| AILUROPHILE | • ailurophile n. A person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover. • AILUROPHILE n. a cat-lover, also AILOUROPHILE. |
| CALLIPERING | • callipering v. Present participle of calliper. • CALLIPER v. to measure with callipers. |
| CAPILLAIRES | • capillaires n. Plural of capillaire. • CAPILLAIRE n. (French) a syrup, an infusion of maidenhair fern flavoured with orange-flower water. |
| CAPILLARIES | • capillaries n. Plural of capillary. • CAPILLARY n. any of the extremely narrow blood vessels which form a network between the arterioles and venules. |
| EMPIRICALLY | • empirically adv. Based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge. • empirically adv. (Sciences) Based on data gathered in the real world. • EMPIRICAL adv. relying on or derived from observation or experiment; guided by practical experience rather than theory, also EMPIRIC. |
| GALLINIPPER | • gallinipper n. (US) Any large insect that bites, for example, certain large mosquitos. • GALLINIPPER n. a large mosquito capable of inflicting painful bite. |
| IPSILATERAL | • ipsilateral adj. (Anatomy, medicine) On the same side of the body. • IPSILATERAL adj. belonging to or affecting the same side of the body, also IPSELATERAL. |
| MILLIAMPERE | • milliampere n. One thousandth (10-3) of an ampere. • MILLIAMPERE n. a thousandth of an ampere. |
| PAINKILLERS | • painkillers n. Plural of painkiller. • pain␣killers n. Plural of pain killer. • PAINKILLER n. something (as a drug) that relieves pain. |
| PATRILINEAL | • patrilineal adj. (Anthropology) Pertaining to descent through male lines. • PATRILINEAL adj. traced through the father or through males alone, also PATRILINEAR. |
| PERIGLACIAL | • periglacial adj. (Geomorphology) Of or pertaining to the area around the edge of a glacier. • PERIGLACIAL adj. bordering a glacier. |
| PLEURITICAL | • pleuritical adj. Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with pleurisy. • PLEURITICAL adj. affected with pleurisy, also PLEURITIC. |
| PLURALITIES | • pluralities n. Plural of plurality. • PLURALITY n. the state of being plural. |
| PLURISERIAL | • PLURISERIAL adj. in several rows, also PLURISERIATE. |
| PREBIBLICAL | • prebiblical adj. Before the publication of the Bible. • PREBIBLICAL adj. belonging to the period before bible records. |
| PRECLINICAL | • preclinical adj. (Medicine) Describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear. • preclinical adj. Describing a test or trial of a new pharmaceutical on animals (or in vitro) rather than on humans. • PRECLINICAL adj. relating to the period preceding clinical manifestations. |
| REALPOLITIK | • realpolitik n. (Politics) Pragmatic government policy concerned with perceived interests of the state. • Realpolitik n. Alternative letter-case form of realpolitik. • REALPOLITIK n. (German) politics guided by practical considerations, instead of principles or ethics. |
| REPTILIANLY | • reptilianly adv. In a reptilian manner. • REPTILIAN adv. related to reptiles. |
| TRIPLETAILS | • tripletails n. Plural of tripletail. • triple-tails n. Plural of triple-tail. • TRIPLETAIL n. a large marine bony fish, common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. |