Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image..

Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) Same as Anamorphism, 2..

Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration..

Anthropomorphosis :: Anthropomorphosis (n.) Transformation into the form of a human being.

Cirrhosis :: Cirrhosis (n.) A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ..

Epanorthosis :: Epanorthosis (n.) A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!.

Gomphosis :: Gomphosis (n.) A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws..

Hosier :: Hosier (n.) One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose..

Hosiery :: Hosiery (n.) The business of a hosier.

Hosiery :: Hosiery (n.) Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose..

Hypermetamorphosis :: Hypermetamorphosis (n.) A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth..

Lithosian :: Lithosian (n.) Any one of various species of moths belonging to the family Lithosidae. Many of them are beautifully colored.

Metamorphosic :: Metamorphosic (a.) Changing the form; transforming.

Metamorphosing :: Metamorphosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Metamorphos.

Metamorphosis :: Metamorphosis (n.) Change of form, or structure; transformation..

Metamorphosis :: Metamorphosis (n.) A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into

Metamorphosis :: Metamorphosis (n.) The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism.

Metempsychosing :: Metempsychosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Metempsychos.

Metempsychosis :: Metempsychosis (n.) The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls..

Morphosis :: Morphosis (n.) The order or mode of development of an organ or part.

Orthosilicic :: Orthosilicic (a.) Designating the form of silicic acid having the normal or highest number of hydroxyl groups.

Phyllomorphosis :: Phyllomorphosis (n.) The succession and variation of leaves during different seasons.

Polymorphosis :: Polymorphosis (n.) The assumption of several structural forms without a corresponding difference in function; -- said of sponges, etc..

Psychosis :: Psychosis (n.) Any vital action or activity.

Psychosis :: Psychosis (n.) A disease of the mind; especially, a functional mental disorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes..

Scirrhosity :: Scirrhosity (n.) A morbid induration, as of a gland; state of being scirrhous..

Xanthosis :: Xanthosis (n.) The yellow discoloration often observed in cancerous tumors.

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