| adrenocorticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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| allotropism | (noun) the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms | Synonyms: allotropy |
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| amblyopia | (noun) visual impairment without apparent organic pathology | - |
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| ametropia | (noun) (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia | - |
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| anisometropia | (noun) difference in the refractive power of the two eyes | - |
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| anopia | (noun) sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye) | - |
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| anorthopia | (noun) distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved | - |
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| asthenopia | (noun) a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem | Synonyms: eyestrain |
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| atropine | (noun) a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides | - |
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| australopithecine | (noun) any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago | - |
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| autopilot | (noun) a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course | Synonyms: automatic pilot, robot pilot |
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| (noun) a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness | Synonyms: automatic pilot |
| biopiracy | (noun) biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use | - |
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| cecropia | (noun) North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees | Synonyms: cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia |
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| chloropicrin | (noun) a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas | Synonyms: nitrochloroform |
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| chopine | (noun) a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole | Synonyms: platform |
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| chrysopid | (noun) pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae | Synonyms: green lacewing, stink fly |
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| copier | (noun) apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material | Synonyms: duplicator |
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| copilot | (noun) a relief pilot on an airplane | Synonyms: co-pilot |
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| coping | (noun) brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall | Synonyms: cope, header |
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| copiousness | (noun) the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply | Synonyms: abundance, teemingness |
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| cornucopia | (noun) the property of being extremely abundant | Synonyms: profuseness, profusion, richness |
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| (noun) a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity | Synonyms: horn of plenty |
| corticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin |
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| cuckoopint | (noun) common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum | Synonyms: Arum maculatum, jack-in-the-pulpit, lords-and-ladies |
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| cyclopia | (noun) a developmental abnormality in which there is only one eye | - |
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| deuteranopia | (noun) dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red | Synonyms: Daltonism, green-blindness |
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| developing | (noun) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | Synonyms: development |
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| diplopia | (noun) visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects | Synonyms: double vision |
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| dryopithecine | (noun) considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans | - |
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| dystopia | (noun) a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror | - |
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| (noun) state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror | - |
| ectopia | (noun) abnormal position of a part or organ (especially at the time of birth) | - |
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| emmetropia | (noun) (ophthalmology) the normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina | - |
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| ergotropism | (noun) an affinity for work | - |
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| esotropia | (noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose | Synonyms: convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye |
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| europium | (noun) a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group | Synonyms: atomic number 63, Eu |
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| exotropia | (noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward | Synonyms: divergent strabismus, walleye |
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| geotropism | (noun) an orienting response to gravity | - |
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| gonadotropin | (noun) hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Synonyms: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone |
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| heliotropism | (noun) an orienting response to the sun | - |
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| hemeralopia | (noun) inability to see clearly in bright light | Synonyms: day blindness |
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| hemianopia | (noun) blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes | Synonyms: hemianopsia |
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| hydroisopieze | (noun) a line on a map connecting points of identical pressures in the water bearing stratum. | - |
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| hypermetropia | (noun) abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects | Synonyms: farsightedness, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness |
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| hyperopia | (noun) abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects | Synonyms: farsightedness, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, longsightedness |
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| hypopigmentation | (noun) unusual lack of skin color | - |
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| isometropia | (noun) equality of refractive power in the two eyes | - |
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| isopieze | (noun) a line on a map connecting places with equal ground water pressure. | Synonyms: isopiestic line |
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| kopiyka | (noun) 100 kopiykas equal 1 hryvnia in Ukraine | - |
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| looping | (noun) (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained | Synonyms: iteration |
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| luteotropin | (noun) gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition | Synonyms: lactogenic hormone, prolactin |
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| malapropism | (noun) the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar | Synonyms: malaprop |
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| meteortropism | (noun) an effect of climate on biological processes (as the effect on joint pains etc.) | - |
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| metopion | (noun) the craniometric point midway between the frontal eminences of the skull | - |
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| microscopist | (noun) a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes | - |
