Native sodium bicarbonate, which crystallizes in the monoclinic system and occurs as colourless or white prismatic crystals. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| Nakuran | An East African pluvial period of the Pleistocene epoch, which followed the Makalian pluvial. Also with the. | 1929 | Go To Quotation |
| nanogram | One thousand-millionth of a gram. Abbreviated ng. | 1951 | Go To Quotation |
| naphthoic | either of two isomeric acids, C 10 H 7 COOH, derived from naphthalene. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| Nariokotome | attrib. = Turkana n. Additions; esp. in Nariokotome boy. | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| neo-Darwinian | = neo-Darwinist adj. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| neomorphism | Biol. The evolutionary process that gives rise to a new anatomical structure or… | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| neontologist | An expert in or student of neontology. Often contrasted with palaeontologist. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| Neopilina | A genus of primitive deep-sea univalve molluscs belonging to the class Monoplacophora; (also) a mollusc of this genus. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| neutretto | A neutral pion. disused. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| Nicobarese | A member of the people of the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. Freq. with pl. concord. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| nitrogenic | Involving or containing nitrogen. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| nociceptive | Capable of responding to pain or to tissue injury; involved in, relating to, or… | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| nocturne | intr. Of certain shrimps: to adopt the coloration of a nocturne (nocturne n. 3). | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| nordstrandite | A phase of aluminium hydroxide, Al(OH) 3, that has a triclinic crystalline structure. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| notatin | The enzyme glucose oxidase, a flavoprotein which catalyses the oxidation of… | 1942 | Go To Quotation |
| nucleator | A substance that acts as a nucleus or provides nuclei; a substance that initiates a process at a particular location. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| nucleoplasm | The substance of a cell nucleus, esp. that not forming part of a nucleolus; karyoplasm. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| nycthemeral | Designating or characterized by a variation that occurs in a period of twenty-four… | 1907 | Go To Quotation |
| obdiplostemonous | Diplostemonous with the disposition of the two stamen-whorls reversed; having the stamens… | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| odorivector | A molecule that is capable of stimulating an olfactory receptor; a substance composed of such molecules. Freq. attrib. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| oestrane | A saturated tetracyclic steroid hydrocarbon, C 18 H 30, which is the parent compound of the naturally occurring oestrogens. | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| oestriol | A relatively weak oestrogenic hormone, produced mainly… | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| oestrone | An oestrogenic hormone less potent than oestradiol, produced by the ovaries… | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| oligo | = oligonucleotide n. | 1978 | Go To Quotation |
| oligomerize | trans. To form an oligomer of (a monomer); to make (a monomer) oligomeric. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| ontogenal | = ontogenetic adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ophitic | Characterized by or designating a rock structure in which crystals of feldspar are interposed between plates of augite. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| orthogenesis | Evolutionary change proceeding consistently in one direction, esp. as supposedly produced… | 1895 | Go To Quotation |
| orthokinesis | A variation in the speed of random (non-oriented) movement of an organism or cell in… | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| orthosymmetrical | Crystallogr. Symmetrical about perpendicular axes; = orthosymmetric adj. 2. Obs. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| osteodermal | Having bony plates or spicules in the skin; designating or consisting of osteoderms. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| ovogenous | Contributing to the formation or development of an ovum; ovogenetic. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| pachycephalosaur | = pachycephalosaurid n. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeoceanographical | = palaeoceanographic adj. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeocrystic | Designating or consisting of old polar ice. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeoequatorial | Of or relating to the palaeoequator. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeoethnological | Of or relating to palaeoethnology. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeoichthyological | Of or relating to palaeoichthyology. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeoniscid | Of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Palaeoniscidae of extinct… | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeoniscoid | Of, relating to, or characteristic of a large group of extinct actinopterygian… | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| palingeny | = palingenesis n. 2a. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| panselectionism | The theory or belief that natural selection is the chief driving force in evolution at… | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| panspermatist | = panspermist n. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| paragamy | M. Hartog's term for: a mode of reproduction in which the nuclei which fuse to form… | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| paraheliotropism | A type of tropism in which a plant's leaves move to reduce injuriously… | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| paratacamite | A green to greenish-black mineral of the hexagonal system that consists of a basic… | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| parhomologous | Exhibiting parhomology. