| BACTERIOPHAGOUS | • bacteriophagous adj. Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium. • BACTERIOPHAGOUS adj. of or like a bacteriophage, a bacterium that eats other bacteria, also BACTERIOPHAGIC. |
| CONCEPTUALISING | • conceptualising v. Present participle of conceptualise. • CONCEPTUALISE v. to form a concept of, also CONCEPTUALIZE. |
| MEGALOCEPHALOUS | • megalocephalous adj. Macrencephalic. • MEGALOCEPHALOUS adj. having an unusually large skull, also MEGACEPHALIC, MEGALOCEPHALIC. |
| OVERSPECULATING | • overspeculating v. Present participle of overspeculate. • OVERSPECULATE v. to speculate excessively. |
| PERGAMENTACEOUS | • pergamentaceous adj. (Biology, now chiefly botany) Reminiscent of parchment. • PERGAMENTACEOUS adj. parchment-like, also PERGAMENEOUS. |
| PLANTAGINACEOUS | • plantaginaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the family Plantaginaceae of plantains and close relatives. • PLANTAGINACEOUS adj. belonging to the plantain family. |
| PLUMBAGINACEOUS | • plumbaginaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the Plumbaginaceae. • PLUMBAGINACEOUS adj. belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, leadworts. |
| PSEUDEPIGRAPHIC | • pseudepigraphic adj. Of or relating to pseudepigraphy. • PSEUDEPIGRAPHIC adj. relating to pseudepigrapha, spurious writings. |
| PSEUDOPREGNANCY | • pseudopregnancy n. Pseudocyesis or false pregnancy. • pseudopregnancy n. The persistence of the corpus luteum following infertile copulation in some mammals. • PSEUDOPREGNANCY n. false pregnancy. |
| REPUBLICANISING | • republicanising v. Present participle of republicanise. • REPUBLICANISE v. to make republican, also REPUBLICANIZE. |
| SUBSPECIALISING | • subspecialising v. Present participle of subspecialise. • SUBSPECIALISE v. to practise a subspecialty, also SUBSPECIALIZE. |
| SUBSPECIALIZING | • subspecializing v. Present participle of subspecialize. • SUBSPECIALIZE v. to practise a subspecialty, also SUBSPECIALISE. |
| SUPERCARGOSHIPS | • SUPERCARGOSHIP n. the office of supercargo. |
| SUPERORGANICISM | • superorganicism n. (Philosophy) The belief that a culture or society transcends the purely organic nature of its individuals. • SUPERORGANICISM n. the state of being superorganic. |
| SUPERORGANICIST | • superorganicist n. One who subscribes to the philosophy of superorganicism. • SUPERORGANICIST n. one who studies the superorganic. |
| SUSPERCOLLATING | • SUSPERCOLLATE v. to hang by the neck. |
| ZYGOPHYLLACEOUS | • zygophyllaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the family Zygophyllaceae of bean-capers, caltrops, and related plants. • ZYGOPHYLLACEOUS adj. belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the bean caper family. |