ENTOMOPHAGOUS | • entomophagous adj. Feeding on insects; insectivorous. • ENTOMOPHAGOUS adj. eating insects. |
EUSPORANGIATE | • eusporangiate adj. (Botany) That has sporangia that were each formed from several epidermal cells; of, pertaining to, or… • EUSPORANGIATE adj. of a group of ferns, having each sporangium derived from a group of cells. |
EXPOSTULATING | • expostulating v. Present participle of expostulate. • EXPOSTULATE v. to remonstrate; to discuss or reason with. |
MAGNETOPAUSES | • magnetopauses n. Plural of magnetopause. • MAGNETOPAUSE n. the outer boundary of a magnetosphere. |
METACOMPUTING | • METACOMPUTING n. computing that uses metacomputers. |
MOUSETRAPPING | • mousetrapping v. Present participle of mousetrap. • MOUSETRAPPING n. a range of techniques employed to stop users leaving a website. |
PNEUMOGASTRIC | • pneumogastric adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. • pneumogastric adj. (Anatomy) vagus (attributive). • pneumogastric n. (Anatomy) The pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to… |
PRECAUTIONING | • precautioning v. Present participle of precaution. • PRECAUTION v. to forewarn. |
PREFIGURATION | • prefiguration n. A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished. • prefiguration n. Something that prefigures. • PREFIGURATION n. the act of prefiguring. |
PREGUSTATIONS | • pregustations n. Plural of pregustation. • PREGUSTATION n. a foretaste. |
PREOCCUPATING | • preoccupating v. Present participle of preoccupate. • PREOCCUPATE v. (obsolete) to preoccupy. |
PROTOLANGUAGE | • protolanguage n. Alternative form of proto-language. • proto-language n. (Linguistics) A language which is reconstructed by examining similarities in existing languages to try… • proto-language n. (Linguistics) The early utterances produced by an infant before it acquires true language. |
PROTUBERATING | • protuberating v. Present participle of protuberate. • PROTUBERATE v. to bulge out. |
RONTGENOPAQUE | • RONTGENOPAQUE adj. opaque to X-rays. |
STEGANOPODOUS | • steganopodous adj. (Zoology) Having all four toes webbed together. • STEGANOPODOUS adj. relating to the Steganopodes, an order of birds including pelicans. |