| achondrite | A stony meteorite containing no chondrules. Contrasted with chondrite n. 2. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| alaskaite | A mineral of a pale grey colour and metallic appearance consisting of lead, silver… | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| carbon dating | A method of isotopic dating applicable to dead organic matter, in which the proportion… | 1952 | Go To Quotation |
| chronometrical | = chronometric adj. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| coalification | The process by which vegetable matter in the earth becomes coal. Also attrib. | 1911 | Go To Quotation |
| coloradoite | A rare mineral consisting of mercury telluride, having a greyish-black colour and… | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| cytostatic | Designating or relating to a quiescent or non-motile state of a cell. Cf. cytokinetic adj. Obs. rare. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| dryopithecoid | Any of various extinct apes resembling or related to those of the genus Dryopithecus (cf. Dryopithecus n.). | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| dudleyite | A hydrous mica formed by the transformation of margarite. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| endlichite | An arsenio-vanadate of lead. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| explodent | A consonant-sound produced by the sudden escape of breath after the closure of the oral… | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| foamy virus | Any of a group (now the genus Spumavirus) of retroviruses which infect a number of… | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| galvano- | ? moved by galvanism. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| genic | Inherited; hereditary. rare. disused. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| halogen | An element or substance which forms a salt by direct union with a metal. The… | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| Hemichordata | With pl. concord: a phylum of marine invertebrates comprising chiefly the acorn… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| hewettite | A deep red hydrated calcium vanadate, CaV 6 O 16 ·9H 2 O, occurring in nodules and as… | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| identifiability | The quality of being identifiable. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| inclinometer | An instrument for measuring the vertical intensity of the earth's magnetic force, as shown… | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| lexicostatistic | Of or relating to the statistics of vocabulary. | 1952 | Go To Quotation |
| lionite | A variety of native tellurium, containing much silica. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| maconite | A hydrated aluminosilicate of potassium, magnesium, ferric iron, and aluminium. | 1873 | Go To Quotation |
| magnolite | A white orthorhombic tellurate of mercury occurring as minute needle-like crystals. | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| malipede | Either of the last pair of cephalic appendages or of the first pair of body appendages (maxillipeds) in a chilopod (centipede). | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| Mazatecan | = Mazatec adj. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| microsiphuncle | A. Hyatt's name for: a small siphuncle, characteristic of most nautiloids and ammonites. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| mineraloid | A naturally occurring substance which differs from a true mineral in some respect, esp.… | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
| Negroloid | = Negroid adj. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| nepheloscope | James Pollard Espy's name for: an instrument for compressing and expanding moist air, used to study the formation of clouds. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| neurism | = neuricity n. rare. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| nucleonic | Of or relating to nucleons or nucleonics. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| organonymy | Anat. B. G. Wilder's name for: the nomenclature of the body organs. Obs. rare. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| pacifarin | A biological product that protects an organism from the harmful effects of an infection without killing the pathogen. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| phonogrammatic | Consisting of written characters or symbols representing spoken sounds; = phonographic adj. 1. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| photodynamics | The branch of science that deals with the energy of light, esp. in relation to its… | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| photophilous | = photophilic adj. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| phytocollite | A black organic substance found in or below peat deposits and having a jelly-like consistency until dried by exposure to the air. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| pleurocentrum | Each of a pair of bones in some primitive vertebrates corresponding to the lateral halves… | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| Plio-Pleistocene | The end of the Pliocene and the beginning of the Pleistocene epochs; (also) the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs together. | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| pontile | = pontine adj. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| Poynting–Robertson | the gradual spiralling in towards the sun of orbiting interplanetary dust particles… | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| praecornu | B. G. Wilder's name for: the anterior cornu of the lateral ventricle of the brain. | 1881 | Go To Quotation |
| prepeduncle | The superior peduncle of the cerebellum. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| Protamoeba | A genus of supposed simple or primitive amoebae having lobate pseudopodia and lacking… | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| protomala | A. S. Packard's name for: either of the mandibles of a myriapod. Cf. deutomala n. at deuto- comb._form 2. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| proximodistally | From a proximal to a distal end or point. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudolabium | A mouthpart in various invertebrates; spec.: (a) a gnathochilarium of a millipede (obs.); (b)… | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| pygidial | Of or relating to the pygidium; situated on or in the pygidium. | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| pyrobitumen | A substance that yields bitumen when heated. Obs. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| pyrobituminous | Containing, consisting of, or having the character of pyrobitumen. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| quotative | A word or expression that is quotative (quotative adj. 3). | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| reinclusion | Renewed inclusion. | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| remigrant | Entomol. In aphids and other plant lice: a female of a winged… | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| resediment | trans. To redeposit (a sediment); spec. (of water, etc.) to move (previously… | 1877 | Go To Quotation |
| riming | The action of rime v.; the process of becoming covered with rime or hoar frost. | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
| Sonoran | Of or pertaining to a biogeographical region including desert areas of the south-western U.S. and central Mexico. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| spectroscope | An instrument specially designed for the production and examination of spectra. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| stat- | Prefixed to the names of units (esp. of electrical and magnetic quantities) in the… | 1909 | Go To Quotation |
| sulphydric | = sulphuretted adj. sulphydric acid (gas): hydrogen sulphide, sulphuretted hydrogen. sulphydric ether (see quot. 1852). | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| superatom | A hypothetical entity regarded as higher on some sort of scale than an atom. Now rare. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| trophallaxis | The mutual exchange of food material by adult insects and larvæ. | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
