| ANTEPENDIUM | • antependium n. (Ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. • ANTEPENDIUM n. a cloth that hangs over the front of an altar, aka forecloth. |
| ANTIDUMPING | • antidumping adj. (Economics, trade, diplomacy) Intended to combat or prevent dumping, the sale of goods below cost for… • ANTIDUMPING n. a method of trade protection intended to stop other countries dumping goods cheaply on a domestic market. |
| 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. |
| DEPLUMATION | • deplumation n. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. • deplumation n. (Medicine) Loss of the eyelashes due to disease of the eyelids. • deplumation n. (Metaphoric) The stripping of someone’s symbol(s) of status and prestige; humiliation. |
| DESPUMATING | • despumating v. Present participle of despumate. • DESPUMATE v. to throw off impurities in foam or scum. |
| DESPUMATION | • despumation n. The act of throwing up froth or scum. • despumation n. Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification. • DESPUMATION n. the throwing off of impurities. |
| DEUTOPLASMS | • deutoplasms n. Plural of deutoplasm. • DEUTOPLASM n. the food material, such as yolk or fat, within an egg or cell. |
| MANIPULATED | • manipulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate. • MANIPULATE v. to work with the hands. |
| PALUDAMENTA | • PALUDAMENTUM n. a Roman general's or high military officer's cloak, also PALUDAMENT. |
| PALUDAMENTS | • paludaments n. Plural of paludament. • PALUDAMENT n. a Roman general's or high military officer's cloak, also PALUDAMENTUM. |
| PNEUMATHODE | • PNEUMATHODE n. a band or pore or aerating tissue, esp. along the stipes of ferns. |
| 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. |
| SPERMADUCTS | • spermaducts n. Plural of spermaduct. • SPERMADUCT n. a duct conveying spermatozoa, also SPERMIDUCT. |
| UNATTEMPTED | • unattempted adj. Not attempted. • UNATTEMPTED adj. not attempted. |
| UNCOMPACTED | • uncompacted adj. Not compacted. • uncompacted v. Simple past tense and past participle of uncompact. • UNCOMPACTED adj. not compacted. |