| CLINOPYROXENE | • clinopyroxene n. (Mineralogy) Any pyroxene that has a monoclinic crystal structure. • CLINOPYROXENE n. a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having a monoclinic crystal structure, such as augite, diopside, or jadeite. |
| CONVERTIPLANE | • convertiplane n. Any of several forms of aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and landing, and of normal forward… • CONVERTIPLANE n. an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards, also CONVERTAPLANE, CONVERTOPLANE. |
| ENSEPULCHRING | • ensepulchring v. Present participle of ensepulchre. • ENSEPULCHRE v. to place in a sepulchre. |
| INSCRIPTIONAL | • inscriptional adj. Of or pertaining to inscription. • INSCRIPTIONAL adj. relating to inscription. |
| INSCULPTURING | • INSCULPTURE v. to carve on something. |
| INTERCOUPLING | • intercoupling v. Present participle of intercouple. |
| MICROPLANKTON | • microplankton n. Microscopic zooplankton. • MICROPLANKTON n. very small plankton. |
| NANOPARTICLES | • nanoparticles n. Plural of nanoparticle. • NANOPARTICLE n. a particle with dimensions of about 5-40 nanometres. |
| NONDESCRIPTLY | • nondescriptly adv. In a nondescript way. • NONDESCRIPT adv. belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind. |
| NONRECIPROCAL | • nonreciprocal adj. Not reciprocal; not returned in kind. • NONRECIPROCAL adj. not reciprocal. |
| NUCLEOPROTEIN | • nucleoprotein n. (Biochemistry) Any complex of a nucleic acid and a protein. • NUCLEOPROTEIN n. a compound that consists of a protein (as a histone) conjugated with a nucleic acid (as a DNA) and that is the principal constituent of the hereditary material in chromosomes. |
| PRECANCELLING | • precancelling v. Present participle of precancel. • PRECANCEL v. to cancel in advance. |
| PREGANGLIONIC | • preganglionic adj. (Anatomy) Describing the nerve fibres that supply a ganglion. • preganglionic n. Such a neuron. • PREGANGLIONIC adj. proximal to a ganglion. |
| PRINCIPALNESS | • principalness n. The quality of being principal. • PRINCIPALNESS n. the state of being principal. |
| RELANDSCAPING | • relandscaping v. Present participle of relandscape. • RELANDSCAPE v. to landscape again. |
| RHINENCEPHALA | • rhinencephala n. Plural of rhinencephalon. • RHINENCEPHALON n. the olfactory lobe of the brain. |
| SCOLOPENDRINE | • scolopendrine adj. (Zoology) Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra. • SCOLOPENDRINE adj. like a centipede of the family Scolopendridae. |
| UNPRINCELIEST | • UNPRINCELY adj. not princely. |