| ASCLEPIADACEOUS | • asclepiadaceous adj. (Botany) Relating to the milkweeds. • ASCLEPIADACEOUS adj. belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed and swallowwort family. |
| 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. |
| DERMATOGRAPHIA | • dermatographia n. (Pathology) A skin disorder in which the skin becomes raised and inflamed when stroked, scratched or rubbed. • DERMATOGRAPHIA n. a type of urticaria in which the physical allergy causes stroking or scratching, etc. to raise a red weal on the skin. |
| DERMATOGRAPHIAS | • DERMATOGRAPHIA n. a type of urticaria in which the physical allergy causes stroking or scratching, etc. to raise a red weal on the skin. |
| LAMPADEPHORIA | • LAMPADEPHORIA n. a foot race with lighted torches, esp. a relay race in which torch is passed on, also LAMPADEDROMY. |
| LAMPADEPHORIAS | • LAMPADEPHORIA n. a foot race with lighted torches, esp. a relay race in which torch is passed on, also LAMPADEDROMY. |
| LAMPADOMANCIES | • LAMPADOMANCY n. divination using the flame of a torch. |
| LYMPHOADENOMATA | • LYMPHOADENOMA n. a tumour of the lymph glands, aka Hodgkin's disease. |
| MALAPPROPRIATED | • malappropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of malappropriate. • MALAPPROPRIATE v. to misuse or misappropriate. |
| PANDANACEOUS | • pandanaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the plant family Pandanaceae. • PANDANACEOUS adj. belonging to the Pandanaceae, a family of trees and bushes related to the bulrushes and bur-reeds. |
| PANDEMONIACAL | • pandemoniacal adj. Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a pandemonium. • PANDEMONIACAL adj. pertaining to pandemonium, general tumult, also PANDEMONIAC, PANDEMONIAN, PANDEMONIC. |
| PARADOXICALNESS | • paradoxicalness n. The state or quality of being paradoxical. • PARADOXICAL n. of the nature of a paradox, also PARADOXAL. |
| PARALLELOPIPEDA | • PARALLELOPIPEDA plural of parallelopipedon* (which has sixteen letters), a solid figure bounded by six parallelograms, opposite pairs being identical and parallel. |
| PLASMODESMATA | • plasmodesmata n. Plural of plasmodesma. • PLASMODESMA n. a strand of living cytoplasm connecting two cells, also PLASMODESM. |
| PREADAPTATION | • preadaptation n. (Biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function. • PREADAPTATION n. a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution. |
| PREADAPTATIONS | • preadaptations n. Plural of preadaptation. • PREADAPTATION n. a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution. |
| READAPTATION | • readaptation n. A second or subsequent adaptation. • READAPTATION n. the act of readapting. |
| READAPTATIONS | • readaptations n. Plural of readaptation. • READAPTATION n. the act of readapting. |
| ZAPATEADO | • zapateado n. A dance of Mexican Indian origin characterized by a lively rhythm punctuated by the striking of the dancer’s shoes. • ZAPATEADO n. (Spanish) a Latin-American dance with rhythmic tapping of the feet. |
| ZAPATEADOS | • zapateados n. Plural of zapateado. • ZAPATEADO n. (Spanish) a Latin-American dance with rhythmic tapping of the feet. |