| ALPHABETING | • alphabeting v. Present participle of alphabet. • ALPHABET v. to alphabetize. |
| EPIGASTRIAL | • epigastrial adj. (Anatomy) epigastric. • EPIGASTRIAL adj. relating to the epigastrium, part of abdomen lying over the stomach, also EPIGASTRIC. |
| HEPTANGULAR | • heptangular adj. Having seven angles. • HEPTANGULAR adj. having seven angles. |
| PALAGONITES | • palagonites n. Plural of palagonite. • PALAGONITE n. an altered vitreous basic lava. |
| PENTAGONALS | • PENTAGONAL n. a pentagonal shape. |
| PENTANGULAR | • pentangular adj. Having five corners or angles. • PENTANGULAR adj. having the shape of a pentangle. |
| PLANOGAMETE | • planogamete n. One of the motile ciliated gametes, or zoogametes, found in isogamous plants and green algae. • PLANOGAMETE n. a motile gamete. |
| PLANTIGRADE | • plantigrade adj. (Zoology) Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground. • plantigrade n. (Zoology) A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground. • PLANTIGRADE adj. walking on the soles of the feet, as humans do. |
| PLATELAYING | • platelaying n. (Rail transport) The work of a platelayer, inspecting and maintaining the permanent way. • PLATELAYING n. the laying of rails for a railway. |
| PLATEMAKING | • platemaking n. The production of plates (printing surfaces). • PLATEMAKING n. the act of making printing plates. |
| PTYALAGOGUE | • ptyalagogue n. Any sialogogue. • PTYALAGOGUE n. a substance promoting salivation. |
| PYROGALLATE | • pyrogallate n. (Chemistry) any salt of the phenol pyrogallol when viewed as an acid. • PYROGALLATE n. any salt or ester of pyrogallol. |
| SEPTIFRAGAL | • septifragal adj. (Botany) Breaking from the partitions; said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break… • SEPTIFRAGAL adj. breaking away of certain parts of a plant from its dividing walls. |
| TETRAPLEGIA | • tetraplegia n. Paralysis of all four limbs. • tetraplegia n. Complete paralysis from below the jaw. • TETRAPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRAPLEGIA, QUADRIPLEGIA. |