ANDROCEPHALOUS | • androcephalous adj. Having a human head (upon an animal’s body), like the Egyptian sphinx. • ANDROCEPHALOUS adj. with a human head. |
APPROPINQUATED | • appropinquated v. Simple past tense and past participle of appropinquate. • APPROPINQUATE v. (archaic) to approach, also APPROPINQUE. |
AUTOTETRAPLOID | • autotetraploid adj. (Genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome. • autotetraploid n. Such a cell or organism. • AUTOTETRAPLOID n. an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of four copies of a single genome due to doubling of an ancestral chromosome complement. |
CAPPARIDACEOUS | • capparidaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Capparidaceae (preferred: Capparaceae) of capers and close relatives. • CAPPARIDACEOUS adj. of the Capparidaceae family of plants, related to the crucifers, and including the caper. |
PACHYDERMATOUS | • pachydermatous adj. Of or relating to the pachyderms. • pachydermatous adj. Like an elephant. • pachydermatous adj. (Humorous) Thick-skinned; insensitive. |
PARTICULARISED | • particularised v. Simple past tense and past participle of particularise. • PARTICULARISE v. to state in detail, also PARTICULARIZE. |
PARTICULARIZED | • particularized v. Simple past tense and past participle of particularize. • PARTICULARIZE v. to state in detail, also PARTICULARISE. |
PERSUADABILITY | • persuadability n. The quality of being persuadable. • PERSUADABILITY n. the quality of being persuadable. |
PREDEVALUATION | • predevaluation adj. (Economics) Before devaluation. • PREDEVALUATION adj. preceding a devaluation. |
PREMANDIBULARS | • premandibulars n. Plural of premandibular. • PREMANDIBULAR n. a bone so placed in fishes, etc. |
PROPAEDEUTICAL | • propaedeutical adj. Alternative form of propaedeutic. • PROPAEDEUTICAL adj. of or like a propaedeutic, a preliminary study. |
PSEUDEPIGRAPHA | • pseudepigrapha n. Writings falsely ascribed to famous persons (historical or mythical) to lend them greater legitimacy… • PSEUDEPIGRAPHA n. spurious writings, esp. writings falsely attributed to biblical characters or times (plural of 16-letter pseudepigraphon. |
QUADRUPLICATED | • quadruplicated v. Simple past tense and past participle of quadruplicate. • quadruplicated adj. Replicated four times. • QUADRUPLICATE v. to make quadruple or fourfold. |
QUADRUPLICATES | • quadruplicates n. Plural of quadruplicate. • quadruplicates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruplicate. • QUADRUPLICATE v. to make quadruple or fourfold. |
SUPERABUNDANCE | • superabundance n. An extreme abundance; abundance to a vast degree that seems almost excessive. • SUPERABUNDANCE n. extreme abundance. |
SUPERSATURATED | • supersaturated adj. (Chemistry, physics, of a solution) More concentrated than is normally possible. • supersaturated adj. (Physics, of a vapor) Having a vapor pressure higher than is normally possible. • supersaturated v. Simple past tense and past participle of supersaturate. |
ULTRACREPIDATE | • ultracrepidate v. To venture beyond one’s competence or purview. • ULTRACREPIDATE v. to criticize beyond sphere of one's knowledge. |
UNAPPROPRIATED | • unappropriated adj. That has not been appropriated for a specific use, or assigned to a specific person or organization. • UNAPPROPRIATED adj. not appropriated. |
UPGRADEABILITY | • upgradeability n. Alternative spelling of upgradability. • UPGRADEABILITY n. the state of being upgradeable, also UPGRADABILITY. |