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| misanthropist | (noun) someone who dislikes people in general | Synonyms: misanthrope |
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| monotopism | (noun) origin of a systematic group only once (as by mutation) or at a single location. | - |
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| myopia | (noun) (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred | Synonyms: nearsightedness, shortsightedness |
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| neuropil | (noun) the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded | Synonyms: neuropile |
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| neuropile | (noun) the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded | Synonyms: neuropil |
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| neurotropism | (noun) an affinity for neural tissues | - |
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| nyctalopia | (noun) inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder | Synonyms: moon blindness, night blindness |
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| opiate | (noun) a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative | - |
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| opinion | (noun) the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) | Synonyms: ruling |
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| (noun) a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty | Synonyms: persuasion, sentiment, thought, view |
| (noun) a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people | Synonyms: popular opinion, public opinion, vox populi |
| (noun) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed | Synonyms: belief, feeling, impression, notion |
| (noun) the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision | Synonyms: judgement, judgment, legal opinion |
| (noun) a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof | Synonyms: view |
| opisthorchiasis | (noun) infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia | - |
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| opisthotonos | (noun) severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back | - |
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| opium | (noun) an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy | - |
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| oxyopia | (noun) unusually acute vision | - |
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| parallelopiped | (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms | Synonyms: parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopipedon |
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| parallelopipedon | (noun) a prism whose bases are parallelograms | Synonyms: parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopiped |
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| philanthropist | (noun) someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being | Synonyms: altruist |
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| phlogopite | (noun) a brown form of mica consisting of hydrous silicate of potassium and magnesium and aluminum | - |
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| photocopier | (noun) a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies | - |
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| photopigment | (noun) a special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina | - |
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| phototropism | (noun) an orienting response to light | - |
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| popinjay | (noun) an archaic term for a parrot | - |
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| (noun) a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot) | - |
| presbyopia | (noun) a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 | Synonyms: farsightedness |
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| propinquity | (noun) the property of being close together | Synonyms: proximity |
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| propionaldehyde | (noun) a colorless liquid aldehyde | Synonyms: propanal |
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| propitiation | (noun) the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity | Synonyms: conciliation, placation |
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| (noun) the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) | Synonyms: atonement, expiation |
| propitiousness | (noun) the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result | Synonyms: auspiciousness |
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| protanopia | (noun) dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue | Synonyms: red-blindness |
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| quadrantanopia | (noun) blindness in one fourth of the visual field | - |
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| ropiness | (noun) the property of being cohesive and sticky | Synonyms: cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, tackiness, viscidity, viscidness |
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| roping | (noun) capturing cattle or horses with a lasso | - |
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| scallopine | (noun) sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour | Synonyms: scallopini |
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| scallopini | (noun) sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour | Synonyms: scallopine |
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| semitropics | (noun) regions adjacent to the tropics | Synonyms: subtropics |
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| sinopia | (noun) a red ocher formerly used as a pigment | Synonyms: sinoper, sinopis |
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| sinopis | (noun) a red ocher formerly used as a pigment | Synonyms: sinoper, sinopia |
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| snoopiness | (noun) offensive inquisitiveness | Synonyms: nosiness, prying |
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| somatotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans | Synonyms: growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, STH |
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| subtopia | (noun) monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings | - |
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| subtropics | (noun) regions adjacent to the tropics | Synonyms: semitropics |
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| tetartanopia | (noun) a form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned | Synonyms: yellow-blindness |
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| theanthropism | (noun) (theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine | - |
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| (noun) the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits | Synonyms: anthropomorphism |
| thermopile | (noun) a kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation; consists of several thermocouple junctions in series | - |
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| thermotropism | (noun) an orienting response to warmth | - |
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| thyrotropin | (noun) anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland | Synonyms: thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyrotrophic hormone, thyrotrophin, thyrotropic hormone, TSH |
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| topi | (noun) a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal | Synonyms: Damaliscus lunatus, sassaby |
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| (noun) a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun | Synonyms: pith hat, pith helmet, sun helmet, topee |
| topiary | (noun) making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees | - |
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| (noun) a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals | - |
| topic | (noun) some situation or event that is thought about | Synonyms: issue, matter, subject |
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| (noun) the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | Synonyms: subject, theme |