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Homoplasty :: Homoplasty (n.) The formation of homologous tissues.

Bufonite :: Bufonite (n.) An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations; toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad..

Programma :: Programma (n.) An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.

Differentiation :: Differentiation (n.) The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes..

Zoogony :: Zoogony (n.) The doctrine of the formation of living beings.

Sivatherium :: Sivatherium (n.) A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species..

Refer :: Refer (v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal..

Inquisitiveness :: Inquisitiveness (n.) The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity..

Leucocytogenesis :: Leucocytogenesis (n.) The formation of leucocytes.

Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen. Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision..

Transmogrification :: Transmogrification (n.) The act of transmogrifying, or the state of being transmogrified; transformation..

Senonian :: Senonian (a.) In european geology, a name given to the middle division of the Upper Cretaceous formation..

Punishment :: Punishment (n.) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention..

Testify :: Testify (v. i.) To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.

Authentic :: Authentic (n.) Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information..

Informatory :: Informatory (a.) Full of, or conveying, information; instructive..

Curiosity :: Curiosity (n.) Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness..

Apogamy :: Apogamy (n.) The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oospore.

Ovulation :: Ovulation (n.) The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of the same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs during menstruation..

Misformation :: Misformation (n.) Malformation.

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