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| Pasteur | a glass flask with an elongated neck bent downwards to reduce the entry of microorganisms from the air. Now rare. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| pasteurellosis | Disease caused by bacteria of the genus Pasteurella; an instance or type of this. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| penicillinase | Any of a group of bacterial enzymes which cause the breaking of the carbon–nitrogen bond… | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| pentapedal | Five-legged; spec. designating a method of locomotion used by kangaroos and wallabies… | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| peptidolytic | Of, relating to, or involving peptidolysis; causing peptidolysis. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| perennation | Continued survival of a plant or plant part through one or more winters or dry seasons. Also fig. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| perisarc | An enclosing horny or chitinous layer secreted by many colonial hydroids. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| periscopism | The capacity of seeing all round, or over a wide field of vision, without moving the… | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| Permo-Triassic | Of or relating to the Permian and Triassic systems or periods, or the boundary between them. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| perradial | Relating to or situated on the primary rays or axes in certain coelenterates and ctenophores; primarily radial. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| perradius | Each of the primary rays or axes in certain coelenterates and ctenophores. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| petrichor | A pleasant, distinctive smell frequently accompanying the first rain after a long period… | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| phaeodella | Each of the dark pigmented granules comprising the phaeodia of phaeodarian radiolarians. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| phaeodium | The dark mass surrounding the largest pore in the central capsule of a phaeodarian radiolarian, consisting of pigmented granules. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| pharate | Of or designating an instar of an insect which is confined within the cuticle of the previous instar. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| phenology | The field of science concerned with cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena, esp. in relation to climate and plant and animal life. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| pheromone | A chemical which is secreted and released into the environment (typically in minute amounts)… | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| phonophore | Teleph. = phonopore n. Obs. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| phosphagen | Any of a group of compounds (esp. creatine phosphate in vertebrate muscle) which… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| photochronograph | An early form of cinematograph as developed by E. J. Marey (see photochronography n.).… | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| photochronography | Originally: an early form of cinematography as developed by the Frenchman E. J. Marey (1830… | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| photoelectricity | Electricity produced by the incidence of light; photoelectric properties or phenomena.… | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| photogrammeter | A camera combined with a theodolite. Now rare. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| photomechanical | Of, relating to, or designating any process in which photography is involved in the making… | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| phototachymetrical | Relating to or involving the measurement of the speed of light. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| phycobiont | The algal component of a lichen; any alga which is associated with a fungus to form… | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| phyllitic | Consisting of or having the character of phyllite (phyllite n. 3). | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| phyllorhine | Of a bat: having a leaflike appendage on the snout; leaf-nosed; spec. belonging to… | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| phytogenetically | As regards the evolution or genetics of plants. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| picogram | One million-millionth of a gram. Abbreviated pg. | 1951 | Go To Quotation |
| pi-meson | = pion n. Cf. mu-meson n. | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| pisatin | A crystalline heterocyclic carbohydrate, C 17 H 14 O 6, produced by the pea plant as a fungitoxic phytoalexin. | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| plagio- | an instrument for reproducing a plan, diagram, etc., in a position at a given angle from the original. | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| Planck | any of a number of related equations stating Planck's radiation law. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| planigram | Math. In a system of joined pivoted rods: a point in a notional plane attached to one of… | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| planigraph | Math. In a system of joined pivoted rods: a curve traced out by a point in a… | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| plasmaneme | = filopodium n. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| plastid | Biol. A unit of protoplasm, a cell. Obs. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| plastocyanin | A blue copper-containing protein (differing slightly from species to species) which is… | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| pleomorphic | Microbiol. and Pathol. Having more than one morphological form, esp. at different stages… | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| pleuroperitoneal | Enclosed by the pleuroperitoneum; of or relating to the pleuroperitoneum. Also: of… | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| pluvioscope | A kind of instrument to measure rainfall; a pluviometer. