DROPOUT | • dropout n. Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course. • dropout n. Someone who has opted out of conventional society. • dropout n. One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so. |
ATROPOUS | • atropous adj. (Botany) Not inverted; orthotropous. • ATROPOUS adj. having a straight ovule. |
DROPOUTS | • dropouts n. Plural of dropout. • drop-outs n. Plural of drop-out. • DROPOUT n. one who drops out of normal society. |
PROPOUND | • propound v. (Transitive) To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate. • PROPOUND v. to propose. |
EUTROPOUS | • EUTROPOUS adj. according to eutropy, turning sunwise. |
PROPOUNDS | • propounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of propound. • PROPOUND v. to propose. |
ANATROPOUS | • anatropous adj. (Botany, of an ovule) Having an inverted nucleus, whose apex points to the base. • ANATROPOUS adj. of an ovule, inverted so that the micropyle is next to the stalk. |
APOTROPOUS | • APOTROPOUS adj. anatropous with a ventral raphe. |
ISOTROPOUS | • isotropous adj. (Archaic) isotropic. • ISOTROPOUS adj. having the same properties irrespective of direction, also ISOTROPIC. |
PROPOUNDED | • propounded v. Simple past tense and past participle of propound. • PROPOUND v. to propose. |
PROPOUNDER | • propounder n. One who propounds. • PROPOUNDER n. one who propounds. |
ALLOTROPOUS | • allotropous adj. (Botany) Pertaining to a flower which attracts a large range of different insects to feed on its nectar. • allotropous adj. (Biology) Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species… • ALLOTROPOUS adj. having nectar accessible to all kinds of insects. |
HEMITROPOUS | • hemitropous adj. Turned half round; half inverted. • hemitropous adj. (Botany, of an ovule) Having the raphe terminating about halfway between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous. • HEMITROPOUS adj. of a crystal, having a twinned structure, also HEMITROPAL, HEMITROPE, HEMITROPIC. |
PETROPOUNDS | • petropounds n. Plural of petropound. • PETROPOUNDS n. money from oil revenues. |
PROPOUNDERS | • propounders n. Plural of propounder. • PROPOUNDER n. one who propounds. |
PROPOUNDING | • propounding v. Present participle of propound. • PROPOUND v. to propose. |
AMPHITROPOUS | • amphitropous adj. (Botany) Having the ovule bent so that the ends are near each other. • AMPHITROPOUS adj. of an ovule, with its point of attachment in the middle. |
ORTHOTROPOUS | • orthotropous adj. (Botany, of an ovule) Growing straight and having the micropyle at the apex. • ORTHOTROPOUS adj. growing straight, so that the micropyle is opposite the stalk. |
PLAGIOTROPOUS | • PLAGIOTROPOUS adj. showing plagiotropism, the tendency to grow at an oblique or horizontal angle. |
CAMPYLOTROPOUS | • campylotropous adj. (Botany) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo… • CAMPYLOTROPOUS adj. having the ovule partly inverted and curved. |