| AMPHIPLOID | • amphiploid adj. (Genetics) Having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species. • amphiploid n. (Genetics) Any organism having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species. • AMPHIPLOID n. having at least one set of diploid chromosomes derived from each parent species. |
| BIPEDALISM | • bipedalism n. The habit of standing and walking on two feet; the state of being bipedal. • BIPEDALISM n. the state of being bipedal, having two legs. |
| DIPLOMAING | • DIPLOMA v. to confer an honour or privilege upon. |
| DIPLOMATIC | • diplomatic adj. Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries. • diplomatic adj. Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments. • diplomatic adj. Describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic manuscript, but with variants in other… |
| EPIDEMICAL | • epidemical adj. (Obsolete) Alternative form of epidemic. • EPIDEMICAL adj. common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community. |
| EPIDIDYMAL | • epididymal adj. Of, in or pertaining to the epididymis, the tube in male mammals which connects the efferent ducts from… • EPIDIDYMAL adj. relating to the epididymis, a mass of sperm-carrying tubes at the back of the testis. |
| IDIOPLASMS | • idioplasms n. Plural of idioplasm. • IDIOPLASM n. the part of the protoplasm bearing hereditary characteristics. |
| IMPALUDISM | • impaludism n. (Obsolete) A diseased state affecting the inhabitants of paludal, marshy areas. • IMPALUDISM n. a disease carried by insects affecting the inhabitants of marshy areas. |
| IMPLEADING | • impleading v. Present participle of implead. • IMPLEAD v. to sue in a court of law. |
| IMPLICATED | • implicated v. Simple past tense and past participle of implicate. • IMPLICATE v. to involve, to entangle. |
| MAXILLIPED | • maxilliped n. One of the appendages on the heads of centipedes and some crustaceans behind the maxillae, used for… • MAXILLIPED n. one of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillae, also MAXILLIPEDE. |
| MISAPPLIED | • misapplied v. Simple past tense and past participle of misapply. • MISAPPLY v. to apply wrongly. |
| PALMATIFID | • palmatifid adj. (Botany, of leaves) Having lobes with incisions that extend less than half-way toward the petiole. • PALMATIFID adj. shaped like the hand, with the divisions extending about halfway down. |
| PRIMORDIAL | • primordial adj. First, earliest or original. • primordial adj. (Biology) characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium. • primordial adj. Primeval. |
| PRISMOIDAL | • prismoidal adj. Having the form of a prismoid. • PRISMOIDAL adj. having the form of a prismoid. |