angioplany, angioplania
The abnormal location, or displacement, of a blood vessel; also angiectopia.
aplanogamete
A nonmotile, conjugating germ cell of various plants and animals.
diplanetism
A condition whereby there are two periods of motility in one life history.
interplanetary
Situated between the planets. Also, existing between planets or pertaining to travel between planets.
planet
An astronomical body that orbits a star and does not shine with its own light, especially one of the nine such bodies orbiting the Sun in the solar system.
planetarian
1. Belonging to or connected with a planet or planets; planetary.
2. An astrologer.
3. An inhabitant of a planet.
planetarily
After the manner of a planet; figuratively, with uncertain recurrence.
planetarium
1. A building usually with a domed ceiling onto which movable images of the stars, planets, and other objects seen in the night sky are projected for an audience.
2. A model of the solar system, often a working model showing how the planets revolve around the Sun.
planetary
1. Relating to, belonging to, involving, or typical of planets.
2. Involving or relating to the whole earth, all the people or countries of the world, or a large proportion of them.
planetesimal
1. A small body that is the precursor of a planet in the early stages of solar system development, or the fragmented result of a cataclysmic collision between a planet and another celestial body.
2. A small rocky celestial object thought to have orbited the Sun in the early stages of the solar system before coalescing with others to form the planets.
3. A small solid body following a planetary orbit; a miniature planet.
planetical
1. Of or pertaining to the planets; planetary.
2. Wandering, roving, vagrant.
planeticose
Given to wandering.
planetography
A written description of the physical features of a planet.
planetoid, planetoidal
1. A branch of astronomy that studies the origin and composition of the planets and other solid bodies in the solar system such as comets and meteors; asteroid.
2. A body resembling a planet; a name sometimes given to the minor planets or asteroids.
3. Of or belonging to the astroids.
planetolatry
Idolatrous worship of the planets.
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