pism
21nyc|tit|ro|pism — «nihk TIHT ruh pihz uhm», noun. Botany. a tendency to assume at, or just before, nightfall, certain positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves of certain plants. ╂[< Greek nýx, nýktos night + English tropism] …
22or|thot|ro|pism — «awr THOT ruh pihz uhm», noun. Botany, a tendency to grow in a vertical direction, upward or downward …
23pho|tot|ro|pism — «foh TOT ruh pihz uhm, FOH toh TROH pihz uhm», noun. 1. a tendency of plants to turn in response to light. 2. growth in a certain direction in response to light …
24pla|gi|ot|ro|pism — «PLAY jee OT ruh pihz uhm», noun. the fact or process of turning by which the organs of certain plants take up an oblique position more or less divergent from the vertical, as the result of reacting differently to the influences of light,… …
25plei|ot|ro|pism — «ply OT ruh PIHZ uhm», noun. = pleiotropy. (Cf. ↑pleiotropy) …
26pri|a|pism — «PRY uh pihz uhm», noun. licentiousness; intentional indecency …
27psi|lan|thro|pism — «sy LAN thruh pihz uhm», noun. the doctrine or belief that Jesus was a mere man. ╂[< Greek psīlós bare, mere + ánthrōpos a man + English ism] …
28rhe|ot|ro|pism — «ree OT ruh pihz uhm», noun. Biology. the orientation in growth of plants or sessile animals in response to a current of water or air …
29sel|e|not|ro|pism — «SEHL uh NOT ruh pihz uhm», noun. selenotropic tendency or movement …
30sin|a|pism — «SIHN uh pihz uhm», noun. = mustard plaster. (Cf. ↑mustard plaster) ╂[< Latin sināpismus < Greek sināpismós (use of) a mustard plaster < sínāpi mustard < nâpy] …