| APOCARPOUS | • apocarpous adj. (Botany) Having carpels that are not joined. • APOCARPOUS adj. either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil. |
| APOCOPATED | • apocopated v. Simple past tense and past participle of apocopate. • APOCOPATE v. to cut off the end of a word. |
| APOCOPATES | • apocopates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apocopate. • APOCOPATE v. to cut off the end of a word. |
| APOCRYPHON | • APOCRYPHON n. a hidden or secret thing. |
| APOTROPAIC | • apotropaic adj. (Religion, mysticism) Intended to ward off evil. • apotropaic n. An agent intended to ward off evil. • APOTROPAIC adj. averting or combating evil. |
| CARPOPHORE | • carpophore n. (Botany) A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants. • carpophore n. (Mycology) The stem of the fruiting body in higher fungi. • CARPOPHORE n. a slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants. |
| CARPOSPORE | • carpospore n. A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae. • CARPOSPORE n. a kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae. |
| CEPHALOPOD | • cephalopod n. Any mollusc, of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc. • CEPHALOPOD n. any marine mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, that includes the octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and pearly nautilus, also CEPHALOPODAN. |
| CONTRAPROP | • CONTRAPROP n. a contra-rotating propeller. |
| COPROPHAGY | • coprophagy n. The eating of feces. • COPROPHAGY n. feeding on dung. |
| PANOPTICON | • panopticon n. A type of prison where all the cells are visible from the center, particularly if it is not possible… • panopticon n. (Figurative, by extension) A place in which people are subject to constant surveillance at totalitarian command. • panopticon n. A room for the exhibition of novelties. |
| PANTOSCOPE | • pantoscope n. (Historical) A panoramic camera. • pantoscope n. (Historical) A very wide-angled photographic lens. • PANTOSCOPE n. a panoramic camera. |
| PROTANOPIC | • protanopic adj. Exhibiting or relating to protanopia. • PROTANOPIC adj. colour-blind to red. |
| SCAPHOPODS | • scaphopods n. Plural of scaphopod. • SCAPHOPOD n. a member of a class of marine molluscs. |
| SPOROCARPS | • sporocarps n. Plural of sporocarp. • SPOROCARP n. a closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia. |