| CAMPIMETRIES | • CAMPIMETRY n. a technique for assessing the central part of the visual field. |
| EMANCIPATIVE | • emancipative adj. Emancipatory. • EMANCIPATIVE adj. serving to emancipate. |
| EPIRRHEMATIC | • EPIRRHEMATIC adj. of or like an epirrhema, in Greek comedy, the address of the coryphaeus to the audience after the parabasis. |
| EPITHELIOMAS | • epitheliomas n. Plural of epithelioma. • EPITHELIOMA n. a tumour of the epithelium. |
| HAEMOPOIETIC | • haemopoietic adj. Alternative spelling of hemopoietic. • hæmopoietic adj. Obsolete form of hemopoietic. • HAEMOPOIETIC adj. relating to haemopoiesis, the formation of blood. |
| HEMIPARASITE | • hemiparasite n. (Botany) Any parasitic plant that obtains energy by photosynthesis as well as from its host. • HEMIPARASITE n. a parasitic plant capable of limited photosynthetic production of sugars etc. |
| IMPEDIMENTAL | • impedimental adj. Of the nature of an impediment; hindering or obstructing. • IMPEDIMENTAL adj. causing hindrance; impeding. |
| IMPERATIVELY | • imperatively adv. In an imperative manner. • IMPERATIVE adv. expressive of command, advice or request. |
| METAPERIODIC | • METAPERIODIC adj. as in metaperiodic acid. |
| METEMPIRICAL | • metempirical adj. Alternative form of metempiric. • METEMPIRICAL adj. transcending but associated with empirical knowledge, also METEMPIRIC. |
| PENTAMIDINES | • pentamidines n. Plural of pentamidine. • PENTAMIDINE n. a drug used esp. to treat protozoal infections, such as leishmaniasis. |
| PERICHAETIUM | • perichaetium n. (Botany) perichaeth. • PERICHAETIUM n. a sheath or cluster of leaves around the archegonia in mosses and liverworts. |
| PERIMETRICAL | • perimetrical adj. Of, relating to or having a perimeter. • PERIMETRICAL adj. relating to a perimeter, also PERIMETRAL, PERIMETRIC. |
| PERMEABILITY | • permeability n. The property of being permeable. • permeability n. The rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material. • permeability n. (Geology) A measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water). |
| PLANIMETRIES | • planimetries n. Plural of planimetry. • PLANIMETRY n. the mensuration of plane surfaces. |
| SEMIPARASITE | • semiparasite n. A semiparasitic organism. • SEMIPARASITE n. a partial parasite, feeding partly independently. |
| SEPTICAEMIAS | • septicaemias n. Plural of septicaemia. • septicæmias n. Plural of septicæmia. • SEPTICAEMIA n. blood-poisoning with presence of bacteria and their toxins in blood, also SEPTICEMIA. |
| STEPFAMILIES | • stepfamilies n. Plural of stepfamily. • STEPFAMILY n. a family acquired by a second marriage. |
| TEMPERALITIE | • TEMPERALITIE n. (Shakespeare) Mistress Quickly's elaboration of temper, frame of mind. |