| ACARPELOUS | • acarpelous adj. Alternative spelling of acarpellous. • ACARPELOUS adj. (US) having no carpels, also ACARPELLOUS. |
| ACEPHALOUS | • acephalous adj. Having no head. • acephalous adj. (Zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head. • acephalous adj. (Botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries. |
| APOCALYPSE | • apocalypse n. A revelation, especially of supernatural events. • apocalypse n. (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of… • apocalypse n. (Christianity) The Book of Revelation. |
| APOTHECIAL | • apothecial adj. (Lichenology) Relating to the apothecium. • APOTHECIAL adj. relating to an apothecium, an open cup- or disc-shaped fruiting body borne by many lichens. |
| CAMELOPARD | • camelopard n. (Archaic) A giraffe. • CAMELOPARD n. (obsolete) a giraffe, also CAMELEOPARD. |
| CANTALOUPE | • cantaloupe n. A melon of species Cucumis melo subsp. melo with sweet orange flesh, with numerous cultivars in several… • cantaloupe n. An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh. • CANTALOUPE n. (Italian) a small musk melon with a ribbed skin, also CANTALOUP. |
| CAPREOLATE | • capreolate adj. (Botany) Having a tendril or tendrils. • CAPREOLATE adj. having or resembling tentacles. |
| CLEOPATRAS | • cleopatras n. Plural of cleopatra. • Cleopatras n. Plural of Cleopatra. • CLEOPATRA n. a yellow European butterfly. |
| CLONAZEPAM | • clonazepam n. (Pharmacology) A benzodiazepine with potent anticonvulsant used especially in the treatment of epilepsy… • CLONAZEPAM n. a sedative drug used in the treatment of epilepsy. |
| COMPARABLE | • comparable adj. (Often with to) Able to be compared (to). • comparable adj. (Often with to) Similar (to); like. • comparable adj. (Mathematics) Constituting a pair in a particular partial order. |
| COMPLANATE | • complanate adj. Flattened to a level surface. • complanate v. (Transitive) To make level. • COMPLANATE adj. flattened. |
| ENDOCARPAL | • endocarpal adj. (Botany) Relating to the endocarp. • ENDOCARPAL adj. relating to an endocarp, also ENDOCARPIC. |
| JACKALOPES | • jackalopes n. Plural of jackalope. • JACKALOPE n. a mythical animal that is reported chiefly from the western US and is reputed to be the size of a small deer and to have the body of a jackrabbit and the horns of an antelope. |
| LOADSPACES | • loadspaces n. Plural of loadspace. • LOADSPACE n. the space available in a vehicle for loading. |
| PALEACEOUS | • paleaceous adj. (Botany) chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleae, or chaff. • PALEACEOUS adj. chaffy; like or resembling chaff. |
| PALMACEOUS | • palmaceous adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms. • PALMACEOUS adj. of or pertaining to palms. |
| PHASCOGALE | • phascogale n. Any of several Australian dasyurid marsupials, of the genus Phascogale, the males of which die shortly after mating. • Phascogale prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Dasyuridae – phascogales. • PHASCOGALE n. a small insectivorous mouselike marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, native to Australia and New Guinea. |
| PRAECOCIAL | • praecocial adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the Praecoces. • PRAECOCIAL adj. of or relating to birds whose young are hatched with a covering of down and can leave the nest at once to seek food, also PRECOCIAL. |