| ADEMPTIONS | • ademptions n. Plural of ademption. • ADEMPTION n. the revoking by testator, donor, etc. of a legacy, donation, etc., by previously paying a sum or parting with the object bequeathed. |
| ANGIOSPERM | • angiosperm n. (Botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. • ANGIOSPERM n. a plant of the Angiospermae, one of the main divisions of flowering plants, in which the seeds are in a closed ovary, not naked as in gymnosperms. |
| CAMPESINOS | • campesinos n. Plural of campesino. • CAMPESINO n. (Spanish) a Latin American peasant farmer. |
| DIPLONEMAS | • diplonemas n. Plural of diplonema. • DIPLONEMA n. a less common name for diplotene, a stage of meiotic prophase (cell division). |
| HIPPOMANES | • hippomanes n. (Obsolete) An ancient love philter obtained from a mare or foal. • HIPPOMANES n. an ancient philtre obtained from a mare or foal. |
| IMPERSONAL | • impersonal adj. Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality. • impersonal adj. Lacking warmth or emotion; cold. • impersonal adj. (Grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent. |
| MENOPAUSIC | • MENOPAUSIC adj. relating to the menopause, also MENOPAUSAL. |
| MEROPIDANS | • meropidans n. Plural of meropidan. • MEROPIDAN n. one of a family of birds that includes bee-eaters. |
| NEMOPHILAS | • nemophilas n. Plural of nemophila. • NEMOPHILA n. a plant of a North American genus of garden annuals. |
| PALIMONIES | • PALIMONY n. alimony paid after separation by one person. |
| PANEGOISMS | • PANEGOISM n. solipsism. |
| PANTOMIMES | • pantomimes n. Plural of pantomime. • pantomimes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pantomime. • PANTOMIME v. to portray or communicate by exaggerated silent gestures or expressions. |
| PARONYMIES | • paronymies n. Plural of paronymy. • PARONYMY n. a relationship of two words having the same sound. |
| PIGMENTOSA | • PIGMENTOSA n. as in retinite pigmentosa, a genetic eye condition. |
| PNEUMONIAS | • pneumonias n. Plural of pneumonia. • PNEUMONIA n. a disease of the lungs. |
| POLYAMINES | • polyamines n. Plural of polyamine. • POLYAMINE n. a compound characterized by more than one amino group. |
| PROLAMINES | • prolamines n. Plural of prolamine. • PROLAMINE n. one of a group of proteins found in wheat and rye, also PROLAMIN. |
| PROSEMINAR | • proseminar n. A seminar that is open to (and accessible to) upper level undergraduates; contrasts with a graduate… • PROSEMINAR n. a course of study like a graduate seminar but often open to advanced students. |
| PROTAMINES | • protamines n. Plural of protamine. • PROTAMINE n. any of a class of simple basic proteins which occur combined with nucleic acids (esp. in fish sperm), also PROTAMIN. |