| AUTOTETRAPLOID | • autotetraploid adj. (Genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome. • autotetraploid n. Such a cell or organism. • AUTOTETRAPLOID n. an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of four copies of a single genome due to doubling of an ancestral chromosome complement. |
| DISREPUTATIONS | • disreputations n. Plural of disreputation. • DISREPUTATION n. bad repute. |
| DISTEMPERATURE | • distemperature n. (Now rare) A state of adverse or unhealthy atmospheric conditions. • distemperature n. (Now rare) Unhealthy imbalance of bodily humours; a disorder. • DISTEMPERATURE n. (archaic) lack of proper temperature; intemperateness. |
| PLATITUDINISER | • PLATITUDINISER n. one who utters platitudes, also PLATITUDINIZER. |
| PLATITUDINIZER | • platitudinizer n. One who platitudinizes. • PLATITUDINIZER n. one who utters platitudes, also PLATITUDINISER. |
| POSTGRADUATION | • postgraduation n. (Followed by noun) After graduation; the time after graduation. • POSTGRADUATION n. the period of time following graduation. |
| POSTINDUSTRIAL | • postindustrial adj. Describing the economy of a nation in which manufacturing industry becomes less important and the service… • postindustrial adj. (Music) Of or relating to a genre of music derived from industrial music but with electronic and rock influences. • POSTINDUSTRIAL adj. taking place after an industrial phase. |
| PRUDENTIALISTS | • prudentialists n. Plural of prudentialist. • PRUDENTIALIST n. one who believes in prudentialism. |
| REPUDIATIONIST | • repudiationist n. One who supports a policy of repudiation. • REPUDIATIONIST n. a person who favours repudiation of public debt. |
| SUBDEPARTMENTS | • subdepartments n. Plural of subdepartment. • SUBDEPARTMENT n. a subdivision of a department. |
| SUPERDAINTIEST | • SUPERDAINTY adj. extremely dainty. |
| 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. |
| TREPIDATIOUSLY | • trepidatiously adv. In a trepidatious manner; with trepidation. |
| ULTRACREPIDATE | • ultracrepidate v. To venture beyond one’s competence or purview. • ULTRACREPIDATE v. to criticize beyond sphere of one's knowledge. |
| UNPREMEDITATED | • unpremeditated adj. Performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional. • UNPREMEDITATED adj. not premeditated. |