AUTOCOPROPHAGY | • autocoprophagy n. The feeding on its own excrement. • AUTOCOPROPHAGY n. eating one's own feces. |
AUTOTYPOGRAPHY | • autotypography n. (Archaic) A process by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from… • AUTOTYPOGRAPHY n. a process by which drawings made on gelatine are transferred to a plate from which impressions may be taken. |
OPPUGNANCY | • oppugnancy n. The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance. • OPPUGNANCY n. (Shakespeare) antagonism. |
OPPUGNANTLY | • OPPUGNANT adv. opposing. |
OVERSUPPLYING | • oversupplying v. Present participle of oversupply. • OVERSUPPLY v. to supply to excess. |
PHYLLOPHAGOUS | • phyllophagous adj. (Zoology) that feeds on leaves; leaf-eating. • PHYLLOPHAGOUS adj. leaf-eating. |
PHYTOPHAGOUS | • phytophagous adj. (Zoology) Feeding on plants, herbivorous. • PHYTOPHAGOUS adj. feeding on plants, also PHYTOPHAGIC. |
PLAYGROUP | • playgroup n. A group of children who meet together for supervised play. • playgroup n. A group of gamers who meet together, especially for role-playing games. • playgroup n. (UK) An informal organised group providing care and activities for preschool children. |
PLAYGROUPS | • playgroups n. Plural of playgroup. • PLAYGROUP n. an informal, sometimes voluntarily run group having morning or afternoon sessions attended by preschool children. |
POLYPHAGOUS | • polyphagous adj. Eating many types of food. • polyphagous adj. (Of an herbivorous insect) Having many host plants. • POLYPHAGOUS adj. eating many types of food. |
POMPHOLYGOUS | • POMPHOLYGOUS adj. of or like a pompholyx, a vesicular eruption or eczema chiefly on the palms and soles. |
PREOCCUPYING | • preoccupying v. Present participle of preoccupy. • PREOCCUPY v. to engross or fill the mind of. |
PSEUDOGRAPHY | • pseudography n. False writing; forgery. • pseudography n. Incorrect spelling. • PSEUDOGRAPHY n. unsatisfactory spelling. |
PSEUDOPREGNANCY | • pseudopregnancy n. Pseudocyesis or false pregnancy. • pseudopregnancy n. The persistence of the corpus luteum following infertile copulation in some mammals. • PSEUDOPREGNANCY n. false pregnancy. |
UNAPPROVINGLY | • unapprovingly adv. In an unapproving manner. • UNAPPROVING adv. not approving. |