ACAROPHILY | • ACAROPHILY n. the symbiotic association of plants with mites. |
ARCTOPHILY | • arctophily n. The hobby of collecting teddy bears. • ARCTOPHILY n. the study of teddy bears. |
CAPERINGLY | • caperingly adv. In a capering manner. • CAPERING adv. CAPER, to leap or skip like a goat. |
CAPITULARY | • capitulary n. A member of an ecclesiastical chapter. • capitulary n. A set of decrees, especially those made by the Frankish kings. • capitulary adj. Of or related to a chapter, in its various senses. |
CARTOPHILY | • cartophily n. The hobby of collecting trade cards, especially cigarette cards. • CARTOPHILY n. the hobby of collecting cigarette cards. |
CHAPLAINRY | • chaplainry n. A chaplaincy. • CHAPLAINRY n. the office of chaplain, also CHAPLAINCY. |
MICROPYLAR | • micropylar adj. Of or pertaining to micropyles. • MICROPYLAR adj. of or like a micropyle, a micropore in ovum for spermatozoon. |
ORPHICALLY | • Orphically adv. In an Orphic manner. • ORPHICAL adv. mystical, oracular, also ORPHIC. |
PARALYMPIC | • paralympic adj. Alternative form of Paralympic; Pertaining to the Paralympics and their participants, staff etc. • paralympic adj. (By extension) Pertaining to disability sport in general. • Paralympic adj. (Sports) Pertaining to the Paralympic Games. |
PARALYTICS | • paralytics n. Plural of paralytic. • PARALYTIC n. one suffering from paralysis. |
PATROCLINY | • patrocliny n. The quality of being patroclinous. • PATROCLINY n. the inheritance of traits primarily from the father. |
PECULIARLY | • peculiarly adv. Such as to be greater than usual; particularly; exceptionally. • peculiarly adv. Such as to be strange or odd. • peculiarly adv. Strongly associated with; in a manner that is peculiar or restricted to some person or place. |
POLYCARPIC | • polycarpic adj. (Botany) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year. • polycarpic adj. (Botany) Having several carpels in one flower. • POLYCARPIC adj. fruiting many times, or year after year, also POLYCARPOUS. |
PRANCINGLY | • prancingly adv. In a prancing manner. • PRANCING adv. moving like a horse. |
PROFLIGACY | • profligacy n. (Countable) Careless wastefulness. • profligacy n. (Uncountable) Shameless and immoral behaviour. • PROFLIGACY n. the state of being profligate. |
PROMYCELIA | • promycelia n. Plural of promycelium. • PROMYCELIUM n. a short germ-tube put out by some fungal spores. |
PYROGALLIC | • pyrogallic adj. (Chemistry) Of, or relating to pyrogallol (pyrogallic acid). • PYROGALLIC adj. relating to pyrogallol. |
SPAGYRICAL | • spagyrical adj. (Obsolete) alchemical; spagyric. • SPAGYRICAL adj. alchemical, also SPAGERIC, SPAGIRIC, SPAGYRIC. |
TROPICALLY | • tropically adv. In a tropical manner; of the tropics. • tropically adv. In a metaphorical or figurative manner; as a trope. • TROPICAL adv. related to the tropics. |