| ADIPOCERE | • adipocere n. A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis. • ADIPOCERE n. (Latin) a fatty substance occurring in corpses left in moist areas. |
| AEROSCOPE | • aeroscope n. A device used to collect dust particles, spores etc from the air for subsequent analysis. • aeroscope n. A type of compressed air camera for making films, constructed by Polish inventor Kazimierz Prószyński in 1909. • AEROSCOPE n. a device for observing the atmosphere. |
| AEROSPACE | • aerospace n. The atmosphere of the Earth and the region of space around it. • aerospace n. The industry concerned with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft. • aerospace adj. Of, or relating to the Earth’s atmosphere and nearby space. |
| CAMPOREES | • camporees n. Plural of camporee. • CAMPOREE n. a gathering of Boy Scouts. |
| CANEPHORE | • canephore n. Alternative form of canephora. • CANEPHORE n. (Greek) a sculpted figure carrying a basket on the head, also CANEPHOR, CANEPHORA, CANEPHORUS. |
| CAPONIERE | • caponiere n. (Military, historical) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve… • CAPONIERE n. (French) a work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway, also CAPONIER. |
| CAPSOMERE | • capsomere n. Any of the individual protein subunits of a viral capsid. • CAPSOMERE n. any of the protein units that together form the capsid of a virus, also CAPSOMER. |
| CHAPERONE | • chaperone n. An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often… • chaperone n. (Biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly… • chaperone n. (UK, business) An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there… |
| COMPEARED | • compeared v. Simple past tense and past participle of compear. • COMPEAR v. to appear in court. |
| COOPERAGE | • cooperage n. (Uncountable) The art, trade, or products of a cooper (barrelmaker). • cooperage n. (Uncountable) The price paid to a cooper for work carried out. • cooperage n. (Countable) A cooper’s workshop. |
| COOPERATE | • cooperate v. (Intransitive) To work or act together, especially for a common purpose or benefit. • cooperate v. (Intransitive) To allow for mutual unobstructed action. • cooperate v. (Intransitive) To function in harmony, side by side. |
| OREPEARCH | • OREPEARCH v. (Shakespeare) to fly up and perch on, also OVERPERCH. |
| OVERCHEAP | • OVERCHEAP adj. too cheap. |
| PATERCOVE | • PATERCOVE n. (slang) a hedge-priest, also PATRICO. |
| PERCOLATE | • percolate v. (Transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. • percolate v. (Intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance. • percolate v. (Transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator. |
| PERICOPAE | • pericopae n. Plural of pericope. • PERICOPE n. a section from a book. |
| PRAECOCES | • praecoces n. (Zoology) Alternative form of precoces (“precocial birds”). • PRAECOCES n. (Latin) a division of birds including those whose young are able to run about when first hatched. |
| PRELOCATE | • prelocate v. (Transitive) To locate in advance. • PRELOCATE v. to locate in advance. |
| PROCREATE | • procreate v. (Transitive) To beget or conceive (offspring). • procreate v. (Transitive) To originate, create or produce something. • procreate v. (Intransitive) To reproduce. |