| APPLICATORY | • applicatory adj. Able to be applied or used, practical. • APPLICATORY adj. capable of being applied. |
| BRADYPEPTIC | • bradypeptic adj. (Medicine, dated) Having abnormally slow digestion. • BRADYPEPTIC n. one who is slow of digestion. |
| CAPPERNOITY | • CAPPERNOITY n. (Scots) the head, noddle, also CAPERNOITIE, CAPERNOITY. |
| CRYPTOGRAPH | • cryptograph n. A cipher or cryptogram. • cryptograph n. A device used for encrypting or decrypting text. • cryptograph v. (Rare) To write text using a code or cipher. |
| CRYPTOPHYTE | • cryptophyte n. (Biology) Any plant whose buds overwinter either below ground, or under water. • cryptophyte n. (Biology) A cryptomonad. • CRYPTOPHYTE n. any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface. |
| PERCEPTIBLY | • perceptibly adv. In a perceptible manner. • PERCEPTIBLE adv. able to be perceived. |
| PERSPICUITY | • perspicuity n. Clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous. • perspicuity n. Perspicacity; insight. • perspicuity n. (Rare) Transparency; translucence. |
| PICTOGRAPHY | • pictography n. Writing in pictographs; hieroglyphics. • PICTOGRAPHY n. the use of pictographs. |
| POLYTROPHIC | • polytrophic adj. (Biology) Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way. • polytrophic adj. (Biology, of an insect) Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary. • polytrophic adj. (Of a lake) Rich in nutrients. |
| PORPHYRITIC | • porphyritic adj. Of or pertaining to porphyry. • porphyritic adj. (Geology) Containing large crystals in a fine mass of material. • PORPHYRITIC adj. designating an igneous rock in which large crystals (phenocrysts) are set in a matrix of relatively finer-grained crystals or of glass. |
| PRESYNAPTIC | • presynaptic adj. (Cytology) In a synapse, of or pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft. • pre-synaptic adj. Alternative form of presynaptic. • PRESYNAPTIC adj. relating to a neuron by which a nerve impulse is conveyed to a synapse. |
| PROCTOSCOPY | • proctoscopy n. The examination of the anal cavity, rectum or sigmoid colon by means of a proctoscope. • PROCTOSCOPY n. examination by use of a proctoscope, an instrument for examining the rectum. |
| PROTOPHYTIC | • protophytic adj. Of or relating to the protophytes. • PROTOPHYTIC adj. relating to a protophyte. |
| SAPROPHYTIC | • saprophytic adj. Relating to saprophytes. • SAPROPHYTIC adj. relating to a saprophyte. |
| SPOROPHYTIC | • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to a sporophyte plant. • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Having the characteristics of a sporophyte. • SPOROPHYTIC adj. of or like a sporophyte. |
| TROPOPHYTIC | • TROPOPHYTIC adj. of or like a tropophyte, a plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought. |
| TYPESCRIPTS | • typescripts n. Plural of typescript. • typescripts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of typescript. • TYPESCRIPT n. a typewritten manuscript. |
| TYPOGRAPHIC | • typographic adj. Relating to typography. • TYPOGRAPHIC adj. relating to typography, the art of printing or using type, also TYPOGRAPHICAL. |