| ALDERMANSHIP | • aldermanship n. The condition, position, or office of an alderman. • ALDERMANSHIP n. the office of alderman. |
| AMPHIDENTATE | • AMPHIDENTATE adj. of a ligand, able to coordinate through either of two different atoms, also AMBIDENTATE. |
| APPROXIMATED | • approximated v. Simple past tense and past participle of approximate. • approximated adj. Calculated by approximation. • APPROXIMATE v. to come close to. |
| COMPAGINATED | • compaginated v. Simple past tense and past participle of compaginate. • COMPAGINATE v. to join; to connect. |
| DERMAPLANING | • dermaplaning n. The exfoliation of the skin by means of a scalpel. • DERMAPLANING n. a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance. |
| EMPARADISING | • emparadising v. Present participle of emparadise. • EMPARADISE v. (Milton) to put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy. |
| MADREPORIANS | • madreporians n. Plural of madreporian. • MADREPORIAN n. a coral, a madrepore. |
| MANSPREADING | • manspreading n. (Informal, derogatory) The practice of men splaying their legs open wide when sitting on public transport… • manspreading v. Present participle of manspread. • MANSPREADING n. the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him. |
| PACHYDERMIAS | • PACHYDERMIA n. elephantiasis. |
| PAEDOBAPTISM | • paedobaptism n. The baptism of infants or young children. • pædobaptism n. Obsolete spelling of paedobaptism. • PAEDOBAPTISM n. the doctrine of infant baptism. |
| PANDAEMONIUM | • pandaemonium n. Alternative spelling of pandemonium. • pandæmonium n. (Archaic) Alternative form of pandemonium. • Pandæmonium prop.n. The high capital of Hell in John Milton’s Paradise Lost. |
| PANDEMONIANS | • PANDEMONIAN n. a noisy and disorderly person. |
| PARAMEDICALS | • paramedicals n. Plural of paramedical. • PARAMEDICAL n. a paramedical worker, also PARAMEDIC, PARAMEDICO. |
| PARAMETRISED | • parametrised v. Simple past tense and past participle of parametrise. • PARAMETRISE v. to express in terms of parameters, also PARAMETRIZE. |
| PARAMETRIZED | • parametrized v. Simple past tense and past participle of parametrize. • parametrized adj. Furnished with, or described in terms of parameters. • PARAMETRIZE v. to express in terms of parameters, also PARAMETRISE. |
| PTERIDOMANIA | • pteridomania n. A craze, in 19th-century England, for collecting ferns and for using images of ferns in the decorative arts. • PTERIDOMANIA n. a passion for ferns. |
| SEMIPALMATED | • semipalmated adj. Having webs between some, but not all, of the toes. • SEMIPALMATED adj. having the toes joined only part way down with a web, also SEMIPALMATE. |
| TRYPARSAMIDE | • tryparsamide n. A particular antiinfective drug. • TRYPARSAMIDE n. a synthetic crystalline compound of arsenic used in the treatment of trypanosomal and other protozoan infections. |