| 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. |
| ANDROPHORES | • androphores n. Plural of androphore. • ANDROPHORE n. a support or column on which stamens are raised. |
| COMPRADORES | • compradores n. Plural of compradore. • COMPRADORE n. (Portuguese) a native agent or intermediary through whom a foreign power trades, also COMPRADOR. |
| DROSOPHILAE | • drosophilae n. Plural of drosophila. • DROSOPHILA n. a kind of fruit-fly. |
| GASTEROPODS | • gasteropods n. Plural of gasteropod. • GASTEROPOD n. any mollusc of the class Gastropoda, that includes the snails, whelks, limpets, and slugs, also GASTROPOD. |
| ORTHOPEDIAS | • ORTHOPEDIA n. the art or process of curing deformities arising from (originally childhood) disease or injury, also ORTHOPAEDICS, ORTHOPAEDY, ORTHOPEDICS, ORTHOPEDY. |
| PARENTHOODS | • parenthoods n. Plural of parenthood. • PARENTHOOD n. the state of being a parent. |
| PTERANODONS | • pteranodons n. Plural of pteranodon. • PTERANODON n. a toothless flying reptile of the Cretaceous period with a hornlike crest. |
| 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. |
| READOPTIONS | • readoptions n. Plural of readoption. • READOPTION n. the act of adopting again. |
| RHODOPHANES | • RHODOPHANE n. the red pigment contained in the inner segments of the cones of the retina in animals. |
| SCOLOPENDRA | • scolopendra n. (Obsolete) A mythical sea-creature, reputed to be able to disgorge its bowels to dislodge any fishing-hook. • scolopendra n. A centipede of the genus Scolopendra. • Scolopendra prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Scolopendridae – certain centipedes. |
| 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. |
| SCRAPBOOKED | • scrapbooked v. Simple past tense and past participle of scrapbook. • SCRAPBOOK v. to keep cuttings in a scrapbook, esp. as a hobby. |
| SCRAPEGOODS | • scrape-goods n. Plural of scrape-good. • SCRAPEGOOD n. (archaic) a miser, a skinflint. |
| TETRAPODOUS | • tetrapodous adj. Tetrapod; four-limbed. • TETRAPODOUS adj. having four feet. |
| THEROPODANS | • theropodans n. Plural of theropodan. • THEROPODAN n. a carnivorous dinosaur with small forelimbs (e.g. a tyrannosaurus), also THEROPOD. |