| 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. |
| ANTHOCARPOUS | • anthocarpous adj. (Botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit. • ANTHOCARPOUS adj. of or like an anthocarp, a fruit resulting from many flowers, such as a pineapple. |
| APOCYNACEOUS | • apocynaceous adj. (Botany) Of the family Apocynaceae, which contains the periwinkle and oleander. • APOCYNACEOUS adj. belonging to the periwinkle family, Apocynaceae. |
| CAPITULATION | • capitulation n. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement. • capitulation n. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist… • capitulation n. The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender. |
| CAPSULATIONS | • capsulations n. Plural of capsulation. • CAPSULATION n. the process of putting into a capsule. |
| CERAUNOGRAPH | • ceraunograph n. A device for measuring lightning discharges. • CERAUNOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated, also KERAUNOGRAPH. |
| CONTRAPUNTAL | • contrapuntal adj. Of or in counterpoint. • contrapuntal adj. (Music) Of or relating to counterpoint. • contrapuntal adj. (Music, of a piece of music) With two or more independent melodic lines. |
| NATUROPATHIC | • naturopathic adj. (Alternative medicine) Relating to naturopathy or to naturopaths. • NATUROPATHIC adj. relating to naturopathy. |
| OCCUPATIONAL | • occupational adj. Of, belonging, or relating to an occupation (in any sense). • OCCUPATIONAL adj. related to occupation. |
| PANDANACEOUS | • pandanaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the plant family Pandanaceae. • PANDANACEOUS adj. belonging to the Pandanaceae, a family of trees and bushes related to the bulrushes and bur-reeds. |
| PARAMOUNCIES | • PARAMOUNCY n. the state of being paramount, also PARAMOUNTCY. |
| PLATANACEOUS | • platanaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Platanaceae of plane trees. • PLATANACEOUS adj. belonging to the family Platanaceae, plane trees etc. |
| PRECAUTIONAL | • precautional adj. Precautionary. • PRECAUTIONAL adj. of the nature of a precaution, also PRECAUTIONARY, PRECAUTIOUS. |
| QUADRAPHONIC | • quadraphonic adj. (Of a sound system) Employing four independent channels or speakers. • QUADRAPHONIC adj. of, relating to, or using four channels for the transmission, recording, or reproduction of sound, also QUADRIPHONIC, QUADROPHONIC. |
| SAPINDACEOUS | • sapindaceous adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to the Sapindaceae, an order of trees and shrubs. • SAPINDACEOUS adj. belonging to the Sapindus genus of plants, including soapwort. |
| SCAPULOMANCY | • scapulomancy n. Alternative form of scapulimancy. • SCAPULOMANCY n. divination involving a shoulder blade which has been charred or cracked from a fire, also SCAPULIMANCY. |
| UNAPPROACHED | • unapproached adj. Not approached. • UNAPPROACHED adj. not approached. |
| URANOGRAPHIC | • uranographic adj. Of or relating to uranography. • URANOGRAPHIC adj. relating to uranography, descriptive astronomy and mapping, also URANOGRAPHICAL. |