| AUTOTETRAPLOID | • autotetraploid adj. (Genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome. • autotetraploid n. Such a cell or organism. • AUTOTETRAPLOID n. an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of four copies of a single genome due to doubling of an ancestral chromosome complement. |
| COUNTERPOINTED | • counterpointed v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint. • COUNTERPOINT v. to compose or arrange in counterpoint. |
| DISREPUTATIONS | • disreputations n. Plural of disreputation. • DISREPUTATION n. bad repute. |
| 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. |
| HYPEREUTECTOID | • hypereutectoid adj. Containing the minor component in excess of that contained in the eutectoid. • hypereutectoid n. A hypereutectic alloy. • HYPEREUTECTOID adj. containing the minor component in excess of that contained in the eutectoid. |
| PHOTOREDUCTION | • photoreduction n. (Physics, chemistry) The addition of an electron to a photoexcited species. • photoreduction n. (Chemistry) Any reduction reaction that takes place in the presence of light. • PHOTOREDUCTION n. chemical reduction under the influence of radiant energy, as light. |
| PLATITUDINISER | • PLATITUDINISER n. one who utters platitudes, also PLATITUDINIZER. |
| PLATITUDINIZER | • platitudinizer n. One who platitudinizes. • PLATITUDINIZER n. one who utters platitudes, also PLATITUDINISER. |
| PRODUCTIVITIES | • productivities n. Plural of productivity. • PRODUCTIVITY n. the state of being productive. |
| PRUDENTIALISTS | • prudentialists n. Plural of prudentialist. • PRUDENTIALIST n. one who believes in prudentialism. |
| PTERIDOPHYTOUS | • PTERIDOPHYTOUS adj. of or like a pteridophyte, a fern, also PTERIDOPHYTIC. |
| REPRODUCTIVITY | • reproductivity n. (Uncountable) the condition of being reproductive. • reproductivity n. (Countable) The extent to which something is reproducible. • REPRODUCTIVITY n. the state of being reproductive. |
| REPUDIATIONIST | • repudiationist n. One who supports a policy of repudiation. • REPUDIATIONIST n. a person who favours repudiation of public debt. |
| SUPERDAINTIEST | • SUPERDAINTY adj. extremely dainty. |
| SUPERINTENDENT | • superintendent n. A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something. • superintendent n. (Commonwealth) A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below… • superintendent n. The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities… |
| TREPIDATIOUSLY | • trepidatiously adv. In a trepidatious manner; with trepidation. |
| ULTRACREPIDATE | • ultracrepidate v. To venture beyond one’s competence or purview. • ULTRACREPIDATE v. to criticize beyond sphere of one's knowledge. |
| UNPREMEDITATED | • unpremeditated adj. Performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional. • UNPREMEDITATED adj. not premeditated. |