| COMPANDER | • compander n. Any device used for companding. • COMPANDER n. a system of transmitting or reproducing sound by compressing and then re-expanding the volume-range, also COMPANDOR. |
| COMPANDOR | • compandor n. (Electronics) Any device used in companding. • COMPANDOR n. a system of transmitting or reproducing sound by compressing and then re-expanding the volume-range, also COMPANDER. |
| CRAMPONED | • cramponed v. Simple past tense and past participle of crampon. • CRAMPON v. to climb using a kind of spiked boot. |
| ENDOMORPH | • endomorph n. A mineral, especially a crystal, enclosed within another. • endomorph n. A person of the endomorphic physical type, characterised by big bones, round face, large trunk and thighs… • endomorph n. (Bodybuilding) A person having a theoretical body type with slow metabolism in which weight is gained… |
| ENDOSPERM | • endosperm n. (Biology) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the… • ENDOSPERM n. in a seed, nutritive tissue formed from the embryo-sac. |
| IMPOUNDER | • impounder n. One who impounds. • IMPOUNDER n. one who impounds. |
| MEROPIDAN | • meropidan n. Any bird (such as the bee-eaters) of the family Meropidae. • MEROPIDAN n. one of a family of birds that includes bee-eaters. |
| PADRONISM | • PADRONISM n. a system of work controlled by a padrone. |
| POMANDERS | • pomanders n. Plural of pomander. • POMANDER n. (French) a mixture of aromatic substances. |
| POWDERMAN | • powderman n. A man in charge of gunpowder. • POWDERMAN n. a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew. |
| POWDERMEN | • powdermen n. Plural of powderman. • POWDERMAN n. a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew. |
| PREMODERN | • premodern adj. Preceding or predating the modern era. • PREMODERN adj. occurring before the modern era. |
| PRINCEDOM | • princedom n. The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince. • PRINCEDOM n. the realm or authority of a prince. |
| PROMENADE | • promenade n. (Formal) A prom (dance). • promenade n. A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll. • promenade n. A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside. |
| PROMODERN | • PROMODERN adj. in favour of the modern. |
| PURDONIUM | • purdonium n. A coal scuttle. • PURDONIUM n. a kind of coal-scuttle introduced by a Mr Purdon. |
| PYRAMIDON | • pyramidon n. (Uncountable, medicine, dated) A yellowish-white powder used as an antipyretic. • pyramidon n. (Countable, music) An organ stop having wooden pipes in the form of an inverted pyramid, giving very… • PYRAMIDON n. an organ-stop with pipes like inverted pyramids. |