FILOPLUME | • filoplume n. (Zoology, archaic) A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length. • FILOPLUME n. a slender hairlike feather. |
MULTIPOLE | • multipole n. (Physics) Any of a several forms of static or oscillating distributions of charge or magnetization. • MULTIPOLE adj. having many poles. • MULTIPOLE n. something with many poles. |
NULLIPORE | • nullipore n. Any of various crustaceous marine algae which secrete calcium carbonate. • NULLIPORE n. (Latin) any of various red algae which secrete a crust of calcium carbonate. |
PAPILLOUS | • papillous adj. Alternative form of papillose. • PAPILLOUS adj. covered with papules or papillae, also PAPILLOSE. |
PETIOLULE | • petiolule n. (Botany) The petiole of a pinna or pinnule. • petiolule n. (Botany) A small or partial petiole. • PETIOLULE n. a small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet. |
PIQUILLOS | • piquillos n. Plural of piquillo. • PIQUILLO n. (Spanish) a variety of sweet red pepper. |
PLANULOID | • planuloid adj. (Zoology) Resembling a planula. • PLANULOID adj. of or like a planula, a free-swimming, two-layered, often flattened larva of coelenterates etc. |
POLLINIUM | • pollinium n. (Palynology) A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a… • POLLINIUM n. a coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids. |
POLLUCITE | • pollucite n. (Mineralogy) A colorless transparent mineral of the zeolite family consisting of hydrous cesium aluminum… • POLLUCITE n. a colourless rare mineral, hydrated caesium aluminium silicate. |
POLLUSION | • POLLUSION n. (Shakespeare) blunder for allusion. |
POLLUTING | • polluting v. Present participle of pollute. • polluting adj. Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution. • POLLUTE v. to make unclean or impure. |
POLLUTION | • pollution n. Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or… • pollution n. Something that pollutes; a pollutant. • pollution n. (Now rare) The desecration of something holy or sacred; defilement, profanation. |
POLLUTIVE | • pollutive adj. That causes environmental pollution; polluting. • POLLUTIVE adj. relating to pollution. |
PULVILIOS | • pulvilios n. Plural of pulvilio. • PULVILIO n. (historical) perfumed powder; snuff, also PULVIL, PULVILLE, PULVILLIO. |
PULVILLIO | • pulvillio n. (Now rare, historical) A kind of perfumed cosmetic powder, applied to the skin, hair or wig. • PULVILLIO n. (historical) perfumed powder; snuff, also PULVIL, PULVILIO, PULVILLE. |
UPROLLING | • uprolling v. Present participle of uproll. • UPROLL v. to roll upward. |