| ACROCARPOUS | • acrocarpous adj. (Botany) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses. • ACROCARPOUS adj. of mosses, having the archegonia at the top of the stem. |
| APPRECIATOR | • appreciator n. Someone who appreciates a given thing, especially… • APPRECIATOR n. one who appreciates. |
| APPROPRIACY | • appropriacy n. The extent to which something is suitable or appropriate for a certain circumstance, occasion, etc; appropriateness. • APPROPRIACY n. the condition of delicate and precise fittingness of a word or expression to its context, even when it is chosen from a number of close synonyms. |
| ARCHESPORIA | • archesporia n. Plural of archesporium. • ARCHESPORIUM n. a primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops. |
| AREOGRAPHIC | • areographic adj. (Astronomy) Of or pertaining to areography. • AREOGRAPHIC adj. relating to areography, the description of the physical features of the planet Mars. |
| BAROGRAPHIC | • barographic adj. Measured using a barograph. • BAROGRAPHIC adj. relating to the measurement of pressure. |
| CACOGRAPHER | • cacographer n. A person who exhibits the traits of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both. • CACOGRAPHER n. a bad writer or speller. |
| CARDIOGRAPH | • cardiograph n. (Cardiology) an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative… • CARDIOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording movements of the heart. |
| CARTOGRAPHY | • cartography n. (Uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory’s geography. • cartography n. (Countable, figuratively) An illustrative discussion of a topic. • CARTOGRAPHY n. the art and science of making maps, also CHARTOGRAPHY. |
| COMPARATORS | • comparators n. Plural of comparator. • COMPARATOR n. any device for comparing accurately, so as e.g. to detect deviations from a standard or to confirm identity. |
| COPARCENARY | • coparcenary n. (Law) Joint inheritance or ownership of property. • COPARCENARY n. joint heirship or ownership, also COPARCENERY. |
| CORONAGRAPH | • coronagraph n. (Astronomy) A telescope that has an attachment which blocks out the direct light from the sun or other… • CORONAGRAPH n. an instrument for viewing the corona of the sun. |
| MACROCARPAS | • macrocarpas n. Plural of macrocarpa. • MACROCARPA n. an evergreen conifer of New Zealand. |
| MACROGRAPHS | • macrographs n. Plural of macrograph. • MACROGRAPH n. a photograph, drawing, etc. in which an object appears as large as or several times larger than the original. |
| PARACROSTIC | • paracrostic n. A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem. • PARACROSTIC n. a poem whose initial letters reproduce its first verse. |
| PARADOCTORS | • paradoctors n. Plural of paradoctor. • PARADOCTOR n. a doctor who parachutes to patients in remote areas. |
| PARAMORPHIC | • paramorphic adj. Of, relating to, or produced by paramorphism. • PARAMORPHIC adj. relating to a paramorph. |
| PRAECORDIAL | • praecordial adj. Alternative form of precordial. • præcordial adj. Obsolete form of precordial. • PRAECORDIAL adj. in front of the heart, also PRECORDIAL. |
| PROVASCULAR | • provascular adj. (Biology) Relating to the procambium. • PROVASCULAR adj. of, relating to, or being procambium. |
| RADARSCOPES | • radarscopes n. Plural of radarscope. • RADARSCOPE n. an instrument for detecting radar signals. |