| BRACHYPTEROUS | • brachypterous adj. (Zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings. • BRACHYPTEROUS adj. having short wings. |
| CERAUNOGRAPHS | • ceraunographs n. Plural of ceraunograph. • CERAUNOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated, also KERAUNOGRAPH. |
| COUNTERSCARPS | • counterscarps n. Plural of counterscarp. • COUNTERSCARP n. a narrow earth band on the outer wall of a defensive ditch. |
| ECCREMOCARPUS | • ECCREMOCARPUS n. an evergreen climbing plant, grown for its decorative pinnate foliage and bright orange-red bell flowers. |
| HETEROCARPOUS | • heterocarpous adj. (Botany) Exhibiting heterocarpy. • HETEROCARPOUS adj. bearing fruit of more than kind. |
| PERIOSTRACUMS | • PERIOSTRACUM n. the horny outer layer of a mollusc's shell. |
| PERSCRUTATION | • perscrutation n. (Rare) A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny. • PERSCRUTATION n. a thorough search. |
| PLEUROCARPOUS | • pleurocarpous adj. (Botany) Side-fruited; said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or capsules are from lateral archegonia. • PLEUROCARPOUS adj. of mosses, having the archegonia on short lateral branches. |
| PROCURATORIES | • PROCURATORY n. authorization to act for another. |
| PRONUCLEARIST | • PRONUCLEARIST n. one in favour of nuclear energy. |
| PROSECUTORIAL | • prosecutorial adj. (Criminal law) Relating to prosecuting of criminal cases. • PROSECUTORIAL adj. of, relating to, or being a prosecutor or prosecution. |
| PROTUBERANCES | • protuberances n. Plural of protuberance. • PROTUBERANCE n. a swelling or bump on the surface, also PROTUBERANCY. |
| RECUPERATIONS | • recuperations n. Plural of recuperation. • RECUPERATION n. the act of recuperating. |
| RHOPALOCEROUS | • rhopalocerous adj. Of or relating to the Rhopalocera. • RHOPALOCEROUS adj. relating to the Rhopalocera, a suborder of insects with clubbed antennae, also RHOPALOCERAL. |
| SCROPHULARIAS | • SCROPHULARIA n. a plant of the figwort genus. |
| STREPTOCARPUS | • streptocarpus n. Any of several plants of the genus Streptocarpus. the Cape primroses. • STREPTOCARPUS n. any flowering plant of the Cape primrose genus Streptocarpus, with foxglove-like flowers. |
| SUPERCOLUMNAR | • supercolumnar adj. Above a column. • SUPERCOLUMNAR adj. above a column or colonnade; with one colonnade above another. |
| SUPERROMANTIC | • superromantic adj. Exceptionally romantic. • SUPERROMANTIC adj. extremely romantic. |