alecithal
/əˈlɛsɪθl/Embryology
adjective
Of an ovum: containing no yolk or little yolk; = microlecithal.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Francis Maitland Balfour (1851–1882), comparative embryologist and morphologist. From a- + ancient Greek λέκιθος yolk + -al.
- locksmithery
- locksmithing
- lock someone down
- lock someone out
- lock someone out of
- lock someone/thing in (or into)
- lock someone up (or away)
- lock something away
- lock something up (also lock up)
- lockspit
- lockspitting
- lock spring
- lock staple
- lock station
- lockstep
- lock stitch
- lock-stitched
- lock, stock, and barrel
- lockstop
- lock string
- lock timber
- lock-up
- lock-upable
- lockupable
- lock-up garage