DISPATCHFUL | • dispatchful adj. Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task. • DISPATCHFUL adj. (Milton) swift. |
FISSIPAROUS | • fissiparous adj. Factious, tending to break into pieces. • fissiparous adj. Causing division or fragmenting something. • fissiparous adj. (Cytology) Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two. |
FOETIPAROUS | • foetiparous adj. Alternative form of fetiparous. • FOETIPAROUS adj. of marsupials, such as the kangaroo, giving birth to incompletely developed offspring, also FETIPAROUS. |
GRAPEFRUITS | • grapefruits n. Plural of grapefruit. • GRAPEFRUIT n. a large, round, yellow-skinned citrus fruit, so called because it grows in large bunches like grapes. |
NAUPLIIFORM | • naupliiform adj. Resembling a nauplius. • NAUPLIIFORM adj. having the form of a nauplius, a larval form in crustaceans. |
PAINFULLEST | • painfullest adj. Superlative form of painful: most painful. • PAINFUL adj. causing pain. |
PAINFULNESS | • painfulness n. The state or quality of being painful, of causing pain. • painfulness n. The state or quality of being tedious, of requiring great care. • PAINFULNESS n. the state of being painful. |
PANDURIFORM | • panduriform adj. (Botany, rare) Pandurate. • PANDURIFORM adj. fiddle-shaped, e.g. of leaves, also PANDURATE, PANDURATED. |
PISCIFAUNAE | • PISCIFAUNA n. the fish life of an area. |
PISCIFAUNAS | • PISCIFAUNA n. the fish life of an area. |
PLANULIFORM | • planuliform adj. (Zoology) Resembling a planula. • PLANULIFORM adj. having the form of a planula. |
PREFIGURATE | • prefigurate v. (Transitive) To prefigure. • PREFIGURATE v. to prefigure. |
PURIFICATOR | • purificator n. One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier. • purificator n. (Christianity) The napkin used to wipe the lip of the chalice during Holy Communion. • PURIFICATOR n. a cloth used to wipe the Eucharist chalice. |
PUTREFIABLE | • putrefiable adj. Capable of being putrefied. • PUTREFIABLE adj. capable of putrefying. |
SUPERFAMILY | • superfamily n. (Taxonomy) A taxonomic category above family and below order (and its subdivisions). • superfamily n. (Molecular biology) A large group of related proteins or other molecules. • SUPERFAMILY n. a category of biological classification ranking below an order and above a family. |
SUPERFICIAL | • superficial adj. (Relational) Existing, occurring, or located on the surface. • superficial adj. Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely. • superficial adj. Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent. |
UNAMPLIFIED | • unamplified adj. Not amplified. • UNAMPLIFIED adj. not amplified. |