ASPIDIOID | • ASPIDIOID adj. like an aspidium, a shield-fern. |
BICIPITAL | • bicipital adj. Of or pertaining to a biceps. • bicipital adj. (Of a muscle) Having two heads or points of origin. • BICIPITAL adj. having two heads or origins, as a muscle. |
BIOPHILIA | • biophilia n. (Obsolete, rare) Hypochondria. • biophilia n. (Psychology) The biological drive to preserve oneself; love of life. • biophilia n. The love of or empathy with nature and all living things. |
DIAPIRISM | • diapirism n. The formation of diapirs. • DIAPIRISM n. the upward movement of material through denser rock. |
EPILIMNIA | • epilimnia n. Plural of epilimnion. • EPILIMNION n. the upper, warm layer of water in a lake. |
EPINICIAN | • epinician adj. Of, related to, or resembling a certain type of Greek ode in honor of a victorious athlete. • epinician n. A Greek ode in honor of a victorious athlete. • EPINICIAN adj. celebrating a triumph. |
EPINIKIAN | • epinikian adj. Epinicial. • EPINIKIAN n. an ode celebrating a triumph, also EPINICION, EPINIKION. |
IMPAIRING | • impairing v. Present participle of impair. • impairing n. Impairment. • IMPAIRING n. the act of making worse. |
LAPIDIFIC | • lapidific adj. Forming or converting into stone; petrifying. • LAPIDIFIC adj. (archaic) forming stone. |
PERIDINIA | • PERIDINIUM n. a dinoflagellate, a kind of marine protozoan, also PERIDINIAN. |
PHILISTIA | • Philistia prop.n. An ancient pentapolis in south-western Levant, comprising Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza. • PHILISTIA n. the class or world of cultured Philistines. |
PIANISTIC | • pianistic adj. Of or pertaining to piano playing. • PIANISTIC adj. relating to or skilled at the playing of the piano. |
PIZZICATI | • pizzicati n. Plural of pizzicato. • PIZZICATO n. a tone so produced; a passage so played. |
PRIMITIAE | • primitiae n. Plural of primitia. • PRIMITIAE n. (Latin) the first year's revenue of a benefice, also PRIMITIAS. |
PRIMITIAL | • primitial adj. (Rare) Being of the first production; primitive; original. • PRIMITIAL adj. of or relating to primitiae, the first year's revenue of a benefice. |
PRIMITIAS | • primitias n. Plural of primitia. • PRIMITIAS n. (Spenser) the first year's revenue of a benefice, also PRIMITIAE. |
PRINCIPIA | • principia n. (Archaic) first principles; elementary material. • PRINCIPIUM n. (Latin) a first principle; element; as Newton's Principia. |
SIMPLICIA | • simplicia n. Plural of simplex. • SIMPLEX n. (Latin) a geometrical term, a figure with a minimum number of vertices. |
SINCIPITA | • sincipita n. Plural of sinciput. • SINCIPUT n. (Latin) the forehead. |