| OUTSTRIPPED | • outstripped v. Simple past tense and past participle of outstrip. • OUTSTRIP v. to go faster or further than. |
| BOOTSTRAPPED | • bootstrapped v. Simple past tense and past participle of bootstrap. • BOOTSTRAP v. to prepare (a computer) for operation by causing an operating system to be loaded into its memory. |
| PROMPTITUDES | • promptitudes n. Plural of promptitude. • PROMPTITUDE n. the quality or habit of being prompt. |
| STAIRSTEPPED | • STAIRSTEP v. to carry out an exercise like stepping on a stair. |
| LEPIDOPTERIST | • lepidopterist n. Someone who studies lepidoptery; someone who studies butterflies and moths. • LEPIDOPTERIST n. a specialist in lepidopterology. |
| PHOSPHORETTED | • PHOSPHORETTED adj. combined with phosphorus, also PHOSPHURETTED. |
| PHOSPHURETTED | • phosphuretted adj. Alternative spelling of phosphureted. • PHOSPHURETTED adj. combined with phosphorus, also PHOSPHORETTED. |
| POSTAPARTHEID | • postapartheid adj. Occurring after a period of apartheid. |
| PTERIDOPHYTES | • pteridophytes n. Plural of pteridophyte. • PTERIDOPHYTE n. the general name for the ferns and their allies. |
| LEPIDOPTERISTS | • lepidopterists n. Plural of lepidopterist. • LEPIDOPTERIST n. a specialist in lepidopterology. |
| PREADAPTATIONS | • preadaptations n. Plural of preadaptation. • PREADAPTATION n. a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution. |
| PTERIDOPHILIST | • PTERIDOPHILIST n. a fern-lover. |
| PTERIDOPHYTOUS | • PTERIDOPHYTOUS adj. of or like a pteridophyte, a fern, also PTERIDOPHYTIC. |
| DIAPHOTOTROPIES | • DIAPHOTOTROPY n. the state of being diaphototropic, turning transversely to the light. |
| PTERIDOPHILISTS | • PTERIDOPHILIST n. a fern-lover. |