| DEPROGRAMING | • deprograming v. Present participle of deprogram. • DEPROGRAM v. to prevail on a person to reject obsessive beliefs, also DEPROGRAMME. |
| DIMERCAPROLS | • DIMERCAPROL n. a compound developed as an antidote against lewisite and used to treat arsenic, mercury, and gold poisoning. |
| HYDROMORPHIC | • hydromorphic adj. Synonym of hydric (“requiring moisture”). • hydromorphic adj. (Soil science) Formed in the presence of an excess of water. • HYDROMORPHIC adj. developed in the presence of an excess of moisture which tends to suppress aerobic factors in soil-building. |
| HYDROTROPISM | • hydrotropism n. (Biology) The movement of a plant (or other organism) in response to water, either towards or away from water. • HYDROTROPISM n. growth in the direction of water. |
| IMPERFORATED | • imperforated adj. Not perforated; having no opening or aperture; imperforate. • IMPERFORATED adj. not perforated into perforated rows, used of stamps and sheets of stamps, also IMPERFORATE. |
| IMPROPRIATED | • impropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of impropriate. • IMPROPRIATE v. to transfer ecclesiastical revenue to a layman. |
| MADREPORIANS | • madreporians n. Plural of madreporian. • MADREPORIAN n. a coral, a madrepore. |
| MADREPORITES | • madreporites n. Plural of madreporite. • MADREPORITE n. in echinoderms, a perforated plate serving as opening to the stone canal. |
| MADREPORITIC | • madreporitic adj. Relating to or composed of madreporite. • MADREPORITIC adj. of or like madreporite, in echinoderms, a perforated plate serving as opening to the stone canal. |
| MICROGRAPHED | • micrographed v. Simple past tense and past participle of micrograph. • MICROGRAPH v. to write with a micrograph. |
| MICROPRINTED | • microprinted adj. Rendered in microprint; printed at a very small size. • MICROPRINT v. to make a microprint of. |
| MISPROGRAMED | • misprogramed v. Simple past tense and past participle of misprogram. • MISPROGRAM v. to program incorrectly. |
| OVERPROMISED | • overpromised v. Simple past tense and past participle of overpromise. • OVERPROMISE v. to promise too much. |
| PARLOURMAIDS | • parlourmaids n. Plural of parlourmaid. • PARLOURMAID n. a female servant in a private home who serves at the table, keeps the house clean and answers the door to guests. |
| PREDOMINATOR | • predominator n. One who predominates. • PREDOMINATOR n. one who predominates. |
| PREMEDITATOR | • premeditator n. One who premeditates. • PREMEDITATOR n. one who premeditates. |
| PRIMORDIALLY | • primordially adv. In a primordial manner. • primordially adv. With regard to a primordium. • PRIMORDIAL adv. original, rudimentary. |
| PTERIDOSPERM | • pteridosperm n. Any of various extinct gymnosperms, of the division Pteridospermatophyta, resembling ferns, but producing… • PTERIDOSPERM n. an extinct group of seed plants which bore fernlike leaves. |
| REDEMPTIONER | • redemptioner n. (Historical) An immigrant, generally from the 18th or 19th century, who gained passage to America by… • redemptioner n. Someone who redeems oneself, such as from debt or servitude. • REDEMPTIONER n. an immigrant to America in the 18th and 19th centuries who obtained passage by becoming an indentured servant. |