BIOPOLYMERS | • biopolymers n. Plural of biopolymer. • BIOPOLYMER n. a polymeric substance formed in a biological system. |
BLEPHARISMS | • BLEPHARISM n. spasm of the eyelid. |
BUMPKINLIER | • BUMPKINLY adj. like a bumpkin, also BUMPKINISH. |
COMPRISABLE | • comprisable adj. Able to be contained or classified. • COMPRISABLE adj. that can be comprised. |
HYPERBOLISM | • hyperbolism n. (Uncountable) The use of hyperbole. • hyperbolism n. (Countable) An instance of hyperbole. • hyperbolism n. (Countable, geometry) A blow-up of a curve at a point. |
HYPERMOBILE | • hypermobile adj. (Medicine, anatomy) Exhibiting hypermobility; able to move further than usual, as of joints. • hypermobile adj. (Informal) Excessively mobile. |
IMPERCEABLE | • IMPERCEABLE adj. (Spenser) not pierceable. |
IMPERMEABLE | • impermeable adj. Impossible to permeate. • impermeable adj. Not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof. • IMPERMEABLE adj. that cannot be permeated. |
IMPERMEABLY | • impermeably adv. In an impermeable manner. • IMPERMEABLE adv. that cannot be permeated. |
IMPERVIABLE | • imperviable adj. Impervious. • IMPERVIABLE adj. not able to be penetrated, also IMPERVIOUS. |
IMPREGNABLE | • impregnable adj. (Military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable… • impregnable adj. (Figuratively) Too strong to be defeated or overcome; invincible. • impregnable adj. Capable of being impregnated; impregnatable. |
IMPREGNABLY | • impregnably adv. In an impregnable manner; so as to defy attack. • IMPREGNABLE adv. that cannot be taken by attack. |
IMPRESSIBLE | • impressible adj. Capable of being impressed; susceptible of receiving impression. • impressible adj. Capable of creating an impression. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • IMPRESSIBLE adj. that can be impressed. |
MILLIPROBES | • MILLIPROBE n. an instrument for analysing small quantities, esp. a spectrometer. |
OMBROPHILES | • ombrophiles n. Plural of ombrophile. • OMBROPHILE n. a plant flourishing in extremely rainy conditions, also OMBROPHIL. |
PERMISSIBLE | • permissible adj. Permitted. • PERMISSIBLE adj. that can be permitted. |
PERMISSIBLY | • permissibly adv. In a permissible manner. • PERMISSIBLE adv. that can be permitted. |
PROBLEMATIC | • problematic adj. Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s)… • problematic adj. (Logic, dated) Only affirming the possibility that a predicate be actualised. • problematic n. (Chiefly in the plural) A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study. |
PROBLEMISTS | • problemists n. Plural of problemist. • PROBLEMIST n. one who sets problems. |
REDEMPTIBLE | • redemptible adj. (Archaic) redeemable. • REDEMPTIBLE adj. that can be redeemed. |