| 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. |
| CAPITULATING | • capitulating v. Present participle of capitulate. • CAPITULATE v. to yield, accept terms. |
| COMPURGATION | • compurgation n. (Now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths… • COMPURGATION n. the exoneration of an accused person on the basis of oaths sworn by other persons. |
| DISCULPATING | • disculpating v. Present participle of disculpate. • DISCULPATE v. to free from blame. |
| OPPUGNANCIES | • oppugnancies n. Plural of oppugnancy. • OPPUGNANCY n. (Shakespeare) antagonism. |
| OUTPREACHING | • outpreaching v. Present participle of outpreach. • OUTPREACH v. to surpass in preaching. |
| PACKINGHOUSE | • packinghouse n. A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition. • packinghouse n. A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts. • PACKINGHOUSE n. an establishment for slaughtering livestock and processing packed meat. |
| PARACHUTINGS | • PARACHUTING n. the act of descending by parachute. |
| PARATUNGSTIC | • PARATUNGSTIC adj. as in paratungstic acid. |
| PRELAUNCHING | • PRELAUNCH v. to launch in advance. |
| PUGNACIOUSLY | • pugnaciously adv. In an aggressive or combative manner. • PUGNACIOUS adv. having a quarrelsome or combative nature. |
| PUNCTULATING | • punctulating v. Present participle of punctulate. • PUNCTULATE v. to mark with small dots. |
| RECUPERATING | • recuperating v. Present participle of recuperate. • RECUPERATE v. to get back, recover. |
| REPUGNANCIES | • repugnancies n. Plural of repugnancy. • REPUGNANCY n. strong dislike, antipathy, also REPUGNANCE. |
| REPURCHASING | • repurchasing v. Present participle of repurchase. • REPURCHASE v. to buy back or again. |
| SUPERORGANIC | • superorganic adj. Above or beyond the organic. • SUPERORGANIC adj. relating to those aspects of a culture that are conceived as being superior to the individual members of the society. |
| SUPPLICATING | • supplicating v. Present participle of supplicate. • SUPPLICATE v. to entreat for. |
| UNAPOLOGETIC | • unapologetic adj. Not apologetic for having said or done something that causes actual or potential harm, especially when… • UNAPOLOGETIC adj. not apologetic. |
| URANOGRAPHIC | • uranographic adj. Of or relating to uranography. • URANOGRAPHIC adj. relating to uranography, descriptive astronomy and mapping, also URANOGRAPHICAL. |