| PRIMORDIUM | • primordium n. (Anatomy) An aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ. • PRIMORDIUM n. (Latin) the first discernible rudiment. |
| PANDURIFORM | • panduriform adj. (Botany, rare) Pandurate. • PANDURIFORM adj. fiddle-shaped, e.g. of leaves, also PANDURATE, PANDURATED. |
| PARLOURMAID | • parlourmaid n. (Britain) A maid who takes care of the parlour. • PARLOURMAID n. a female servant in a private home who serves at the table, keeps the house clean and answers the door to guests. |
| PERICARDIUM | • pericardium n. (Anatomy, cardiology) A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract. • PERICARDIUM n. a membranous sac containing the heart. |
| 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. |
| PERICARDIUMS | • pericardiums n. Plural of pericardium. • PERICARDIUM n. a membranous sac containing the heart. |
| PERICHONDRIUM | • perichondrium n. (Anatomy) a dense layer of fibrous connective tissue surrounding the cartilage of developing bone. • PERICHONDRIUM n. a fibrous membrane covering cartilage except at joints. |
| PREMANDIBULAR | • premandibular adj. In front of the lower jaw. • premandibular n. A bone in front of the lower jaw in some reptiles. • PREMANDIBULAR adj. in front of the lower jaw. |
| UNDERTRUMPING | • undertrumping v. Present participle of undertrump. • UNDERTRUMP v. to play a lower trump on a trick to which a higher trump has already been played. |
| UNREPRIMANDED | • unreprimanded adj. Not having received a reprimand. • UNREPRIMANDED adj. not reprimanded. |
| DISTEMPERATURE | • distemperature n. (Now rare) A state of adverse or unhealthy atmospheric conditions. • distemperature n. (Now rare) Unhealthy imbalance of bodily humours; a disorder. • DISTEMPERATURE n. (archaic) lack of proper temperature; intemperateness. |
| DURCHKOMPONIRT | • DURCHKOMPONIRT adj. (German) having the music especially adapted to each stanza, also DURCHKOMPONIERT. |
| PREMANDIBULARS | • premandibulars n. Plural of premandibular. • PREMANDIBULAR n. a bone so placed in fishes, etc. |
| CARDIOPULMONARY | • cardiopulmonary adj. (Medicine) Of or pertaining to both the heart and the lungs. • CARDIOPULMONARY adj. of or relating to the heart and lungs. |
| CRYPTOSPORIDIUM | • cryptosporidium n. Any protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, intestinal parasites of humans and other vertebrates that… • Cryptosporidium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cryptosporidiidae – coccidian protozoan parasites causing the disease… • CRYPTOSPORIDIUM n. any of a genus of protozoans parasitic in the gut of vertebrates including humans and sometimes causing diarrhea. |
| DISTEMPERATURES | • distemperatures n. Plural of distemperature. • DISTEMPERATURE n. (archaic) lack of proper temperature; intemperateness. |
| DURCHKOMPONIERT | • DURCHKOMPONIERT adj. (German) having the music especially adapted to each stanza, also DURCHKOMPONIRT. |
| MACROPRUDENTIAL | • macroprudential adj. (Economics) Relating to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems. • MACROPRUDENTIAL adj. of or relating to regulations designed to prevent financial institutions from taking risks that could endanger the financial system as a whole. |
| UNDERPERFORMING | • underperforming v. Present participle of underperform. • underperforming adj. That performs less well than required. • UNDERPERFORM v. to perform insufficiently. |