| BENTHOPELAGIC | • benthopelagic adj. Both benthic and pelagic. • benthopelagic n. Any such organism. • BENTHOPELAGIC adj. living just above the seabed. |
| COMPLEMENTING | • complementing v. Present participle of complement. • COMPLEMENT v. to be complementary to. |
| COMPLIMENTING | • complimenting v. Present participle of compliment. • COMPLIMENT v. to express admiration for. |
| CONTEMPLATING | • contemplating v. Present participle of contemplate. • CONTEMPLATE v. to view or consider with continued attention. |
| ELECTROTYPING | • electrotyping n. The act or process of making electrotypes. • ELECTROTYPE v. to make a copy of something by electrolytically coating a mould with copper. |
| EPILEPTOGENIC | • epileptogenic adj. Of, pertaining to or giving rise to epileptogenesis. • EPILEPTOGENIC adj. inducing or tending to induce epilepsy. |
| GENOTYPICALLY | • genotypically adv. With reference to a genotype. • GENOTYPICAL adv. relating to a genotype. |
| GEOPOLITICIAN | • geopolitician n. One who is involved in geopolitics. • GEOPOLITICIAN n. a specialist in geopolitics. |
| GLUCOPROTEINS | • glucoproteins n. Plural of glucoprotein. • GLUCOPROTEIN n. any of the compounds formed by the conjugation of a protein with a substance containing a carbohydrate group other than a nucleic acid, also GLYCOPROTEIN. |
| GLYCOPROTEINS | • glycoproteins n. Plural of glycoprotein. • GLYCOPROTEIN n. any of the compounds formed by the conjugation of a protein with a substance containing a carbohydrate group other than a nucleic acid, also GLUCOPROTEIN. |
| HELICOPTERING | • helicoptering v. Present participle of helicopter. • helicoptering n. Transport by helicopter. • HELICOPTER v. to travel by helicopter. |
| INTERCOUPLING | • intercoupling v. Present participle of intercouple. |
| PALEOMAGNETIC | • paleomagnetic adj. (US, geology) Relating to paleomagnetism or to paleomagnetics. • PALEOMAGNETIC adj. relating to paleomagnetism. |
| PALEONTOLOGIC | • paleontologic adj. Pertaining to paleontology; characteristic of paleontology. • PALEONTOLOGIC adj. relating to paleontology, also PALEONTOLOGICAL. |
| PEPTIDOGLYCAN | • peptidoglycan n. (Biochemistry) A polymer of glycan and peptides found in bacterial cell walls. • PEPTIDOGLYCAN n. a polymer in the cell walls of procaryotes. |
| PHELLOGENETIC | • phellogenetic adj. Relating to phellogen. • PHELLOGENETIC adj. of or like phellogen, the tissue of young cells which produces cork cells, also PHELLOGENIC. |
| PLECTOGNATHIC | • plectognathic adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the plectognaths. • PLECTOGNATHIC adj. belonging to an order of bony fishes including filefishes, also PLECTOGNATHOUS. |
| PROTEOGLYCANS | • proteoglycans n. Plural of proteoglycan. • PROTEOGLYCAN n. any of a class of glycoproteins of high molecular weight that are found esp. in the extracellular matrix of connective tissue. |
| SALPINGECTOMY | • salpingectomy n. (Gynaecology, surgery) Surgical removal of the Fallopian tubes. • SALPINGECTOMY n. surgical removal of the salpinx. |
| TROPOCOLLAGEN | • tropocollagen n. (Biochemistry) A component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other. • TROPOCOLLAGEN n. a subunit of collagen fibrils consisting of three polypeptide strands arranged in a helix. |