| ADAPTOGEN | • adaptogen n. (Medicine) Any natural herbal substance (such as ginseng) that is supposed to help the body adapt to… • ADAPTOGEN n. any of various natural substances used in herbal medicine as regulators. |
| ADEMPTION | • ademption n. (Law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer… • ADEMPTION n. the revoking by testator, donor, etc. of a legacy, donation, etc., by previously paying a sum or parting with the object bequeathed. |
| ANTIPODES | • antipodes n. The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point. • antipodes n. The Southern Hemisphere. • antipodes n. (UK, now rare) Australia and New Zealand. |
| APPOINTED | • appointed adj. (Of a politician or a title) Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election. • appointed v. Simple past tense and past participle of appoint. • APPOINT v. to assign to a job. |
| CAPTIONED | • captioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of caption. • CAPTION v. to provide with a title. |
| DAVENPORT | • davenport n. A large sofa, especially a formal one. • davenport n. A writing desk. • Davenport prop.n. A habitational surname from Old English from the town in Cheshire. |
| GODPARENT | • godparent n. A person who, at a child’s naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and… • GODPARENT n. a person who, at baptism, guarantees a child's religious education. |
| PACTIONED | • pactioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of paction. • PACTION v. to agree, make a pact. |
| PASTEDOWN | • pastedown n. The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book’s cover. • PASTEDOWN n. the outer leaf of an end-cover that is pasted down over a book. |
| PENTAPODY | • pentapody n. (Poetry) A measure or series consisting of five feet. • PENTAPODY n. a measure or series consisting of five feet. |
| PINTADOES | • pintadoes n. Plural of pintado. • Pintadoes n. (Archaic) plural of Pintado. • PINTADO n. (Portuguese) a kind of petrel; the Cape guinea fowl, also PINTADA. |
| PLANETOID | • planetoid n. (Astronomy) An asteroid of any size. • planetoid n. (Astronomy) An asteroid-like body in an orbit beyond the asteroid belt, such as a centaur or Kuiper belt object. • planetoid n. (Astronomy) A larger, planetary, body in orbit around the Sun, such as Vesta or (candidate) dwarf planets… |
| PLATOONED | • platooned v. Simple past tense and past participle of platoon. • PLATOON v. in American football, to alternate with another player at the same position. |
| PONDERATE | • ponderate v. (Intransitive) To have weight or influence. • ponderate v. To consider; to ponder. • PONDERATE v. to consider; to ponder. |
| PREDATION | • predation n. (Zoology) The preying of one animal on others. • predation n. (Obsolete) The action of attacking or plundering. • PREDATION n. the killing and consuming of other animals for survival, the activity of preying. |
| PROVANTED | • provanted v. Simple past tense and past participle of provant. • PROVANT v. (obsolete) to supply with provisions. |
| SAPONATED | • SAPONATED adj. treated or combined with soap. |
| TAMPONADE | • tamponade n. (Medicine) The use of a tampon. • tamponade n. (Medicine) A stoppage in the flow of blood in a vessel, caused either by the insertion of a tampon or… • tamponade v. (Medicine) To plug or stop with a tampon. |
| UNADOPTED | • unadopted adj. Not adopted. • unadopted v. Simple past tense and past participle of unadopt. • UNADOPTED adj. not adopted. |