| BRADYPEPTIC | • bradypeptic adj. (Medicine, dated) Having abnormally slow digestion. • BRADYPEPTIC n. one who is slow of digestion. |
| CARDPLAYERS | • cardplayers n. Plural of cardplayer. • CARDPLAYER n. one who plays cards. |
| CARYOPSIDES | • caryopsides n. Plural of caryopsis. • CARYOPSIS n. (Greek) a dry indehiscent fruit characteristic of grasses. |
| COPYREADERS | • copyreaders n. Plural of copyreader. • COPYREADER n. a subeditor. |
| COPYREADING | • copyreading v. Present participle of copyread. • COPYREADING n. the act of copyreading. |
| DEPRECATORY | • deprecatory adj. That deprecates; apologetic or disparaging. • deprecatory adj. (Archaic) Tending to avert evil by prayer. • DEPRECATORY adj. serving to deprecate. |
| DIPHYCERCAL | • diphycercal adj. (Zoology) Describing a symmetric tail fin in which the vertebral column extends to the tip. • DIPHYCERCAL adj. of fishes, etc., having the tail symmetrical about the vertebral column. |
| DISCREPANCY | • discrepancy n. An inconsistency between facts or sentiments. • discrepancy n. The state or quality of being discrepant. • DISCREPANCY n. the state of being discrepant, also DISCREPANCE. |
| HYDROSPACES | • hydrospaces n. Plural of hydrospace. • HYDROSPACE n. the regions beneath the oceans' surface. |
| HYPERDACTYL | • HYPERDACTYL adj. having more than five fingers or toes. |
| PACHYDERMAL | • pachydermal adj. Synonym of pachydermic. • pachydermal adj. Grainy. • PACHYDERMAL adj. of or like a pachyderm. |
| PACHYDERMIA | • pachydermia n. (Medicine) Elephantiasis. • pachydermia n. (Medicine) Increased resistance of the red cells in anemia. • PACHYDERMIA n. elephantiasis. |
| PACHYDERMIC | • pachydermic adj. (Medicine) Characterized by or characteristic of pachydermy. • pachydermic adj. Pertaining to the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata. • pachydermic adj. Pertaining to or involving elephants. |
| PREDICATORY | • predicatory adj. Affirmative; positive. • PREDICATORY adj. pertaining to preaching or a preacher. |
| PREDICTABLY | • predictably adv. In a manner that can be expected or anticipated. • PREDICTABLE adv. that can be predicted. |
| PREDYNASTIC | • predynastic adj. Before the time of a dynasty. • PREDYNASTIC adj. belonging to the period before a dynasty. |
| PTERODACTYL | • pterodactyl n. (Paleontology) A pterosaur in the genus Pterodactylus. • pterodactyl n. (Informal) Any pterosaur. • PTERODACTYL n. any of various pterosaurs of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition, also PTERODACTYLE. |
| TRYPANOCIDE | • trypanocide n. (Medicine) Any drug used to control or kill trypanosomes. • TRYPANOCIDE n. a drug that kills trypanosomes. |