| COMPURGATORIAL | • compurgatorial adj. Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation. • COMPURGATORIAL adj. relating to compurgation, the clearing of an accused person by means of oaths. |
| COUNTERPLAYING | • counterplaying v. Present participle of counterplay. • COUNTERPLAY v. to make a threat or offensive position in e.g. chess intended to counter an opponent's advantage in another part of the board. |
| GALACTOPHOROUS | • galactophorous adj. (Anatomy) Milk-carrying; applied to the ducts of mammary glands. • GALACTOPHOROUS adj. bearing milk. |
| NEUROPATHOLOGY | • neuropathology n. Neural pathology: The pathology of the nervous system, usually and especially in the sense of its cytopathology… • NEUROPATHOLOGY n. pathology of the nervous system. |
| OVERPOPULATING | • overpopulating v. Present participle of overpopulate. • OVERPOPULATE v. to populate too densely. |
| PLECTOGNATHOUS | • plectognathous adj. Alternative form of plectognathic. • PLECTOGNATHOUS adj. belonging to an order of bony fishes including filefishes, also PLECTOGNATHIC. |
| PNEUMATOLOGIES | • pneumatologies n. Plural of pneumatology. • PNEUMATOLOGY n. the theory of the existence of spirits. |
| PNEUMATOLOGIST | • pneumatologist n. One versed in pneumatology. • PNEUMATOLOGIST n. a specialist in pneumatology. |
| POSTSURGICALLY | • postsurgically adv. Relating to the period following surgery. |
| PREFORMULATING | • preformulating v. Present participle of preformulate. • PREFORMULATE v. to formulate in advance. |
| PROTOLANGUAGES | • protolanguages n. Plural of protolanguage. • proto-languages n. Plural of proto-language. • PROTOLANGUAGE n. an assumed or recorded ancestral language. |
| PYROMETALLURGY | • pyrometallurgy n. Any process that uses high temperatures to transform either metals or their ores. • PYROMETALLURGY adj. chemical metallurgy depending on heat action (as roasting and smelting). |
| STEGOCEPHALOUS | • stegocephalous adj. Relating to or characteristic of animals of the order Stegocephalia. • STEGOCEPHALOUS adj. relating to the Stegocephalia, an extinct order of amphibians having the skull protected by bony plates. |
| SUPEROVULATING | • superovulating v. Present participle of superovulate. • SUPEROVULATE v. to produce a larger number of ova than usual, e.g. under stimulus of injected hormones. |
| TELAUTOGRAPHIC | • telautographic adj. Of or relating to telautography. • TELAUTOGRAPHIC adj. relating to telautography. |