cephalisation
nounHow to pronounce cephalisation:
Definition of cephalisation:
- cephalisation (noun):
- a tendency in the evolution of organisms to concentrate the sensory and neural organs in an anterior head
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- animadversion
- congratulations
- anniversary
- conglomeration
- infrequently
- unmeasurable
- miraculously
- unnaturally
- nonnegotiable
- geometrical
- postmeridian
- reinvigoration
- tumultuously
- consecutively
- undemonstrative
- debilitation
- simplification
- precipitation
- salability
- circumstantially
- quantifiable
- uniformity
- customarily
- emasculated
- appropriately
- unbelievably
- melodramatic
- fashionable
- undeniably
- indefinitely
- evaporation
- multisyllabic
- ameliorate
- inarticulate
- uncapitalized
- invaluable
- auditorium
- insupportable
- unenviable
- unalterable
- recommendable
- impoverishment
- inauspicious
- additionally
- inexhaustible
- unbelievable
- extravaganza
- expressionless
- cavalierly
- maneuverable
- … more
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