| ANDROCEPHALOUS | • androcephalous adj. Having a human head (upon an animal’s body), like the Egyptian sphinx. • ANDROCEPHALOUS adj. with a human head. |
| AUTOTETRAPLOID | • autotetraploid adj. (Genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome. • autotetraploid n. Such a cell or organism. • AUTOTETRAPLOID n. an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of four copies of a single genome due to doubling of an ancestral chromosome complement. |
| COUNTERPLANNED | • counterplanned v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterplan. • COUNTERPLAN v. to form a plan designed to counter another plan. |
| COUNTERPLEADED | • counterpleaded v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterplead. • COUNTERPLEAD v. to plead the contrary of. |
| DESULPHURATION | • desulphuration n. The act or process of depriving of sulfur. • DESULPHURATION n. the act of desulphuring. |
| DOUBLESPEAKERS | • doublespeakers n. Plural of doublespeaker. • DOUBLESPEAKER n. one who engages in doublespeak. |
| HYDROCEPHALOUS | • hydrocephalous adj. Having a swollen head. • hydrocephalous adj. (Medicine) Afflicted with hydrocephalus. • HYDROCEPHALOUS adj. suffering from hydrocephaly, also HYDROCEPHALIC. |
| HYDROSULPHATES | • hydrosulphates n. Plural of hydrosulphate. • HYDROSULPHATE n. any quaternary acid salt formed by addition of an organic base to sulphuric acid, such as aniline hydrosulphate. |
| OVERSPECULATED | • overspeculated v. Simple past tense and past participle of overspeculate. • OVERSPECULATE v. to speculate excessively. |
| PREDEVALUATION | • predevaluation adj. (Economics) Before devaluation. • PREDEVALUATION adj. preceding a devaluation. |
| PROPAEDEUTICAL | • propaedeutical adj. Alternative form of propaedeutic. • PROPAEDEUTICAL adj. of or like a propaedeutic, a preliminary study. |
| REDUPLICATIONS | • reduplications n. Plural of reduplication. • REDUPLICATION n. an act or instance of doubling or reiterating. |
| SUPERDIPLOMATS | • superdiplomats n. Plural of superdiplomat. • SUPERDIPLOMAT n. an exceptional diplomat. |
| SUSPERCOLLATED | • SUSPERCOLLATE v. to hang by the neck. |
| TREPIDATIOUSLY | • trepidatiously adv. In a trepidatious manner; with trepidation. |
| UNDERPOPULATED | • underpopulated adj. Having an insufficient population for economic viability. • UNDERPOPULATED adj. having a lower density of population than is normal or desirable. |