cosmogonic | (adjective) pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogenic, cosmogonical, cosmologic, cosmological |
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cosmogonical | (adjective) pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogenic, cosmogonic, cosmologic, cosmological |
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cosmogony | (noun) the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogeny, cosmology |
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eriogonum | (noun) any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers | - |
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hypogonadism | (noun) incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk | - |
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isogon | (noun) an equiangular polygon | - |
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isogone | (noun) an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is the same | Synonyms: isogonal line, isogonic line |
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isogonic | (adjective) having or making equal angles | - |
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orthogonal | (adjective) not pertinent to the matter under consideration | Synonyms: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent |
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(adjective) having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles | Synonyms: rectangular |
(adjective) statistically unrelated | - |
orthogonality | (noun) the quality of lying or intersecting at right angles | - |
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(noun) the relation of opposition between things at right angles | Synonyms: orthogonal opposition, perpendicularity |
pogonia | (noun) any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower | - |
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pogonion | (noun) the craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin | - |
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pogonip | (noun) a dense winter fog containing ice particles | Synonyms: ice fog |
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pogonophoran | (noun) slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom | Synonyms: beard worm |
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pteropogon | (noun) southern Australian plant having feathery hairs surrounding the fruit | Synonyms: Pteropogon humboltianum |
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pycnogonid | (noun) any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs | Synonyms: sea spider |
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schizogony | (noun) asexual reproduction by multiple fission; characteristic of many sporozoan protozoans | - |
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theogony | (noun) the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods | - |
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trogon | (noun) forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails | - |
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