AMPHIGASTRIUM | • AMPHIGASTRIUM n. a scalelike leaf on the ventral side of some liverworts. |
APPOGGIATURAS | • appoggiaturas n. Plural of appoggiatura. • APPOGGIATURA n. (Italian) a short note placed before a longer one. |
COMPURGATIONS | • compurgations n. Plural of compurgation. • COMPURGATION n. the exoneration of an accused person on the basis of oaths sworn by other persons. |
CONSTUPRATING | • constuprating v. Present participle of constuprate. • CONSTUPRATE v. (obsolete) to ravish. |
EUSPORANGIATE | • eusporangiate adj. (Botany) That has sporangia that were each formed from several epidermal cells; of, pertaining to, or… • EUSPORANGIATE adj. of a group of ferns, having each sporangium derived from a group of cells. |
GRADUATESHIPS | • graduateships n. Plural of graduateship. • GRADUATESHIP n. the state of being a graduate. |
HARUSPICATING | • haruspicating v. Present participle of haruspicate. • HARUSPICATE v. to foretell by inspection of animals' entrails. |
MOUSETRAPPING | • mousetrapping v. Present participle of mousetrap. • MOUSETRAPPING n. a range of techniques employed to stop users leaving a website. |
PERLUSTRATING | • perlustrating v. Present participle of perlustrate. • PERLUSTRATE v. (archaic) to traverse and inspect. |
PLAGIOTROPOUS | • PLAGIOTROPOUS adj. showing plagiotropism, the tendency to grow at an oblique or horizontal angle. |
PNEUMOGASTRIC | • pneumogastric adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. • pneumogastric adj. (Anatomy) vagus (attributive). • pneumogastric n. (Anatomy) The pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to… |
POSTINAUGURAL | • postinaugural adj. After inauguration. • POSTINAUGURAL adj. taking place after inauguration. |
PREGUSTATIONS | • pregustations n. Plural of pregustation. • PREGUSTATION n. a foretaste. |
PROMULGATIONS | • promulgations n. Plural of promulgation. • PROMULGATION n. the act of promulgating. |
PROPUGNATIONS | • propugnations n. Plural of propugnation. • PROPUGNATION n. (Shakespeare) defence. |
SUPEREXALTING | • superexalting v. Present participle of superexalt. • SUPEREXALT v. to exalt to a superior degree. |
SUPERFETATING | • superfetating v. Present participle of superfetate. • SUPERFETATE v. to conceive when a fetus is already in the uterus. |
SURROGATESHIP | • surrogateship n. The position or office of a surrogate. • SURROGATESHIP n. the office of surrogate. |
UNTRESPASSING | • untrespassing adj. Not trespassing. • UNTRESPASSING adj. not trespassing. |
URANOGRAPHIST | • URANOGRAPHIST n. one who practises uranography, descriptive astronomy and mapping. |