| AMPHIPODOUS | • amphipodous adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda. • AMPHIPODOUS adj. having both walking and swimming feet. |
| APOSTROPHUS | • APOSTROPHUS n. (Greek) a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers. |
| HIPPEASTRUM | • Hippeastrum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – certain South American flowers, sometimes called amaryllises. • HIPPEASTRUM n. any plant of the South American genus Hippeastrum, bulbous, with white or red flowers. |
| HIPPOCAMPUS | • hippocampus n. (Mythology) A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a dolphin. • hippocampus n. (Neuroanatomy, anatomy) A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey… • Hippocampus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Syngnathidae – the seahorses. |
| HIPPODAMOUS | • HIPPODAMOUS adj. horse-taming. |
| PERSULPHATE | • persulphate n. Alternative spelling of persulfate. • PERSULPHATE n. that sulphate of a metal which contains the relatively greater quantity of oxygen or of the acid radical, also PERSULFATE. |
| POLYPHAGOUS | • polyphagous adj. Eating many types of food. • polyphagous adj. (Of an herbivorous insect) Having many host plants. • POLYPHAGOUS adj. eating many types of food. |
| PREPURCHASE | • prepurchase adj. Prior to purchase. • prepurchase v. (Transitive) To purchase in advance. • prepurchase n. A purchase made in advance. |
| PSEUDOGRAPH | • pseudograph n. (Graph theory) A graph that contains loops as well as multiple edges between vertices. • pseudograph n. A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery. • PSEUDOGRAPH n. spurious writing; forgery. |
| PUMPHANDLES | Sorry, definition not available. |
| TOUCHPAPERS | • touchpapers n. Plural of touchpaper. • touch-papers n. Plural of touch-paper. • TOUCHPAPER n. paper soaked in saltpetre and used for firing gunpowder. |
| UNHAPPINESS | • unhappiness n. The feeling of not being happy. • UNHAPPINESS n. the state of being unhappy. |
| XIPHOPAGOUS | • xiphopagous adj. (Obsolete) Alternative form of xiphopagus. • XIPHOPAGOUS adj. like a xiphopagus, a set of Siamese twins joined in the region of the xiphoid cartilage. |