| ADIAPHOROUS | • adiaphorous adj. Neither harmful nor beneficial. • ADIAPHOROUS adj. doing neither good nor harm. |
| ADIPOCEROUS | • adipocerous adj. Like adipocere. • ADIPOCEROUS adj. like adipocere, a fatty substance occurring in corpses left in moist areas. |
| AVOIRDUPOIS | • avoirdupois n. (Historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary… • avoirdupois n. (Historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959. • avoirdupois n. (Chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness. |
| DEPOPULATOR | • depopulator n. A person who depopulates an area, especially one who forcibly removes people from an estate. • DEPOPULATOR n. one who depopulates. |
| MYRIAPODOUS | • MYRIAPODOUS adj. like a myriapod. |
| POLYANDROUS | • polyandrous adj. Of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry. • polyandrous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle. • POLYANDROUS adj. relating to polyandry. |
| POMPADOURED | • pompadoured v. Simple past tense and past participle of pompadour. • pompadoured adj. (Of a head of hair) Styled in a pompadour. • POMPADOURED adj. of hair, in the pompadour style. |
| PROCTODAEUM | • proctodaeum n. Alternative spelling of proctodeum. • proctodæum n. Obsolete form of proctodeum. • PROCTODAEUM n. the posterior portion of the alimentary canal, also PROCTODEUM. |
| PROSAUROPOD | • prosauropod n. Any member of the Prosauropoda, a group of early herbivorous dinosaurs with a long neck and small head… • PROSAUROPOD n. a reptile-like dinosaur of the division Prosauropoda which lived in the Triassic period. |
| PROTANDROUS | • protandrous adj. (Biology) Exhibiting protandry. • protandrous adj. (Botany) Whose male parts (anthers) becomes mature before the female ones (stigma). • protandrous adj. (Botany) Whose male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids before the female parts (archegonia) mature. |
| QUADROPHONY | • QUADROPHONY n. a system of sound transmission using four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRAPHONY, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONICS. |
| SAUROPODOUS | • sauropodous adj. Relating to or characteristic of sauropod dinosaurs. • SAUROPODOUS adj. like a sauropod. |
| TETRAPODOUS | • tetrapodous adj. Tetrapod; four-limbed. • TETRAPODOUS adj. having four feet. |