| APLANOSPORES | • aplanospores n. Plural of aplanospore. • APLANOSPORE n. a nonmotile spore. |
| BACKSLAPPERS | • backslappers n. Plural of backslapper. • BACKSLAPPER n. one who backslaps. |
| GLASSPAPERED | • glasspapered v. Simple past tense and past participle of glasspaper. • GLASSPAPER v. to sand with glasspaper (an abrasive composed of quartz granules on a paper backing). |
| HYPERPLASIAS | • hyperplasias n. Plural of hyperplasia. • HYPERPLASIA n. an abnormal or unusual increase in the elements composing a part, such as cells composing a tissue. |
| LAPAROSCOPES | • laparoscopes n. Plural of laparoscope. • LAPAROSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the interior of the peritoneal cavity. |
| PARABLEPSIES | • PARABLEPSY n. false vision; oversight, also PARABLEPSIS. |
| PERSULPHATES | • persulphates n. Plural of persulphate. • PERSULPHATE n. that sulphate of a metal which contains the relatively greater quantity of oxygen or of the acid radical, also PERSULFATE. |
| PLANISPHERES | • planispheres n. Plural of planisphere. • PLANISPHERE n. a sphere projected onto a plane; a map of the heavens. |
| POLARISCOPES | • polariscopes n. Plural of polariscope. • POLARISCOPE n. an instrument for detecting polarized light. |
| POPULARISERS | • popularisers n. Plural of populariser. • POPULARISER n. one who popularises, also POPULARIZER. |
| PREDISPOSALS | • PREDISPOSAL n. disposal in advance. |
| PRELATESHIPS | • prelateships n. Plural of prelateship. • PRELATESHIP n. the office of prelate. |
| REAPPRAISALS | • reappraisals n. Plural of reappraisal Instances of appraising again. • REAPPRAISAL n. the act of reappraising. |
| SAPROPELITES | • SAPROPELITE n. coal formed of sapropel. |
| SPHEROPLASTS | • spheroplasts n. Plural of spheroplast. • SPHEROPLAST n. a bacterium or yeast cell that is modified, as by enzymatic action, so that there is partial loss of the cell wall and increased osmotic sensitivity. |
| SUPERPLASTIC | • superplastic adj. Exhibiting superplasticity. • superplastic n. A superplastic substance. • SUPERPLASTIC adj. capable of plastic deformation under low stress at an elevated temperature. |
| SUPERPLAYERS | • superplayers n. Plural of superplayer. • SUPERPLAYER n. an exceptionally talented player. |
| SUPERPOSABLE | • superposable adj. (Of two objects) Able to be superposed in such a way as to coincide exactly. • SUPERPOSABLE adj. capable of being superposed. |
| SUPERSPECIAL | • superspecial adj. Extremely special. • superspecial n. (Media) An especially large or spectacular mass-media special, such as on television. • superspecial n. (Motor racing) A special spectator stage of a rally event. |