| APICULATE | • apiculate adj. (Botany) Having a short, sharply pointed tip. • APICULATE adj. of leaves, having a short point at the tip. |
| CAPITULAR | • capitular n. An act passed in a chapter. • capitular n. A member of a chapter. • capitular n. The head or prominent part. |
| EPIFAUNAL | • epifaunal adj. Of or pertaining to epifauna. • EPIFAUNAL adj. of or relating to epifauna, the class of animals that inhabit submerged ground and river and sea beds. |
| ISPAGHULA | • ispaghula n. Psyllium (Plantago ovata syn. Plantago ispaghula and Plantago afra syn. Plantago psyllium). • ISPAGHULA n. a dietary fibre derived from seed husks and used as a thickener or stabilizer in the food industry, aka psyllium. |
| MANIPULAR | • manipular adj. Of or relating to a maniple (Roman army division). • manipular adj. Manipulatory. • manipular adj. Manipulative. |
| MARSUPIAL | • marsupial n. A mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through… • marsupial adj. Of or pertaining to a marsupial. • marsupial adj. (Anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium. |
| MULTIPARA | • multipara n. A woman who has given birth to more than one child. • MULTIPARA n. a mother of two or more children, also PLURIPARA. |
| NULLIPARA | • nullipara n. A woman who has never carried a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks (one who has never given birth). It includes… • NULLIPARA n. (Latin) a woman with no children. |
| PALANQUIN | • palanquin n. A covered type of litter for a stretched-out passenger, carried on four poles on the shoulders of four… • PALANQUIN n. (Malay) a light litter for one passenger, also PALANKEEN. |
| PALLADIUM | • palladium n. A safeguard. • palladium n. A chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46: a rare, lustrous silvery-white metal. • palladium n. (Countable) A single atom of this element. |
| PALUDINAL | • paludinal adj. Inhabiting ponds or swamps. • PALUDINAL adj. of marshes, also PALUDAL, PALUDIC, PALUDINE, PALUDINOUS. |
| PAULOWNIA | • paulownia n. Any member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia. • Paulownia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Paulowniaceae – paulownias. • PAULOWNIA n. any tree of the Chinese and Japanese genus Paulownia, of the figwort family, with showy flowers. |
| PLANURIAS | • PLANURIA n. the discharge of urine through an abnormal passage, also PLANURY. |
| PLURIPARA | • pluripara n. A multipara; a woman who has given birth to more than one child. • PLURIPARA n. (Latin) a mother of two or more children, also MULTIPARA. |
| PRAELUDIA | • PRAELUDIUM n. (Latin) a prelude. |
| SPIRACULA | • spiracula n. Plural of spiraculum. • SPIRACULUM n. a breathing-hole; a vent, orifice. |
| SUBAPICAL | • subapical adj. Below an apex. • subapical adj. (Phonetics) Pronounced with the underside of the tongue. • SUBAPICAL adj. of or pertaining to the part just below the apex. |
| TARPAULIN | • tarpaulin n. (Countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket. • tarpaulin n. (Countable, slang, archaic) A sailor. • tarpaulin n. (Uncountable, obsolete) Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover. |
| UNIPLANAR | • uniplanar adj. Having, or lying in, a single plane. • UNIPLANAR adj. lying in one plane. |
| UNPARTIAL | • unpartial adj. Impartial, unbiased. • unpartial adj. Not partial (to); antagonistic. • UNPARTIAL adj. impartial. |