| AMPHITROPOUS | • amphitropous adj. (Botany) Having the ovule bent so that the ends are near each other. • AMPHITROPOUS adj. of an ovule, with its point of attachment in the middle. |
| APOTROPAISMS | • APOTROPAISM n. a magical practice averting evil. |
| APPROXIMATES | • approximates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approximate. • APPROXIMATE v. to come close to. |
| HAPTOTROPISM | • haptotropism n. (Biology) The movement of parts of a plant (especially tendrils) in response to a touch stimulus. • HAPTOTROPISM n. curving in response to touch, as a tendril. |
| IMPROPRIATES | • impropriates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impropriate. • IMPROPRIATE v. to transfer ecclesiastical revenue to a layman. |
| IPRATROPIUMS | • IPRATROPIUM n. a bronchodilator drug used in the treatment of asthma. |
| MALAPROPISTS | • malapropists n. Plural of malapropist. • MALAPROPIST n. one who commits malapropisms. |
| MOUSETRAPPED | • mousetrapped v. Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap. • MOUSETRAP v. to catch in a mousetrap. |
| PHRAGMOPLAST | • phragmoplast n. (Biology) A structure that forms in plant cells during late cytokinesis and serves as a scaffold for… • PHRAGMOPLAST n. the enlarged barrel-shaped spindle that is characteristic of the later stages of plant mitosis and within which the cell plate forms. |
| PIROPLASMATA | • piroplasmata n. Plural of piroplasma. • PIROPLASMA n. a parasite causing cattle fever, aka babesia, also PIROPLASM. |
| POSTIMPERIAL | • postimperial adj. After the period of an empire. • POSTIMPERIAL adj. taking place after imperial rule. |
| PROMPTUARIES | • promptuaries n. Plural of promptuary. • PROMPTUARY n. a repository; a reference book of facts. |
| PROTOPLASMAL | • protoplasmal adj. (Cytology) Of or relating to protoplasm. • PROTOPLASMAL adj. of or like protoplasm, also PROTOPLASMATIC, PROTOPLASMIC, PROTOPLASTIC. |
| PROTOPLASMIC | • protoplasmic adj. (Cytology) Of or relating to protoplasm. • PROTOPLASMIC adj. of or like protoplasm, also PROTOPLASMAL, PROTOPLASMATIC, PROTOPLASTIC. |
| SAPROPHYTISM | • saprophytism n. The condition of being saprophytic. • SAPROPHYTISM n. being a saprophyte. |
| TROPHOPLASMS | • trophoplasms n. Plural of trophoplasm. • TROPHOPLASM n. the nutritive substance of cell. |