| DIATROPISM | • diatropism n. (Biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus. • diatropism n. (Organic chemistry) An orthogonal arrangement of groups of atoms within a molecule, often associated with aromaticity. • diatropism n. The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of dissimilarity from early childhood protective… |
| IMPETRATED | • impetrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of impetrate. • IMPETRATE v. to obtain by entreaty, request or prayer. |
| IMPRECATED | • imprecated v. Simple past tense and past participle of imprecate. • IMPRECATE v. to call down by prayer; to curse; to invoke evil on. |
| MERCAPTIDE | • mercaptide n. (Obsolete, chemistry) thiolate. • MERCAPTIDE n. a compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphur hydrogen by a metal. |
| PANDERMITE | • pandermite n. (Mineralogy) A hydrous borate of lime, resembling priceite. • PANDERMITE n. a hydrogen calcium borate. |
| PANTRYMAID | • pantrymaid n. (Historical) A female servant responsible for the pantry. • PANTRYMAID n. a maid in charge of a pantry. |
| PREADAMITE | • Preadamite n. An inhabitant of the Earth before the Biblical Adam. • Preadamite n. One who believes that men existed before the Biblical Adam. • pre-Adamite n. A member of any race that predates Adam. |
| PREDATISMS | • PREDATISM n. the state of preying on other animals. |
| PRISMATOID | • prismatoid n. (Mathematics) Any polyhedron whose vertices all lie in either of two parallel planes. • PRISMATOID n. a body that approaches to the form of a prism. |
| PYRAMIDIST | • pyramidist n. An expert in Egyptian pyramids. • PYRAMIDIST n. someone who studies the Egyptian pyramids. |
| SPERMATIDS | • spermatids n. Plural of spermatid. • SPERMATID n. a cell that develops directly into a spermatozoon. |
| TEPIDARIUM | • tepidarium n. (Historical) A warm room in a Roman baths that was usually heated by a hypocaust. • tepidarium n. (Historical) A boiler in which the water was heated. • tepidarium n. Any room containing a warm bath. |
| UNIMPARTED | • unimparted adj. Not imparted. • UNIMPARTED adj. not imparted. |