| AEOLIPILE | • aeolipile n. A steam engine powered by rocket propulsion due to escaping steam, consisting of a pressure vessel mounted… • æolipile n. Archaic form of aeolipile. • AEOLIPILE n. the first steam engine, with a globe made to revolve by steam jets, also AEOLIPYLE, EOLIPILE, EOLOPILE. |
| APERIODIC | • aperiodic adj. That does not recur periodically. • aperiodic adj. (Physics) That does not have a periodic vibration. • aperiodic adj. (Mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) for which any return to it may occur at irregular times; not periodic. |
| APSIDIOLE | • apsidiole n. Alternative form of apsidole. • APSIDIOLE n. a subsidiary apse, a rounded extension at the end of a building, esp. at the east end of a church. |
| BIOPIRATE | • biopirate n. (Derogatory) One who engages in biopiracy. • BIOPIRATE n. one who practises biopiracy. |
| EPILATION | • epilation n. The loss of hair. • epilation n. The removal of hair from human or animal skin; depilation. • EPILATION n. the loss or removal of hair. |
| EPISODIAL | • episodial adj. Episodic. • EPISODIAL adj. pertaining to or contained in an episode, also EPISODAL, EPISODIC, EPISODICAL. |
| EXPIATION | • expiation n. An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing. • expiation n. (Obsolete) The act of expiating or stripping off. • EXPIATION n. the act of expiating. |
| HEMIOPIAS | • hemiopias n. Plural of hemiopia. • HEMIOPIA n. a defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees only half of an object looked at, also HEMIANOPIA, HEMIANOPSIA, HEMIOPSIA. |
| HEMIOPSIA | • hemiopsia n. Alternative spelling of hemianopsia. • HEMIOPSIA n. a defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at, also HEMIANOPIA, HEMIANOPSIA, HEMIOPIA. |
| INOPINATE | • inopinate adj. (Obsolete) Not expected or looked for. • INOPINATE adj. (obsolete) not thought of; unexpected. |
| NEOPHILIA | • neophilia n. The love of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations. • neophilia n. (Biology) The preference for any new foods not forming part of the diet associated with an earlier nutritional… • NEOPHILIA n. an obsessive love of novelty. |
| NEOPILINA | • Neopilina prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Neopilinidae – modern monoplacophorans. • NEOPILINA n. a mollusc of the genus Neopilina. |
| OPACIFIED | • opacified v. Simple past tense and past participle of opacify. • OPACIFY v. to make opaque. |
| OPACIFIER | • opacifier n. (Chemistry) a chemical agent added to a material, such as rocket propellant, to make it opaque. • opacifier n. (Figuratively) an extraneous agent or vehicle which, intentionally otherwise, makes something opaque. • OPACIFIER n. something that opacifies. |
| OPACIFIES | • opacifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opacify. • OPACIFY v. to make opaque. |
| OPACITIES | • opacities n. Plural of opacity. • OPACITY n. something that is opaque. |
| PERIAKTOI | • periaktoi n. Plural of periaktos. • periaktoi n. A device for changing scenery in a theatre. A row of adjacent, three-sided columns form a backdrop to… • PERIAKTOS n. (Greek) in the ancient Greek theatre, a tall revolving prism at the side of the stage, projecting a variety of backdrops. |
| PERIGONIA | • perigonia n. Plural of perigonium. • PERIGONIUM n. any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower, also PERIGONE. |
| POLIANITE | • polianite n. (Mineralogy) manganese dioxide, occurring in hard tetragonal crystals. • POLIANITE n. manganese dioxide, occurring in tetragonal crystals nearly as hard as quartz. |
| TOPIARIES | • topiaries n. Plural of topiary. • TOPIARY n. the art of trimming shrubs into shape. |