| APPENDICULATE | • appendiculate adj. (Biology) Having the nature of an appendage, such as the leg or antenna of an insect. • appendiculate adj. (Biology) Bearing appendages, such as one of the leg-bearing segments of an insect. • appendiculate adj. (Mycology) Of a mushroom: having partial veil remnants hanging along the cap margin. |
| DEPAUPERATING | • depauperating v. Present participle of depauperate. • DEPAUPERATE v. to impoverish. |
| DEPAUPERISING | • depauperising v. Present participle of depauperise. • DEPAUPERISE v. to free from pauperdom, also DEPAUPERIZE. |
| DEPAUPERIZING | • depauperizing v. Present participle of depauperize. • DEPAUPERIZE v. to free from pauperdom, also DEPAUPERISE. |
| DISAPPEARANCE | • disappearance n. The action of disappearing or vanishing. • DISAPPEARANCE n. the act of disappearing. |
| EAVESDROPPING | • eavesdropping n. Gerund of eavesdrop. • eavesdropping v. Present participle of eavesdrop. • EAVESDROPPING n. the act of listening in on a private conversation. |
| ENDOPEPTIDASE | • endopeptidase n. (Biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes, such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin and elastase, which… • ENDOPEPTIDASE n. any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyze peptide bonds within the long chains of protein molecules. |
| EPANADIPLOSES | • EPANADIPLOSIS n. a figure by which a sentence begins and ends with the same word, e.g. 'Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say, rejoice'. |
| LEPIDOPTERANS | • lepidopterans n. Plural of lepidopteran. • LEPIDOPTERAN n. an insect such as moth or butterfly, also LEPIDOPTERON. |
| MISAPPREHENDS | • misapprehends v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misapprehend. • MISAPPREHEND v. to apprehend wrongly. |
| PENTAPEPTIDES | • pentapeptides n. Plural of pentapeptide. • PENTAPEPTIDE n. a polypeptide that contains five amino acid residues. |
| PENTAPLOIDIES | • PENTAPLOIDY n. the state of being pentaploid. |
| PERPENDICULAR | • perpendicular adj. (Geometry) at or forming a right angle (to something). • perpendicular adj. Exactly upright; extending in a straight line toward the centre of the earth, etc. • perpendicular adj. Independent of or irrelevant to each other; orthogonal. |
| REAPPORTIONED | • reapportioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of reapportion. • REAPPORTION v. to apportion (as a house of representatives) anew. |
| SANDPAPERIEST | • SANDPAPERY adj. rough like sandpaper. |
| UNAPPRECIATED | • unappreciated adj. Not deemed to have any value, valueless, worthless, not appreciated. • unappreciated adj. (Of an investment) Not having risen in value. • UNAPPRECIATED adj. not appreciated. |