| COMPRESSEDLY | • compressedly adv. In a compressed manner. • COMPRESSED adv. COMPRESS, to compact. |
| DEPOLARISERS | • depolarisers n. Plural of depolariser. • DEPOLARISER n. an agent for depolarizing, also DEPOLARIZER. |
| ERYSIPELOIDS | • ERYSIPELOID n. an infective dermatitis mainly affecting the hands. |
| LEOPARDESSES | • leopardesses n. Plural of leopardess. • LEOPARDESS n. a female leopard. |
| LEOPARDSKINS | • leopardskins n. Plural of leopardskin. • LEOPARDSKIN n. the skin of a leopard. |
| LEPIDOSIRENS | • lepidosirens n. Plural of lepidosiren. • LEPIDOSIREN n. a South American lungfish having an eel-shaped body and whiplike paired fins. |
| LOUDSPEAKERS | • loudspeakers n. Plural of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel. • LOUDSPEAKER n. a device that changes electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance. |
| PERSONALISED | • personalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of personalise. • personalised adj. Alternative spelling of personalized. • PERSONALISE v. to make personal, also PERSONALIZE. |
| POLYDISPERSE | • polydisperse adj. (Of a colloid) Having a range of particle sizes. • polydisperse adj. (Of a polymer, proscribed) Synonym of nonuniform (“composed of macromolecular species of differing molar masses”). • POLYDISPERSE adj. characterized by particles of varied sizes in the dispersed phase of a disperse system. |
| POLYHEDROSES | • polyhedroses n. Plural of polyhedrosis. • POLYHEDROSIS n. an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA. |
| POLYHEDROSIS | • polyhedrosis n. Any of several diseases of insect larvae that are caused by the polyhedral viruses, family Baculoviridae. • POLYHEDROSIS n. an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA. |
| PREDISPOSALS | • PREDISPOSAL n. disposal in advance. |
| PRODIGALISES | • prodigalises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prodigalise. • PRODIGALISE v. to spend lavishly, to waste, also PRODIGALIZE. |
| PROSELYTISED | • proselytised v. Simple past tense and past participle of proselytise. • PROSELYTISE v. to recruit or convert esp. to a new faith, institution, or cause, also PROSELYTIZE. |
| PSEUDOSCALAR | • pseudoscalar n. (Physics) A quantity that behaves like a scalar, but changes sign under a parity inversion. • PSEUDOSCALAR n. a variable quantity that has magnitude but not direction and is an odd function of the coordinates. |
| SCOLOPENDRAS | • scolopendras n. Plural of scolopendra. • SCOLOPENDRA n. a centipede of the genus Scolopendra of myriapods, including large tropical centipedes up to a foot in length. |
| SCRIPHOLDERS | • SCRIPHOLDER n. a person who owns a scrip or scrips. |
| SIDEROPHILES | • siderophiles n. Plural of siderophile. • SIDEROPHILE n. an element with an affinity for iron, whose geochemical distribution is influenced by this property. |
| SOLDIERSHIPS | • soldierships n. Plural of soldiership. • SOLDIERSHIP n. the state of being a soldier. |
| SWORDPLAYERS | • swordplayers n. Plural of swordplayer. • SWORDPLAYER n. one who engages in swordplay. |