| CHILOPODAN | • CHILOPODAN n. a member of the order Chilopoda, which contains the centipedes, also CHILOPOD. |
| DIPLOBIONT | • diplobiont n. (Biology) Any organism in which haploid and diploid generations alternate. • DIPLOBIONT n. an organism that has both haploid and diploid individuals in its life cycle. |
| DISPLOSION | • displosion n. (Obsolete) explosion. • DISPLOSION n. an explosion. |
| DOWNSLOPES | • downslopes n. Plural of downslope. • DOWNSLOPE n. a downward slope. |
| DROOPINGLY | • droopingly adv. In a drooping manner. • DROOPING adv. DROOP, to hang downward. |
| FLOODPLAIN | • floodplain n. (Geography) An alluvial plain adjacent to a river formed by flooding during periods of high rain. • flood␣plain n. Alternative spelling of floodplain. • FLOODPLAIN n. an area bordering a stream over which water spreads when the stream tops its channel banks. |
| GLYPTODONT | • glyptodont n. Any extinct South American edentate of the family Glyptodontidae. • GLYPTODONT n. any of a family of extinct South American edentates. |
| GROUNDPLOT | • GROUNDPLOT n. the plot of ground on which a building stands. |
| INDOPHENOL | • indophenol n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of blue or green dyes produced by oxidation of phenols and aromatic diamines. • INDOPHENOL n. any one of a series of artificial blue dyestuffs. |
| MONOPLOIDS | • monoploids n. Plural of monoploid. • MONOPLOID n. a haploid organism, a gametophyte. |
| MONOPODIAL | • monopodial adj. (Botany) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birch twig or a cornstalk. • MONOPODIAL adj. having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk. |
| PLEURODONT | • pleurodont adj. (Zoology) Having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones. • pleurodont n. (Zoology) Any reptile with teeth of this kind. • PLEURODONT adj. with teeth attached to the inside of the jawbone, rather than rooted in it. |
| PODOPHYLIN | • PODOPHYLIN n. a cathartic resin obtained from the rhizomes of the Podophyllum genus, also PODOPHYLLIN. |
| POLYHEDRON | • polyhedron n. (Geometry) A solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges. • polyhedron n. (Optics) A polyscope, or multiplying glass. • POLYHEDRON n. a body or solid contained by many sides or planes. |
| PROFOUNDLY | • profoundly adv. (Manner) With depth, meaningfully. • profoundly adv. (Evaluative) Very importantly. • profoundly adv. (Degree) Deeply; very; strongly or forcefully. |
| SNOWPLOWED | • snowplowed v. Simple past tense and past participle of snowplow. • snow␣plowed v. Simple past tense and past participle of snow plow. • SNOWPLOW v. to execute a type of skiing maneuver. |
| SPLINTWOOD | • SPLINTWOOD n. sapwood. |
| SPONDYLOUS | • spondylous adj. Relating to spondyles; vertebral. • SPONDYLOUS adj. like a spondyl, a vertebra. |