| ANTIPREDATOR | • antipredator adj. Alternative spelling of anti-predator. • anti-predator adj. (Ecology) That provides a defence against predation or predators. • ANTIPREDATOR adj. designed to deter predators. |
| CATADIOPTRIC | • catadioptric adj. (Optics) Of or pertaining to optical systems that employ both refractive (dioptric) and reflective (catoptric)… • CATADIOPTRIC adj. relating to or employing both reflection and refraction, as in the construction of some long-focal-length photographic lenses, also CATADIOPTRICAL. |
| DECAPITATORS | • decapitators n. Plural of decapitator. • DECAPITATOR n. one who decapitates. |
| DEPARTMENTAL | • departmental adj. Of or pertaining to a department. • DEPARTMENTAL adj. relating to a department. |
| EXTRAPOLATED | • extrapolated v. Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate. • EXTRAPOLATE v. to infer (values of a variable in an unobserved interval) from values within an already observed interval. |
| PAEDIATRISTS | • paediatrists n. Plural of paediatrist. • pædiatrists n. Plural of pædiatrist (alternative spelling of podiatrists). • PAEDIATRIST n. a specialist in child care, also PEDIATRIST. |
| PARTICIPATED | • participated v. Simple past tense and past participle of participate. • PARTICIPATE v. to take part in. |
| PEDANTOCRATS | • pedantocrats n. Plural of pedantocrat. • PEDANTOCRAT n. a member of the pedantocracy. |
| PENTAHYDRATE | • pentahydrate n. (Chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains five molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell. • PENTAHYDRATE n. a hydrated compound containing five moles of water per mole of the compound; a hydrated species containing five water molecules. |
| POSTGRADUATE | • postgraduate n. A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course. • postgraduate adj. Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course. • post-graduate adj. Alternative form of postgraduate. |
| READAPTATION | • readaptation n. A second or subsequent adaptation. • READAPTATION n. the act of readapting. |
| STANDPATTERS | • standpatters n. Plural of standpatter. • STANDPATTER n. (US) one who refuses to accept or consider political change. |
| TRANSPLANTED | • transplanted v. Simple past tense and past participle of transplant. • TRANSPLANT v. to lift and reset (a plant) in another soil or situation. |