| ANDROCEPHALOUS | • androcephalous adj. Having a human head (upon an animal’s body), like the Egyptian sphinx. • ANDROCEPHALOUS adj. with a human head. |
| CAPPARIDACEOUS | • capparidaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Capparidaceae (preferred: Capparaceae) of capers and close relatives. • CAPPARIDACEOUS adj. of the Capparidaceae family of plants, related to the crucifers, and including the caper. |
| DECAPSULATIONS | • decapsulations n. Plural of decapsulation. • DECAPSULATION n. the removal of the enveloping membrane of an organ. |
| DIAPHANOUSNESS | • diaphanousness n. The quality of being diaphanous. • DIAPHANOUS n. transparent, translucent. |
| PACHYDERMATOUS | • pachydermatous adj. Of or relating to the pachyderms. • pachydermatous adj. Like an elephant. • pachydermatous adj. (Humorous) Thick-skinned; insensitive. |
| PARTICULARISED | • particularised v. Simple past tense and past participle of particularise. • PARTICULARISE v. to state in detail, also PARTICULARIZE. |
| PENTADACTYLOUS | • pentadactylous adj. Pentadactyl. • PENTADACTYLOUS adj. having five digits, also PENTADACTYL, PENTADACTYLE, PENTADACTYLIC. |
| PERSUADABILITY | • persuadability n. The quality of being persuadable. • PERSUADABILITY n. the quality of being persuadable. |
| PREMANDIBULARS | • premandibulars n. Plural of premandibular. • PREMANDIBULAR n. a bone so placed in fishes, etc. |
| PSEUDAESTHESIA | • pseudaesthesia n. (Medicine) phantom pain, false or imaginary feeling or sense perception such as occurs in hypochondriasis… • pseudæsthesia n. Rare spelling of pseudaesthesia. • PSEUDAESTHESIA n. imaginary feeling or sensation. |
| PSEUDEPIGRAPHA | • pseudepigrapha n. Writings falsely ascribed to famous persons (historical or mythical) to lend them greater legitimacy… • PSEUDEPIGRAPHA n. spurious writings, esp. writings falsely attributed to biblical characters or times (plural of 16-letter pseudepigraphon. |
| QUADRUPLICATES | • quadruplicates n. Plural of quadruplicate. • quadruplicates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruplicate. • QUADRUPLICATE v. to make quadruple or fourfold. |
| SESQUIPEDALIAN | • sesquipedalian n. A long word. • sesquipedalian n. A person who uses long words. • sesquipedalian adj. (Of a word or words) Long; polysyllabic. |
| SULPHACETAMIDE | • sulphacetamide n. Alternative form of sulfacetamide. • SULPHACETAMIDE n. a sulphonamide used in eye drops against conjunctivitis, etc., also SULFACETAMIDE. |
| SULPHADIAZINES | • sulphadiazines n. Plural of sulphadiazine. • SULPHADIAZINE n. a sulphonamide used, usually in combination with an antibiotic, in the treatment of pneumonia, meningitis, etc. |
| SULPHANILAMIDE | • sulphanilamide n. (British spelling, pharmacology) The amide of sulphanilic acid, used to treat streptococcal infections;… • SULPHANILAMIDE n. a white crystalline compound formerly used as an antibacterial drug. |
| SUPERABUNDANCE | • superabundance n. An extreme abundance; abundance to a vast degree that seems almost excessive. • SUPERABUNDANCE n. extreme abundance. |
| SUPERSATURATED | • supersaturated adj. (Chemistry, physics, of a solution) More concentrated than is normally possible. • supersaturated adj. (Physics, of a vapor) Having a vapor pressure higher than is normally possible. • supersaturated v. Simple past tense and past participle of supersaturate. |