| ADIPOCEROUS | • adipocerous adj. Like adipocere. • ADIPOCEROUS adj. like adipocere, a fatty substance occurring in corpses left in moist areas. |
| AECIDOSPORE | • AECIDOSPORE n. a spore produced in an aecidium, also AECIOSPORE. |
| APPORTIONED | • apportioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of apportion. • apportioned adj. Assigned as somebody’s portion; allotted. • APPORTION v. to portion out. |
| DEPLORATION | • deploration n. The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation. • DEPLORATION n. the act of deploring. |
| DEPORTATION | • deportation n. The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation. • DEPORTATION n. an act or instance of deporting. |
| DROSOPHILAE | • drosophilae n. Plural of drosophila. • DROSOPHILA n. a kind of fruit-fly. |
| HALOPERIDOL | • haloperidol n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic antidepressant drug used chiefly in the treatment of psychotic conditions. • HALOPERIDOL n. a synthetic tranquillizing drug used in treating psychiatric illnesses. |
| ORTHOPAEDIC | • orthopaedic adj. Alternative spelling of orthopedic. • orthopædic adj. Alternative spelling of orthopedic. • ORTHOPAEDIC adj. relating to orthopaedics, also ORTHOPAEDICAL, ORTHOPEDIC. |
| ORTHOPEDIAS | • ORTHOPEDIA n. the art or process of curing deformities arising from (originally childhood) disease or injury, also ORTHOPAEDICS, ORTHOPAEDY, ORTHOPEDICS, ORTHOPEDY. |
| PERIODONTAL | • periodontal adj. Surrounding a tooth. • periodontal adj. Relating to the periodontium. • periodontal adj. Relating to periodontics. |
| PERIODONTIA | • PERIODONTIA n. the branch of dentistry concerned with periodontal diseases. |
| PONDERATION | • ponderation n. Heaviness. • ponderation n. Mental weighing; deliberation; pondering. • ponderation n. Physical weighing or balancing. |
| RADIOPHONES | • radiophones n. Plural of radiophone. • RADIOPHONE n. an instrument for producing sound by radiant energy. |
| RADIOSCOPES | • radioscopes n. Plural of radioscope. • RADIOSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing objects using X-rays. |
| RAINPROOFED | • rainproofed v. Simple past tense and past participle of rainproof. • RAINPROOF v. to make proof against rain. |
| READOPTIONS | • readoptions n. Plural of readoption. • READOPTION n. the act of adopting again. |
| SCORPAENOID | • scorpaenoid adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the family Scorpaenidae, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the… • scorpaenoid n. A scorpaenid. • SCORPAENOID n. any member of the scorpion fish family. |