| APHANIPTEROUS | • aphanipterous adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera, a former classification of insects. • APHANIPTEROUS adj. belonging to the Aphaniptera, an order of fleas. |
| APOSTROPHUSES | • APOSTROPHUS n. (Greek) a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers. |
| HIPPOCENTAURS | • hippocentaurs n. Plural of hippocentaur. • HIPPOCENTAUR n. a mythical creature, half man and half horse. |
| HYPOPITUITARY | • hypopituitary adj. Relating to hypopituitarism. • HYPOPITUITARY adj. relating to hypopituitarism. |
| HYPOSULPHATES | • hyposulphates n. Plural of hyposulphate. • HYPOSULPHATE n. a dithionate. |
| LEPTOCEPHALUS | • leptocephalus n. The flat, transparent larva of an eel, originally thought to be a distinct species. • LEPTOCEPHALUS n. the larva of the conger eel. |
| PENTADELPHOUS | • pentadelphous adj. (Botany) Of a flower or plant: having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so… • PENTADELPHOUS adj. having five bundles of stamens; united in five bundles. |
| PHONAUTOGRAPH | • phonautograph n. (Historical) A device for recording sound vibrations in a visible form. • PHONAUTOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording sound vibrations. |
| PHOSPHATURIAS | • phosphaturias n. Plural of phosphaturia. • PHOSPHATURIA n. the excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine. |
| PNEUMATOPHORE | • pneumatophore n. (Zoology) A gas-filled sac or float of some colonial marine coelenterates, such as the Portuguese man-of-war. • pneumatophore n. (Botany) An aerial root, in mangroves etc., specialized for gaseous exchange. • pneumatophore n. An apparatus consisting of a bag with a tube and mouthpiece, which may be attached to the body. The… |
| POSTULANTSHIP | • POSTULANTSHIP n. the office of postulant. |
| PYROSULPHATES | • pyrosulphates n. Plural of pyrosulphate. • PYROSULPHATE n. a salt of sulphur. |
| SPATHIPHYLLUM | • spathiphyllum n. (Botany) Any plant of the genus Spathiphyllum. • SPATHIPHYLLUM n. any tropical plant of the genus Spathiphyllum, having lance-shaped leaves and fleshy white spadices of flowers in white spathes. |
| UNPROPHETICAL | • unprophetical adj. Not prophetical. • UNPROPHETICAL adj. not prophetical, also UNPROPHETIC. |