BENZPYRENE | • benzpyrene n. Alternative form of benzopyrene. • BENZPYRENE n. a cancer-inducing hydrocarbon, also BENZOAPYRENE. |
BEPEARLING | • bepearling v. Present participle of bepearl. • BEPEARL v. to cover with pearls. |
BESPRINKLE | • besprinkle v. (Archaic, transitive) To sprinkle. • BESPRINKLE v. to sprinkle over; to scatter over. |
CARBAPENEM | • carbapenem n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of broad-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotics that are resistant to enzymatic… |
INOPERABLE | • inoperable adj. (Surgery) Incapable of being successfully operated on. • inoperable adj. Incapable of operation or function; inoperative. • INOPERABLE adj. that cannot be operated upon. |
NECROPHOBE | • necrophobe n. A person who has a morbid fear of death. • NECROPHOBE n. an organism that eats dead matter. |
NEGROPHOBE | • negrophobe n. Alternative letter-case form of Negrophobe. • Negrophobe n. (Somewhat derogatory) One who strongly fears or dislikes black people. |
PENETRABLE | • penetrable adj. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Also figuratively. • PENETRABLE adj. that can be penetrated. |
PENETRABLY | • penetrably adv. In a penetrable way. • PENETRABLE adv. that can be penetrated. |
PERSONABLE | • personable adj. (Of a person) Having a pleasing appearance; attractive; handsome. • personable adj. (Of a person) Having a pleasant or manner; friendly; amiable. • personable adj. (Law, obsolete) Enabled to maintain pleas in court. |
PONDERABLE | • ponderable adj. (Physics) Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass. • ponderable adj. Worthy of note; significant, interesting. • ponderable adj. (Rare) Heavy; ponderous. |
PREBENDARY | • prebendary n. An honorary canon of a cathedral or collegiate church. • prebendary adj. Pertaining to the office or person of a prebendary; prebendal. • prebendary adj. Of or relating to official positions that are profitable for the incumbent, to the allocation of such… |
PRENUMBERS | • prenumbers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prenumber. • PRENUMBER v. to number in advance. |
PROBENECID | • probenecid n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic sulfur-containing compound which promotes increased excretion of uric acid… • PROBENECID n. a drug that acts on renal tubular function. |
PUBERULENT | • puberulent adj. Covered in soft, downy hairs. • PUBERULENT adj. feebly or minutely pubescent; covered with minute down, also PUBERULOUS. |
REPROBANCE | • reprobance n. (Obsolete) reprobation. • REPROBANCE n. (Shakespeare) reprobation. |
SPACEBORNE | • spaceborne adj. Operating or travelling in space. • space-borne adj. Alternative form of spaceborne. • SPACEBORNE adj. carried in space e.g. of spores. |
SUPERBNESS | • superbness n. The state or condition of being superb; excellence. • superbness n. (Dated) Haughtiness. • SUPERBNESS n. the quality of being superb. |
UNPEERABLE | • unpeerable adj. (Archaic) Without an equal; peerless. • UNPEERABLE adj. incapable of having a peer, or equal. |