| APICULTURE | • apiculture n. The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons. • APICULTURE n. beekeeping. |
| PARIMUTUEL | • parimutuel n. Alternative form of pari-mutuel. • pari-mutuel n. (Horse racing) Any betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool;… • pari-mutuel n. A booth used to place such bets, or a machine used to record bets and calculate payoffs. |
| PEDUNCULAR | • peduncular adj. Of or pertaining to a peduncle. • PEDUNCULAR adj. of or pertaining to a peduncle. |
| PRAELUDIUM | • praeludium n. Obsolete spelling of preludium. • præludium n. Obsolete spelling of preludium. • PRAELUDIUM n. (Latin) a prelude. |
| QUADRUPLED | • quadrupled v. Simple past tense and past participle of quadruple. • QUADRUPLE v. to increase fourfold. |
| QUADRUPLES | • quadruples v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple. • quadruples n. Plural of quadruple. • QUADRUPLE v. to increase fourfold. |
| QUADRUPLET | • quadruplet n. A set of four, particularly. • quadruplet n. One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth. • quadruplet n. A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion. |
| QUADRUPLEX | • quadruplex adj. Having four components. • quadruplex adj. Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages (two in each direction) can be sent… • quadruplex adj. Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel… |
| QUADRUPOLE | • quadrupole n. (Physics) A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point… • quadrupole n. (Physics) A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles. • QUADRUPOLE n. a system composed of two dipoles of equal but oppositely directed moment. |
| RUPTURABLE | • rupturable adj. Capable of being ruptured. • RUPTURABLE adj. that can be ruptured. |
| SEPULTURAL | • SEPULTURAL adj. relating to sepulture, the act of burial in a sepulchre. |
| SULPHURATE | • sulphurate v. Alternative spelling of sulfurate. • sulphurate adj. (Poetic, rare, obsolete) sulphurous. • SULPHURATE v. to combine with sulphur, also SULFURATE. |
| SUPERLUNAR | • superlunar adj. Above or beyond the Moon (from a vantage point on Earth). • SUPERLUNAR adj. otherworldly; above the moon, also SUPERLUNARY. |
| SURPLUSAGE | • surplusage n. (Now rare) A surplus; a superabundance. • surplusage n. (Law) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected. • surplusage n. (Finance) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to. |
| VULPECULAR | • vulpecular adj. Vulpine, foxlike. • VULPECULAR adj. resembling or characteristic of a fox. |