| BREASTPLOUGH | • breastplough n. A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker’s breast, and in some types by pushing with the… • BREASTPLOUGH n. a kind of spade for cutting turf, with a crossbar against which the breast is pressed. |
| FLUOROGRAPHY | • fluorography n. Photofluorography. • fluorography n. Visualisation of radiolabelled material. • FLUOROGRAPHY n. the photography of the image produced on a fluorescent screen by X rays. |
| GAMOPHYLLOUS | • gamophyllous adj. (Botany) Composed of leaves or segments (e.g. perianth) united by their edges, compare apophyllous (free segments). • GAMOPHYLLOUS adj. with perianth leaves united. |
| LAGOMORPHOUS | • lagomorphous adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the lagomorphs. • LAGOMORPHOUS adj. of or like a lagomorph, a gnawing mammal, also LAGOMORPHIC. |
| LITHOPHAGOUS | • lithophagous adj. (Zoology) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel. • lithophagous adj. (Zoology) Eating or destroying stone, like some mollusks, sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. • LITHOPHAGOUS adj. stone-swallowing; rock-boring; eating rock. |
| MALLOPHAGOUS | • mallophagous adj. Feeding on feathers. • MALLOPHAGOUS adj. relating to the Mallophaga, an order of wingless parasitic insects, bird-lice or biting-lice. |
| MELLIPHAGOUS | • melliphagous adj. Alternative spelling of meliphagous. • MELLIPHAGOUS adj. feeding upon honey, also MELIPHAGOUS. |
| OLIGOPHAGOUS | • oligophagous adj. (Chiefly of insects) that feed on a restricted range of food. • OLIGOPHAGOUS adj. eating only a few specific kinds of food. |
| PHLEGMAGOGUE | • phlegmagogue n. (Obsolete) Any medicine supposed to expel phlegm. • PHLEGMAGOGUE n. a phlegm-expelling drug. |
| PLOUGHSHARES | • ploughshares n. Plural of ploughshare. • PLOUGHSHARE n. the cutting blade of a plough, also PLOWSHARE. |
| PLOUGHSTAFFS | • ploughstaffs n. Plural of ploughstaff. • PLOUGHSTAFF n. one of the handles of a plough, also PLOWSTAFF. |
| PRELAUNCHING | • PRELAUNCH v. to launch in advance. |
| PRESLAUGHTER | • preslaughter adj. Before slaughter. • PRESLAUGHTER adj. preceding a slaughter. |
| PUMPHANDLING | Sorry, definition not available. |
| SPRACHGEFUHL | • sprachgefuhl n. Alternative form of Sprachgefühl. • sprachgefühl n. Alternative form of Sprachgefühl. • Sprachgefühl n. The instinctive or intuitive grasp of the natural idiom of a language. |
| SULPHONATING | • sulphonating v. Present participle of sulphonate. • SULPHONATE v. to convert into sulphonic acid, also SULFONATE. |
| SULPHURATING | • sulphurating v. Present participle of sulphurate. • SULPHURATE v. to combine with sulphur, also SULFURATE. |