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| poikilothermy | The state or property of being poikilothermic; inability to regulate body temperature… | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| point d'arrêt | A point at which a branch of a curve terminates; an end point of a curve; also in extended use. | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| polemology | The study of war, esp. as an academic discipline. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| pollenless | Lacking pollen. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| pollinize | trans. = pollinate v. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| polycentric | Chiefly Science. Having several or many centres. Cf. monocentric adj. 1a. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| polyclonality | The state or condition of being polyclonal. Cf. monoclonality n. | 1978 | Go To Quotation |
| polytenized | Of genetic material in a chromosome: reduplicated so as to result in a polytene chromosome; subjected to polytenization. | 1974 | Go To Quotation |
| porcelanized | Geol. Usu. in form porcellanized. = porcelainized adj. 1. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| porphyropsin | Any of a class of light-sensitive pigments found in the retinas of… | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| potometer | An instrument for measuring the rate at which a plant absorbs water. | 1884 | Go To Quotation |
| previtamin | An inactive precursor of a vitamin which is converted into the active form inside… | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| priscan | Ancient, primitive. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| pro-angiosperm | A hypothetical primitive or ancestral angiosperm. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| progymnosperm | Originally: a primitive or ancestral gymnosperm. Now: spec. any of a group of… | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| promastigote | A flagellated or leptomonad stage in the life cycle of some parasitic protozoans of… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| promorph | A primitive or fundamental form. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| prototherian | Of or relating to the subclass Prototheria of primitive mammals. Cf. Prototheria n. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| protuberantial | Of, relating to, or of the nature of a protuberance. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudonavicula | = pseudonavicella n. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| psittacosaurid | A dinosaur of the family Psittacosauridae, typified by the genus Psittacosaurus. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| psychrosphere | The colder, deeper part of the oceans. Contrasted with thermosphere. | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| puffinosis | An epizootic disease of seabirds caused by a coronavirus, originally observed in the Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus. | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
| pupillometry | The measurement of the size of the pupil of the eye. | 1899 | Go To Quotation |
| pyridoxine | One of the three forms of vitamin B 6, a weakly basic, crystalline solid which is important… | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| quadruplane | Math. A structure consisting of four rigid plane pieces, each in the form of a… | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| qubit | = quantum bit n. at quantum n. adj. 2. | 1994 | Go To Quotation |
| radappertization | The treatment of food in a process involving heat treatment and significant doses… | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| radicidation | The treatment of food with ionizing radiation in doses sufficient to reduce the number… | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| radiogoniometry | The use of a radiogoniometer to ascertain the direction from which radio waves are coming. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| radiolarian | A protozoan of any of several classes of the phylum (or superclass) Actinopoda… | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| radio-luminous | Emitting radio waves, esp. in significant quantities. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| radiophosphorus | A radioactive isotope of phosphorus; spec. phosphorus-32, which decays by beta emission… | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| radurization | The treatment of food with a mild dose of ionizing radiation so as to enhance… | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| Raman | the alteration of the frequency of scattered light by an amount characteristic of the… | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| randomizing | That makes something random or introduces a random element; generating a random output. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| reflectance | The proportion of incident light which a substance or object reflects or scatters; spec.… | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| respray | trans. To spray again or a further time; esp. to spray (a car) with a new coat of paint. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| Reststrahlen | Electromagnetic radiation which is selectively reflected from the surface of a… | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| retentate | Matter that is retained by a semipermeable membrane during dialysis; non-dialysable matter; a substance of this kind. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| retinaldehyde | = retinal n. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| retroposon | = retrotransposon n. | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| rhapidosome | In some bacteria and cyanophytes: a cylindrical body of unknown function, composed of proteins. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| rheogoniometer | In full Weissenberg rheogoniometer. A type of rheometer for measuring the viscosity… | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| rhodologist | A person who studies roses, esp. from a taxonomic point of view. | 1870 | Go To Quotation |
