| brontosaur | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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| brontosaurus | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, thunder lizard |
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| conto | (noun) 1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal | - |
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| contort | (verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: deform, distort, wring |
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| contorted | (adjective) twisted (especially as in pain or struggle) | Synonyms: writhed, writhen |
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| contortion | (noun) the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) | Synonyms: deformation |
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| (noun) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | Synonyms: crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness |
| contortionist | (noun) an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions | - |
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| contour | (noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: configuration, conformation, form, shape |
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| (noun) a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure | - |
| (noun) a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height | Synonyms: contour line |
| (verb) form the contours of | - |
| edmontosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin | - |
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| gerontocracy | (noun) a political system governed by old men | - |
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| gerontological | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing geriatrics | Synonyms: geriatric |
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| gerontologist | (noun) a specialist in gerontology | Synonyms: geriatrician |
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| gerontology | (noun) the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people | Synonyms: geriatrics |
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| iontophoresis | (noun) therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues | Synonyms: electromotive drug administration, EMDA, ionic medication, iontotherapy |
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| iontotherapy | (noun) therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues | Synonyms: electromotive drug administration, EMDA, ionic medication, iontophoresis |
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| micropaleontology | (noun) the paleontology of microfossils | - |
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| nontoxic | (adjective) not producing or resulting from poison | Synonyms: atoxic |
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| (adjective) safe to eat | Synonyms: non-poisonous, nonpoisonous |
| nontoxicity | (noun) The state or condition of not being toxic or poisonous. | - |
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| odontoglossum | (noun) any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors | - |
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| odontology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth | Synonyms: dental medicine, dentistry |
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| ontogenesis | (noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | Synonyms: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogeny |
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| ontogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms | - |
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| ontogeny | (noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | Synonyms: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis |
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| ontological | (adjective) of or relating to ontology | - |
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| ontology | (noun) the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence | - |
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| (noun) (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations | - |
| palaeontological | (adjective) of or relating to paleontology | Synonyms: paleontological |
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| palaeontologist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: fossilist, paleontologist |
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| palaeontology | (noun) the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains | Synonyms: fossilology, paleontology |
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| paleontological | (adjective) of or relating to paleontology | Synonyms: palaeontological |
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| paleontologist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: fossilist, palaeontologist |
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| paleontology | (noun) the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains | Synonyms: fossilology, palaeontology |
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| pontoon | (noun) a float supporting a seaplane | - |
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| (noun) (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge | - |
| promontory | (noun) a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | Synonyms: foreland, head, headland |
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| pronto | (adverb) in a punctual manner | Synonyms: promptly, readily |
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| wonton | (noun) a Chinese dumpling filled with spiced minced pork; usually served in soup | Synonyms: won ton |
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| (noun) a soup with won ton dumplings | Synonyms: won ton, wonton soup |