ADENOHYPOPHYSIS | • adenohypophysis n. (Anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones… • ADENOHYPOPHYSIS n. the anterior glandular lobe of the pituitary gland. |
AMINOPEPTIDASES | • aminopeptidases n. Plural of aminopeptidase. • AMINOPEPTIDASE n. an enzyme. |
APPENDICULARIAN | • appendicularian adj. (Zoology) Pertaining to the class Appendicularia of tailed tunicates. • appendicularian n. (Zoology) A member of this class. • APPENDICULARIAN n. a member of the Appendicularia, a genus of ascidians. |
APPRENTICEHOODS | • apprenticehoods n. Plural of apprenticehood. • APPRENTICEHOOD n. (Shakespeare) apprenticeship. |
CYPROHEPTADINES | • cyproheptadines n. Plural of cyproheptadine. • CYPROHEPTADINE n. a powerful antihistamine drug used to treat allergies. |
DISAPPOINTMENTS | • disappointments n. Plural of disappointment. • DISAPPOINTMENT n. the act or an instance of disappointing. |
DISPROPORTIONED | • disproportioned adj. Badly proportioned; disproportionate. • DISPROPORTION v. to make out of proportion. |
FIBRINOPEPTIDES | • fibrinopeptides n. Plural of fibrinopeptide. • FIBRINOPEPTIDE n. any of the vertebrate polypeptides that are cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin during clot formation. |
HYPERPRODUCTION | • hyperproduction n. Excessive production. • HYPERPRODUCTION n. excessive production. |
MISAPPREHENDING | • misapprehending v. Present participle of misapprehend. • MISAPPREHEND v. to apprehend wrongly. |
MISPROPORTIONED | • misproportioned adj. Having incorrect or distorted proportions. • misproportioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of misproportion. • MISPROPORTION v. to proportion wrongly. |
PERPENDICULARLY | • perpendicularly adv. In a perpendicular manner. • PERPENDICULAR adv. at right angles to a line or plane. |
PREDISPOSITIONS | • predispositions n. Plural of predisposition. • PREDISPOSITION n. an inclination. |
PREPONDERANCIES | • preponderancies n. Plural of preponderancy. • PREPONDERANCY n. a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength, also PREPONDERANCE. |
PREPONDERATIONS | • preponderations n. Plural of preponderation. • PREPONDERATION n. the act of preponderating. |
PREPRESIDENTIAL | • prepresidential adj. Of or pertaining to the period before a person’s ascent to the presidency of a country. • PREPRESIDENTIAL adj. preceding a presidential election. |
PSEUDEPIGRAPHON | • pseudepigraphon n. Singular of pseudepigrapha. • PSEUDEPIGRAPHON n. a book ascribed to Old Testament characters, but not judged genuine by scholars. |
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE | • pseudoephedrine n. (Pharmacology) A sympathomimetic alkaloid commonly used as a decongestant; a chemical compound, an isomer… • PSEUDOEPHEDRINE n. a naturally occurring isomer of ephedrine, used in the form of its hydrochloride as a bronchodilator. |
PSEUDOSCORPIONS | • pseudoscorpions n. Plural of pseudoscorpion. • PSEUDOSCORPION n. any of various small arachnids of the order Pseudoscorpiones, resembling a scorpion but tailless, and found in soil, leaf litter, bark, etc. |