| Riemannian | Developed by or associated with Riemann; spec. designating a differential… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| salicylize | To treat with salicylic acid in order to prevent fermentation. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| schistosity | The direction or line of cleavage in a rock of crystalline formation. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| scintilloscope | An instrument in which alpha rays are detected by the flashes of light which are emitted when they strike a fluorescent screen. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| seismometrograph | A seismograph. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| self-condensation | A condensation reaction between two molecules of the same compound. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| sensigenous | Producing sensation. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| serendibite | A borosilicate of aluminium, calcium, and magnesium, (Ca,Mg) 5 Al 5 BSi 3 O 20, found… | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| serpentivorous | Serpent-eating. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| siderocyte | An erythrocyte containing one or more granules of non-hæmoglobin iron. | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| sirenin | A hormone, secreted by the female gametes of fungi belonging to the genus Allomyces… | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| smithite | A sulpharsenite of silver, AgAsS 2, found as red tabular monoclinic crystals. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| soddyite | A hydrated uranyl silicate found as yellow orthorhombic crystals. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| specie- | combining form of Latin speciēs species n., employed in a few modern terms, as specieˈgraphical… | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| spectrophotometer | An instrument designed to measure the relative intensity of light (usu. transmitted or… | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| Spencerism | The philosophy of Herbert Spencer, or views in accordance with this. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| spencerite | A hydrated basic zinc phosphate, Zn 4 (PO 4) 2 (OH) 2.3H 2 O, found as colourless… | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
| speromagnetic | Applied to an amorphous magnetic material in which the individual electron spins are… | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| spinodal | Being or pertaining to a spinodal; involving a metastable condition described by such a curve. | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| squamation | The condition or character of being covered with scales; a special mode or form of this. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| stabilate | A sample of biological material from a homogeneous source which is preserved by freezing… | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| stabilism | The hypothesis that the continents are not capable of lateral movement (opposed to the theory of continental drift). | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| stadic | Pertaining to a stadia. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| starquake | A sudden change of shape or structure undergone by a neutron star, pulsar, etc. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| stationarity | The state of being stationary (in various senses); stationariness; constancy; (Math.)… | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| stereo | abbreviation of stereoscope n., stereoscopic adj. stereo card n. a card on which are mounted… | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| stillwellite | A borosilicate of lanthanons and calcium, (Ln,Ca)BOSiO 4, found as brown rhombohedral crystals. | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| stratigrapher | One versed in stratigraphy; one who describes or delineates strata. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| stridence | The fact of being strident. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| Student | Used attrib. and in the possessive to designate statistical concepts devised by… | 1929 | Go To Quotation |
| subatomic | Occurring in the atom; smaller than the atom. Also: concerned with or involving particles, forces, or phenomena on this scale. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| summarizable | Capable of being summarized. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| summate | trans. To add together or combine; spec. in Physiol., with reference to nerve impulses, etc. Also intr. and fig. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| superimposable | Capable of being superimposed; that may be superimposed (in various senses of the verb). | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| syngeneic | Immunologically compatible; (of a group of organisms) so closely related that their tissues… | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| taphrogenesis | The formation of large-scale geological structures by high-angle or block faulting, esp.… | 1978 | Go To Quotation |
| tarbuttite | A basic zinc phosphate, Zn 2 PO 4 OH, found as faintly coloured or colourless triclinic crystals. | 1907 | Go To Quotation |
| tasimeter | An electrical apparatus for measuring minute variations of temperature, length, moisture… | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| TATA box | A conserved DNA element which forms part of the promoter (promoter n. 4c) of many eukaryotic genes. Also called Hogness box. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| Tayacian | Of, pertaining to, or designating a palæolithic flake industry of which remains were first… | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| technetium | A dense, silvery grey, radioactive metallic element, atomic number 43, chemically… | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| teleostome | A fish of the division Teleostomi (Th. Gill 1872), including the teleosts and ganoids… | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| tensometer | An apparatus for measuring the tensile strength of a material. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| tentaculocyst | One of the vesicular or cystic tentacles of a hydrozoan, representing a reduced… | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| teratogenesis | The production of monsters or misshapen organisms. | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| Terylene | A proprietary name for polyethylene terephthalate used as a textile fibre. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| thecodontian | = thecodont adj. | 1974 | Go To Quotation |
