| COMPULSATORY | • compulsatory adj. Enforced by or resulting from compulsion; employing force or constraint; compulsory. • COMPULSATORY adj. (Shakespeare) compulsory, also COMPULSATIVE. |
| DEPOPULATORS | • depopulators n. Plural of depopulator. • DEPOPULATOR n. one who depopulates. |
| EXPOSTULATOR | • expostulator n. One who expostulates. • EXPOSTULATOR n. one who expostulates. |
| OBSTROPALOUS | • obstropalous adj. Alternative form of obstropulous. • OBSTROPALOUS adj. (colloquial) noisy, unruly, also OBSTREPEROUS, OBSTROPULOUS. |
| OPHIOLATROUS | • ophiolatrous adj. Snake-worshipping. • OPHIOLATROUS adj. worshipping snakes. |
| OVERPOPULATE | • overpopulate v. To fill with too many individuals; to exceed the capacity of a region to contain the population. • OVERPOPULATE v. to populate too densely. |
| PATROCLINOUS | • patroclinous adj. Having traits mostly inherited from the male parent. • PATROCLINOUS adj. of animals and plants, showing the characters of the male parent, also PATRICLINIC, PATROCLINAL. |
| PHOTONUCLEAR | • photonuclear adj. (Physics) Of or relating to any nuclear reaction involving a photon. • PHOTONUCLEAR adj. relating to or caused by the incidence of radiant energy (as gamma rays) on atomic nuclei. |
| PREADULTHOOD | • preadulthood n. The period of life before adulthood. |
| PREOVULATORY | • preovulatory adj. Prior to ovulation. • PREOVULATORY adj. occurring or existing in or typical of the period immediately preceding ovulation. |
| PROCONSULATE | • proconsulate n. (Historical) The office of a proconsul. • proconsulate n. (Historical) The district under proconsul’s government. • PROCONSULATE n. the office of proconsul. |
| PRODUCTIONAL | • productional adj. Of or pertaining to production. • PRODUCTIONAL adj. relating to production. |
| PROMULGATION | • promulgation n. The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law. • PROMULGATION n. the act of promulgating. |
| PROMULGATORS | • promulgators n. Plural of promulgator. • PROMULGATOR n. one who promulgates. |
| REPOPULATION | • repopulation n. The act of repopulating, especially with a species that might otherwise die out in an area. • REPOPULATION n. the act of repopulating. |
| SOMATOPLEURE | • somatopleure n. (Embryology) A fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop. • SOMATOPLEURE n. a cellular sheet in some vertebrates that develops into the internal body wall. |
| SPORULATIONS | • sporulations n. Plural of sporulation. • SPORULATION n. the formation or production of spores. |