| APODYTERIUM | • apodyterium n. (Architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed. • APODYTERIUM n. an undressing-room at a Roman bath. |
| COUNTERPLAY | • counterplay n. A game move made as a response. • counterplay n. (Chess) A counterattack in a different part of the board. • counterplay n. (Video games, sociology) A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual… |
| CYPERACEOUS | • cyperaceous adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to the Cyperaceae, or sedges. • CYPERACEOUS adj. belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike plants including the sedges, certain rushes and papyrus. |
| EXCULPATORY | • exculpatory adj. Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing. • EXCULPATORY adj. tending or serving to clear from alleged fault or guilt. |
| EXPURGATORY | • expurgatory adj. Serving to expurgate. • EXPURGATORY adj. tending to expurgate or purify, also EXPURGATORIAL. |
| HYPERGAMOUS | • hypergamous adj. Of or pertaining to hypergamy. • HYPERGAMOUS adj. relating to hypergamy, the marriage of a man to a woman of lower status. |
| PAPYRACEOUS | • papyraceous adj. Made of papyrus. • papyraceous adj. Of the consistency of paper; papery. • PAPYRACEOUS adj. like paper; papery. |
| PEDAGOGUERY | • pedagoguery n. Pedantic teaching or lecturing; didacticism. • PEDAGOGUERY n. schoolmastering, teaching. |
| PELYCOSAURS | • pelycosaurs n. Plural of pelycosaur. • PELYCOSAUR n. a kind of dinosaur. |
| PLEURODYNIA | • pleurodynia n. (Medicine) A painful condition of the side of the body, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism. • PLEURODYNIA n. pain in the muscles of the chest or side. |
| POLYNUCLEAR | • polynuclear adj. (Biology) having multiple nuclei. • polynuclear adj. (Chemistry) polycyclic. • POLYNUCLEAR adj. chemically polycyclic esp. with respect to the benzene ring. |
| POLYURETHAN | • POLYURETHAN n. any of various polymers used esp. in flexible and rigid foams, elastomers, and resins, also POLYURETHANE. |
| PYROGRAVURE | • pyrogravure n. Pyrography. • pyrogravure n. A design or picture made by pyrography. • PYROGRAVURE n. design traced by pyrography. |
| SPECULATORY | • speculatory adj. Intended or adapted for viewing or espying; having oversight. • speculatory adj. Exercising speculation; speculative. • SPECULATORY adj. exercising speculation; adapted for spying or viewing. |
| SUPERALLOYS | • superalloys n. Plural of superalloy. • SUPERALLOY n. an alloy that has good stability at 600 degrees to 1000 degrees C. |
| ZYGOPLEURAL | • zygopleural adj. (Biology) Having bilateral symmetry. • ZYGOPLEURAL adj. bilaterally symmetrical. |