| AGARICACEOUS | • agaricaceous adj. (Mycology) Belonging to the Agaricaceae. • AGARICACEOUS adj. belonging to the agaric family of fungi. |
| ANGIOCARPOUS | • angiocarpous adj. Describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx. • ANGIOCARPOUS adj. having the fruit (or in fungi the hymenium) within a special covering. |
| ARGILLACEOUS | • argillaceous adj. (Chiefly geology) pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay. • ARGILLACEOUS adj. containing clay; claylike. |
| AUTOCHANGERS | • autochangers n. Plural of autochanger. • AUTOCHANGER n. a device by means of which records are dropped from a stack one at a time onto the turntable. |
| BACKDRAUGHTS | • backdraughts n. Plural of backdraught. • BACKDRAUGHT n. a reverse movement of air, also BACKDRAFT. |
| CARPOPHAGOUS | • carpophagous adj. Living on fruits; fruit-eating. • CARPOPHAGOUS adj. fruit-eating. |
| CHAULMOOGRAS | • chaulmoogras n. Plural of chaulmoogra. • CHAULMOOGRA n. a kind of Asian tree, yielding an oil used in the treatment of leprosy, also CHAULMUGRA. |
| GERANIACEOUS | • geraniaceous adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to the family Geraniaceae of flowering plants, including the geranium. • GERANIACEOUS adj. belonging to the Geraniaceae, a family of plants with typically hairy stems and beaklike fruits that includes the geranium. |
| GRADUALISTIC | • gradualistic adj. Of or pertaining to gradualism. • GRADUALISTIC adj. relating to gradualism, the belief that things proceed by degrees. |
| GRAMINACEOUS | • graminaceous adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass. • GRAMINACEOUS adj. grasslike; pertaining to grass family of plants. |
| MACROPHAGOUS | • macrophagous adj. (Zoology) That feeds on relatively large particles or prey. • MACROPHAGOUS adj. of an animal, feeding on relatively large particles of food. |
| PARACHUTINGS | • PARACHUTING n. the act of descending by parachute. |
| PARATUNGSTIC | • PARATUNGSTIC adj. as in paratungstic acid. |
| RECATALOGUES | • recatalogues v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recatalogue. • RECATALOGUE v. to catalogue again, also RECATALOG. |
| SARCOPHAGOUS | • sarcophagous adj. (Zoology) Feeding on flesh; carnivorous. • SARCOPHAGOUS adj. feeding on flesh; carnivorous. |
| SUGARCOATING | • sugarcoating v. Present participle of sugarcoat. • sugar-coating v. Present participle of sugar-coat. • sugar␣coating v. Present participle of sugar coat. |
| SUPERGLACIAL | • superglacial adj. Above a glacier or other body of ice. • SUPERGLACIAL adj. occurring or originating on the surface of a glacier. |