APODYTERIUM | • apodyterium n. (Architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed. • APODYTERIUM n. an undressing-room at a Roman bath. |
AUTOSAMPLER | • autosampler n. Any of various devices that automate a sampling process. |
CHAMPERTOUS | • champertous adj. Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty. • CHAMPERTOUS adj. relating to champerty, an illegal contract to finance a lawsuit for a percentage fee. |
COMPACTURES | • COMPACTURE n. (Spenser) close union or knitting together. |
COMPUTERATE | • computerate adj. (Informal) computer-literate. • COMPUTERATE adj. computer literate. |
EUPATORIUMS | • eupatoriums n. Plural of eupatorium. • EUPATORIUM n. any plant of the genus Eupatorium, of tropical America and the Caribbean, cultivated for their ornamental clusters of purple, pink, or white flowers. |
HEPTAMEROUS | • heptamerous adj. (Botany) Comprising seven parts or members, as with seven petals on a flower. • HEPTAMEROUS adj. having seven divisions; having the parts of flower in sevens. |
IMPORTUNATE | • importunate adj. (Of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so. • importunate adj. (Of a person) Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding. • importunate v. (Rare) To importune, or to obtain by importunity. |
LEPROMATOUS | • lepromatous adj. Synonym of lepromatoid: Of or relating to leprous lesions (lepromas) or lepromatic leprosy. • LEPROMATOUS adj. characterized by, exhibiting, or being leprosy with infective superficial granulomatous nodules. |
PENTAMEROUS | • pentamerous adj. (Botany) In five parts; made up of five parts. • PENTAMEROUS adj. having five parts or members. |
PERITONAEUM | • peritonaeum n. Alternative form of peritoneum. • peritonæum n. Obsolete typography of peritonaeum. • PERITONAEUM n. a serous membrane enclosing the viscera in the abdominal and pelvic cavities, also PERITONEUM. |
PERMUTATION | • permutation n. One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered. • permutation n. (Mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself. • permutation n. (Mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements. |
PETROLATUMS | • petrolatums n. Plural of petrolatum. • PETROLATUM n. petroleum jelly. |
PORTMANTEAU | • portmanteau n. A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections. • portmanteau n. (Australia, dated) A schoolbag. • portmanteau n. (Archaic) A hook on which to hang clothing. |
PRAETORIUMS | • PRAETORIUM n. the court or palace of the governor of a Roman province. |
PROCTODAEUM | • proctodaeum n. Alternative spelling of proctodeum. • proctodæum n. Obsolete form of proctodeum. • PROCTODAEUM n. the posterior portion of the alimentary canal, also PROCTODEUM. |
PROMULGATED | • promulgated v. Simple past tense and past participle of promulgate. • PROMULGATE v. to make known, disseminate, also PROMULGE. |
PROMULGATES | • promulgates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of promulgate. • PROMULGATE v. to make known, disseminate, also PROMULGE. |
THAUMATROPE | • thaumatrope n. A toy made of a card with an image on each side; when twirled, the images combine. • thaumatrope n. A zoetrope. • THAUMATROPE n. an optical toy in which pictures on both sides of a card are seen to combine when the card is rotated rapidly. |
TROPAEOLUMS | • TROPAEOLUM n. a genus of South American trailing plants. |