| APIACEOUS | • apiaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the family Apiaceae, including the carrots. • APIACEOUS adj. parsley-like. |
| APNEUSTIC | • apneustic adj. (Pathology) Of or relating to apneusis. • APNEUSTIC adj. relating to apneusis, protracted gasping inhalations followed by short inhalations. |
| ARUSPICES | • aruspices n. Plural of aruspice. • aruspices n. Plural of aruspex. • ARUSPEX n. (Latin) a person who inspected the entrails of sacrificial victims in order to foretell the future, also HARUSPEX. |
| AURISCOPE | • auriscope n. An instrument for examining the condition of the ear. • AURISCOPE n. an instrument for examining the ear. |
| AUSPICATE | • auspicate v. (Transitive) To foreshow; to foretoken. • auspicate v. (Transitive) To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman… • auspicate adj. Auspicious. |
| CAPSULISE | • capsulise v. Alternative form of capsulize. • CAPSULISE v. to condense, to enclose in a capsule, also CAPSULIZE. |
| CAPSULIZE | • capsulize v. To enclose (a medication etc) in a capsule. • capsulize v. (Figurative) To make into a concise form; to encapsulate. • CAPSULIZE v. to condense, to enclose in a capsule, also CAPSULISE. |
| CUSPIDATE | • cuspidate adj. Having a cusp. • cuspidate adj. (Botany, of a leaf) Tapering to a sharp, firm point. • CUSPIDATE adj. shaped like a cuspid, a tooth with a single point, a canine tooth, also CUSPIDATED. |
| EUPLASTIC | • euplastic adj. (Archaic) Describing an organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.. • EUPLASTIC adj. healing quickly and well. |
| PARECIOUS | • PARECIOUS adj. of certain mosses, having the male and female reproductive organs near one another, also PAROECIOUS, PAROICOUS. |
| PAUCITIES | • paucities n. Plural of paucity. • PAUCITY n. smallness of number or quantity. |
| PECULIARS | • peculiars n. Plural of peculiar. • PECULIAR n. a parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese in which it lies. |
| PICAYUNES | • picayunes n. Plural of picayune. • PICAYUNE n. (French) a former Spanish-American coin. |
| PINACEOUS | • pinaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Pinaceae of conifers. • PINACEOUS adj. relating to the Pinaceae, a family of conifers including pines, firs, spruces and larch. |
| PIQUANCES | • piquances n. Plural of piquance. • PIQUANCE n. the quality of being piquant. |
| PUISSANCE | • puissance n. Power, might or potency. • puissance n. (Equestrianism) Often Puissance: the high-jump component of the sport of show jumping. • Puissance n. (Equestrianism) Alternative letter-case form of puissance. |
| PUMICATES | • pumicates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pumicate. • PUMICATE v. to make smooth with pumice. |
| SPACESUIT | • spacesuit n. Alternative spelling of space suit. • space␣suit n. A system of protective and pressurized clothing, together with environmental equipment, worn by astronauts… • space␣suit n. A pressurized protective outfit worn by people working with extreme biohazards. |
| SPICULATE | • spiculate adj. Covered with, or having, spicules. • spiculate v. (Transitive) To sharpen to a point. • SPICULATE adj. having a sharp point. |