| APPENDICULARIAN | • appendicularian adj. (Zoology) Pertaining to the class Appendicularia of tailed tunicates. • appendicularian n. (Zoology) A member of this class. • APPENDICULARIAN n. a member of the Appendicularia, a genus of ascidians. |
| CARPOMETACARPUS | • carpometacarpus n. (Anatomy) The fusion of digits (carpals and metacarpals) that forms the wing in birds. • CARPOMETACARPUS n. in birds, a bone of the wing formed by fusion of some of the carpals with the metacarpals. |
| MALAPPROPRIATED | • malappropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of malappropriate. • MALAPPROPRIATE v. to misuse or misappropriate. |
| MALAPPROPRIATES | • malappropriates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malappropriate. • MALAPPROPRIATE v. to misuse or misappropriate. |
| PALAEOANTHROPIC | • palaeoanthropic adj. Alternative spelling of paleoanthropic. • PALAEOANTHROPIC adj. of or relating to the earliest types of man, also PALAEANTHROPIC. |
| PALAEOGEOGRAPHY | • palaeogeography n. The study of historical geography — of the (chiefly physical, but sometimes political/cultural) geography… • palæogeography n. Obsolete spelling of palaeogeography. • PALAEOGEOGRAPHY n. the study of the geography of geological periods. |
| PALAEOGRAPHICAL | • palaeographical adj. Of or pertaining to palaeography. • palæographical adj. Obsolete spelling of paleographical. • PALAEOGRAPHICAL adj. related to palaeography, the study of ancient writings, also PALEOGRAPHIC. |
| PALAEOGRAPHISTS | • palaeographists n. Plural of palaeographist. • palæographists n. Plural of palæographist. • PALAEOGRAPHIST n. a student of palaeography, also PALAEOGRAPHER. |
| PALAEONTOGRAPHY | • palaeontography n. The description of fossil remains in scientific literature. • palaeontography n. The representation of forms of life represented by fossil remains. • PALAEONTOGRAPHY n. descriptive palaeontology, the description of fossil remains. |
| PARALLELEPIPEDA | • PARALLELEPIPEDA n. solid figures bounded by six parallelograms, opposite pairs being identical and parallel (plural of parallelipedon*, which has 16 letters). |
| PARALLELOPIPEDA | • PARALLELOPIPEDA plural of parallelopipedon* (which has sixteen letters), a solid figure bounded by six parallelograms, opposite pairs being identical and parallel. |
| PARASYMPATHETIC | • parasympathetic adj. (Neuroanatomy, neurology, relational) Of or relating to the part of the autonomic nervous system that… • parasympathetic n. (Neuroanatomy) A parasympathetic nerve. • parasympathetic n. (Neurology) Ellipsis of parasympathetic nervous system.. |
| PHARMACOPOEIANS | • pharmacopœians n. Plural of pharmacopœian. • PHARMACOPOEIAN n. an individual who has expert knowledge of a pharmacopoeia. |
| PHARMACOTHERAPY | • pharmacotherapy n. (Medicine) The use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease. • PHARMACOTHERAPY n. the treatment of disease and esp. mental illness with drugs. |