| APLANOGAMETE | • aplanogamete n. A non-motile gamete found in certain lower algae. • APLANOGAMETE n. a nonmotile gamete. |
| CARPETBAGGED | • carpetbagged v. Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag. • CARPETBAG v. to engage in political chicanery. |
| CARPETBAGGER | • carpetbagger n. (Politics, history, chiefly US, offensive) A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after… • carpetbagger n. (Derogatory, by extension) One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous… • carpet␣bagger n. Alternative spelling of carpetbagger. |
| EXASPERATING | • exasperating v. Present participle of exasperate. • exasperating adj. That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates. • EXASPERATING adj. exciting the anger of. |
| GREASEPAINTS | • greasepaints n. Plural of greasepaint. • GREASEPAINT n. a melted tallow or grease used in theater makeup. |
| HEPATOMEGALY | • hepatomegaly n. (Pathology) An abnormal enlargement of the liver. • HEPATOMEGALY n. enlargement of the liver. |
| MAGNETOPAUSE | • magnetopause n. The boundary between the Earth’s magnetosphere and the sun’s plasma. • MAGNETOPAUSE n. the outer boundary of a magnetosphere. |
| PATRILINEAGE | • patrilineage n. Lineage based upon the paternal line; a group of descendants related through a common male lineage. • PATRILINEAGE n. descent through the male line. |
| PERMANGANATE | • permanganate n. (Inorganic chemistry) any salt of permanganic acid: they are purple crystalline solids, mostly soluble… • permanganate n. (Inorganic chemistry) potassium permanganate. • PERMANGANATE n. a salt of permanganic acid. |
| PLANOGAMETES | • planogametes n. Plural of planogamete. • PLANOGAMETE n. a motile gamete. |
| PLATEGLASSES | • plate␣glasses n. Plural of plate glass. • PLATEGLASS n. a kind of glass used for windows. |
| POMEGRANATES | • pomegranates n. Plural of pomegranate. • POMEGRANATE n. an Oriental fruit with a thick leathery rind and numerous seeds with pulpy edible seed coats. |
| SEPTUAGENARY | • septuagenary adj. (Now rare) Of or related to the number seventy, particularly. • septuagenary n. (Now rare) Synonym of septuagenarian: a seventy-year-old. • SEPTUAGENARY n. a septuagenarian. |
| TETRAPLEGIAS | • tetraplegias n. Plural of tetraplegia. • TETRAPLEGIA n. paralysis of both arms and both legs, also QUADRAPLEGIA, QUADRIPLEGIA. |
| TRAGELAPHINE | • tragelaphine adj. Of pertaining to or resembling the bovid tribe Tragelaphini (sometimes considered a subfamily, Tragelaphinae)… • tragelaphine n. Any such antelopes in the bovid tribe Tragelaphini. • TRAGELAPHINE adj. relating to the tragelaph, a kind of African antelope. |