| Thomistic | Of or pertaining to the Thomists or their doctrines. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| thorianite | A mineral consisting chiefly of the oxides of thorium, uranium, and other rare metals… | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| tokamak | One kind of toroidal apparatus for producing controlled fusion reactions in a… | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| toponium | A bound state of a top quark and a top anti-quark. | 1978 | Go To Quotation |
| tora | In full, tora hartebeest. A light brown hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus tora, found in parts of north-eastern Africa. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| toxicity | Toxic or poisonous quality, esp. in relation to its degree or strength. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| transcriptomic | Of or relating to transcriptomics or a transcriptome. | 1999 | Go To Quotation |
| transdisciplinary | Of or pertaining to more than one discipline or branch of learning; interdisciplinary. | 1979 | Go To Quotation |
| transferential | Of or pertaining to transference. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| transposase | Any enzyme which catalyses or is necessary for transposition. | 1979 | Go To Quotation |
| tribo- | | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| trichroic | Having or showing three colours; spec. of crystals, exhibiting three different colours when viewed in three different directions. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| triprolidine | A pyrrolidine derivative and histamine H 1 antagonist, C 19 H 22 N 2, given (usu. in… | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| tritiated | Containing tritium; having had an atom of ordinary hydrogen replaced by tritium. | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| tromometer | An instrument for measuring or detecting faint earth-tremors. | 1878 | Go To Quotation |
| -tron | Used in the names of devices and machines, spec. particle accelerators, as cyclotron… | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| trophilegic | Collecting nutriment. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| tropomyosin | Any of a group of crystallizable proteins related to myosin; esp. one found together… | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| trypanolytic | Tending to, or connected with the destruction of trypanosomes. | 1907 | Go To Quotation |
| tubulin | Either or both of two similar proteins that are the main constituent of microtubules. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| ultracentrifuge | trans. To spin in an ultracentrifuge. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| undermanning | The fact of furnishing, or being furnished with, too few men or ‘hands’. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| unturf | (un- prefix 4.) | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| unworkability | (un- prefix 12.) | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| uredium | = uredinium n. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| Van Allen | The name of James A. Van Allen (1914 – 2006), U.S. physicist, used attrib. to designate… | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| vascularly | In a vascular manner. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| viridin | A crystalline antibiotic with antifungal properties, C 20 H 16 O 6, derived from the mould Trichoderma viride. | 1945 | Go To Quotation |
| vitability | = viability n. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| voidage | Voids collectively; the proportion of a volume occupied by voids. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| volitionary | = volitional adj. 5. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| volumeless | Occupying no volume; spec. applied to an idealized polymer chain having this property. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| vulcanological | Of, pertaining to, or connected with vulcanology. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| wash-off | The process or fact of being washed off. | 1979 | Go To Quotation |
| well-attended | Of a meeting: attended by a large number of people. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| well-crafted | | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| wetware | Chemical materials organized so as to perform arithmetic or logical operations; brain substance, as having this ability. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| worriable | That can be worried or roughly treated. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| xanthoxin | A photo-oxidation product, C 15 H 22 O 3, of violaxanthin that occurs in certain plant tissues as a growth inhibitor. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| xenogeneic | Derived from an individual of a different species. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| X-ray | Physics. Electromagnetic radiation of high energy and very short wavelength (between about… | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| Yukawa | The name of Hideki Yukawa (1907 – 81), Japanese physicist, used attrib. with reference… | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| zeugmatography | A form of imaging using the principles of nuclear magnetic resonance to obtain and display the structural details of soft tissue. | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| Zinjanthropus | An extinct robust hominid first known from a fossil skull found by Mary Leakey at… | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| zygote | A body of living protoplasm, as a cell or cell-nucleus, formed by the conjugation or fusion… | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
