| DECEPTIONS | • deceptions n. Plural of deception. • DECEPTION n. the act of deceiving. |
| DEPLETIONS | • depletions n. Plural of depletion. • DEPLETION n. the act of depleting. |
| DESPONDENT | • despondent adj. In low spirits from loss of hope or courage. • DESPONDENT adj. feeling or showing extreme discouragement. |
| DIPLOTENES | • diplotenes n. Plural of diplotene. • DIPLOTENE n. the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis, in which the chromosomes clearly double. |
| ENDOPHYTES | • endophytes n. Plural of endophyte. • ENDOPHYTE n. an endoparasitic plant. |
| INTERPOSED | • interposed v. Simple past tense and past participle of interpose. • INTERPOSE v. to place between. |
| PENTHOUSED | • penthoused adj. (Archaic) Furnished with a penthouse or exterior building. • PENTHOUSE v. to cover or shelter as in a penthouse. |
| PENTOSIDES | • pentosides n. Plural of pentoside. • PENTOSIDE n. a compound containing sugar. |
| PENTOXIDES | • pentoxides n. Plural of pentoxide. • PENTOXIDE n. an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in each molecule; as, phosphorus pentoxide. |
| PEPTONISED | • peptonised v. Simple past tense and past participle of peptonise. • PEPTONISE v. to make (a protein) soluble by partial predigestion, esp. in the treatment of food, also PEPTONIZE. |
| PERSONATED | • personated v. Past participle of personate. • PERSONATE v. to assume the identity of, with intent to deceive. |
| PHONETISED | • phonetised v. Simple past tense and past participle of phonetise. • PHONETISE v. to represent phonetically, also PHONETICISE, PHONETICIZE, PHONETIZE. |
| PONDERATES | • ponderates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ponderate. • PONDERATE v. to consider; to ponder. |
| POTENTISED | • potentised v. Simple past tense and past participle of potentise. • POTENTISE v. to render the latent power of (anything) available, also POTENTIZE. |
| RESPONDENT | • respondent n. One who responds; one who replies. • respondent n. (Law) A defendant, especially in a case instituted by a petition or in appellate and divorce proceedings. • respondent n. A person replying to a questionnaire. |
| STEEPDOWNE | • STEEPDOWNE adj. (Shakespeare) precipitous, also STEEPEDOWNE, STEEPEUP, STEEPUP. |
| STENOTYPED | • stenotyped v. Simple past tense and past participle of stenotype. • STENOTYPE v. to record speech using a stenotype. |
| TERPENOIDS | • terpenoids n. Plural of terpenoid. • TERPENOID n. any one of a series of isomeric hydrocarbons of pleasant aromatic odor. |