| COMPETENT | • competent adj. Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications. • competent adj. (Law) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question. • competent adj. Adequate for the purpose. |
| CREPITATE | • crepitate v. To crackle, to make a crackling sound. • CREPITATE v. to crackle; to snap. |
| ECTOPHYTE | • ectophyte n. (Biology) Any plant that lives as a parasite on the surface of another organism. • ECTOPHYTE n. a vegetable ectoparasite. |
| EPITHETIC | • epithetic adj. Of or relating to epithets. • epithetic adj. (Linguistics) Of or relating to epithesis. • EPITHETIC adj. relating to an epithet, also EPITHETICAL. |
| ESCOPETTE | • escopette n. Alternative form of escopet. • ESCOPETTE n. (French) a kind of firearm; a carbine. |
| ETTERCAPS | • ettercaps n. Plural of ettercap. • ETTERCAP n. (Scots) a spider, also ATTERCOP, ETHERCAP. |
| EXCEPTANT | • exceptant adj. (Archaic) Making exception. • exceptant n. One who makes an exception. • EXCEPTANT n. something excepted, left out. |
| EXPECTANT | • expectant adj. Marked by expectation. • expectant adj. Pregnant. • expectant adj. (Medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment. |
| INTERCEPT | • intercept v. (Transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion). • intercept v. (Transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game. • intercept v. (Transitive, mathematics) To take or comprehend between. |
| LECTOTYPE | • lectotype n. (Taxonomy) A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example… • LECTOTYPE n. a specimen or similar element selected from the original material to serve as the nomenclatural type when a holotype was not originally designated, or is missing. |
| PECTINATE | • pectinate adj. Resembling a comb. • pectinate adj. Having segments which are greatly lengthened to one side. • pectinate adj. (Mycology) striate. |
| PECTOLITE | • pectolite n. (Mineralogy) a gray-white mineral inosilicate hydroxide of calcium and sodium that crystallizes in the… • PECTOLITE n. a hydrous silicate of lime and soda, occurring in radiated or fibrous crystalline masses. |
| POCHETTES | • pochettes n. Plural of pochette. • POCHETTE n. (French) a pocket notecase or wallet. |
| PROTECTED | • protected adj. Defended. • protected adj. (Programming, of a variable, method, etc.) Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program… • protected v. Simple past tense and past participle of protect. |
| PROTECTER | • protecter n. Obsolete spelling of protector. • PROTECTER n. one who protects, also PROTECTOR. |
| SPECTATED | • spectated v. Simple past tense and past participle of spectate. • SPECTATE v. to attend and view. |
| SPECTATES | • spectates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spectate. • SPECTATE v. to attend and view. |