| 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. |
| 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. |
| MICROPRINTED | • microprinted adj. Rendered in microprint; printed at a very small size. • MICROPRINT v. to make a microprint of. |
| PARAMETRISED | • parametrised v. Simple past tense and past participle of parametrise. • PARAMETRISE v. to express in terms of parameters, also PARAMETRIZE. |
| PARAMETRIZED | • parametrized v. Simple past tense and past participle of parametrize. • parametrized adj. Furnished with, or described in terms of parameters. • PARAMETRIZE v. to express in terms of parameters, also PARAMETRISE. |
| PREDETERMINE | • predetermine v. (Transitive) To determine or decide in advance. • predetermine v. (Transitive) To doom by previous decree; to foredoom. • pre-determine v. Alternative form of predetermine. |
| PREDOMINATOR | • predominator n. One who predominates. • PREDOMINATOR n. one who predominates. |
| PREMEDITATOR | • premeditator n. One who premeditates. • PREMEDITATOR n. one who premeditates. |
| PRETERMITTED | • pretermitted v. Simple past tense and past participle of pretermit. • PRETERMIT v. to omit, neglect to mention. |
| 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. |
| TRYPARSAMIDE | • tryparsamide n. A particular antiinfective drug. • TRYPARSAMIDE n. a synthetic crystalline compound of arsenic used in the treatment of trypanosomal and other protozoan infections. |