CLAMPDOWNS | • clampdowns n. Plural of clampdown. • clamp-downs n. Plural of clamp-down. • CLAMPDOWN n. a tightening e.g. of regulations. |
DEUTOPLASM | • deutoplasm n. (Biology) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the… • DEUTOPLASM n. the food material, such as yolk or fat, within an egg or cell. |
DIPLOMATES | • diplomates n. Plural of diplomate. • diplomates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diplomate. • DIPLOMATE v. to invest with a degree or title by diploma. |
DIPLONEMAS | • diplonemas n. Plural of diplonema. • DIPLONEMA n. a less common name for diplotene, a stage of meiotic prophase (cell division). |
ENDOPLASMS | • endoplasms n. Plural of endoplasm. • ENDOPLASM n. the protoplasm in the interior of a cell. |
IDIOPLASMS | • idioplasms n. Plural of idioplasm. • IDIOPLASM n. the part of the protoplasm bearing hereditary characteristics. |
MELAMPODES | • MELAMPODE n. (Spenser) the black hellebore. |
MOULDWARPS | • mouldwarps n. Plural of mouldwarp. • MOULDWARP n. (dialect) a mole, also MODIWORT, MOLDWARP, MOUDIEWART, MOUDIEWORT, MOUDIWART, MOUDIWORT, MOULDYWARP, MOWDIE, MOWDIEWART, MOWDIEWORT. |
PADEMELONS | • pademelons n. Plural of pademelon. • PADEMELON n. (Native Australian) any of several small wallabies, also PADDYMELON, PADYMELON. |
PADYMELONS | • padymelons n. Plural of padymelon. • PADYMELON n. (Native Australian) any of several small wallabies, also PADDYMELON, PADEMELON. |
PLACODERMS | • placoderms n. Plural of placoderm. • PLACODERM n. a fish covered with bony scales. |
PLASMODESM | • plasmodesm n. Alternative form of plasmodesma. • PLASMODESM n. a strand of living cytoplasm connecting two cells, also PLASMODESMA. |
PLASMODIAL | • plasmodial adj. (Biology) Resembling or relating to a plasmodium. • PLASMODIAL adj. of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium; as, the plasmodial form of a life cycle. |
PLASMODIUM | • plasmodium n. (Biology) A mass of cytoplasm, containing many nuclei, created by the aggregation of amoeboid cells… • Plasmodium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Plasmodiidae – parasitic protozoans which include those causing malaria. • PLASMODIUM n. a naked mass of protoplasm with many nuclei, as in myxomycetes. |
POLYAMIDES | • polyamides n. Plural of polyamide. • POLYAMIDE n. a compound characterized by more than one amide group. |
PRISMOIDAL | • prismoidal adj. Having the form of a prismoid. • PRISMOIDAL adj. having the form of a prismoid. |
PSALMODIES | • psalmodies n. Plural of psalmody. • PSALMODY n. the use of psalms in worship. |
PSALMODISE | • psalmodise v. Alternative form of psalmodize. • PSALMODISE v. to practise psalmody, also PSALMODIZE. |
PSALMODIST | • psalmodist n. One who sings sacred songs; a psalmist. • PSALMODIST n. a singer of psalms. |
PSALMODIZE | • psalmodize v. (Transitive, intransitive) To practise psalmody. • PSALMODIZE v. to practice psalmody, also PSALMODISE. |