| ADOPTION | • adoption n. The act of adopting. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • adoption n. The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one’s own child. • adoption n. Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum. |
| DIPNOOUS | • dipnoous adj. Having both lungs and gills. • DIPNOOUS adj. having lungs and gills. |
| DOUPIONI | • doupioni n. Alternative form of dupioni. • DOUPIONI n. a kind of silk yarn, also DOUPPIONI, DUPION. |
| DROOPING | • drooping v. Present participle of droop. • drooping n. An instance of something drooping. • drooping adj. That droops or droop. |
| GOSPODIN | • GOSPODIN n. (Russian) a Russian title of address, equivalent to Mr, also GOSPODA. |
| INHOOPED | • inhooped v. Simple past tense and past participle of inhoop. • INHOOP v. (Shakespeare) to confine in a hoop. |
| IODOPSIN | • iodopsin n. A photoreceptor protein found in the cone cells of the retina, the basis of colour vision. • IODOPSIN n. a light sensitive pigment in retinal cones. |
| ISOPODAN | • isopodan adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the isopods. • isopodan n. (Zoology) An isopod. • ISOPODAN n. a kind of crustacean, also ISOPOD. |
| KILOPOND | • kilopond n. A gravitational metric unit of force equal to the magnitude of the force exerted by a mass off one kilogram… • KILOPOND n. a unit of measurement equal to the gravitational force on a mass of one kilogram. |
| OPTIONED | • optioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of option. • optioned adj. (In combination) Having the specified kind or number of options. • OPTION v. to grant the act of choosing. |
| PHORONID | • phoronid n. (Zoology) Any hermaphroditic wormlike marine animals of the phylum Phoronida. • PHORONID n. a wormlike marine animal. |
| PINEWOOD | • pinewood n. (Uncountable) The wood of a pine. • pinewood n. (Countable) A forest or grove of pine trees, either natural or as a plantation. • Pinewood prop.n. (Britain) An English film and television studio complex in Buckinghamshire. |
| POIGNADO | • POIGNADO n. (obsolete) a small dagger, also PONIARD, POINADO. |
| POISONED | • poisoned adj. (Of a living thing) Killed, paralysed, or harmed by receiving a dose of poison. • poisoned adj. Containing poison; poisonous. • poisoned adj. (Figuratively) Having a strongly negative effect; harmful. |
| SPONGOID | • spongoid adj. Resembling sponge. • SPONGOID adj. resembling a sponge. |