| BEEKEEPING | • beekeeping n. The practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees. • BEEKEEPING n. the act of keeping bees. |
| BESPEEDING | • bespeeding v. Present participle of bespeed. • BESPEED v. to help on. |
| DEEPENINGS | • deepenings n. Plural of deepening. • DEEPENING n. the act of making deep. |
| EIGHTPENCE | • eightpence n. (Historical, numismatics) A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence. • EIGHTPENCE n. a coin worth eight pence. |
| EMPENNAGES | • empennages n. Plural of empennage. • EMPENNAGE n. (French) the tail assembly of an airplane. |
| ENSTEEPING | • ensteeping v. Present participle of ensteep. • ENSTEEP v. (Shakespeare) to steep; to place under water. |
| ENSWEEPING | • ensweeping v. Present participle of ensweep. • ENSWEEP v. to sweep over. |
| EPEIROGENY | • epeirogeny n. (Geomorphology) broad regional upwarp of the cratonic portions of continents. • EPEIROGENY n. the geological formation of continents, oceans, etc., also EPIROGENY. |
| EPIGENESES | • epigeneses n. Plural of epigenesis. • EPIGENESIS n. the theory of embryonic development. |
| EPIGENESIS | • epigenesis n. (Biology) The theory that an organism develops by differentiation from an unstructured egg rather than… • epigenesis n. (Geology) Changes in the mineral content of rock after its formation. • EPIGENESIS n. the theory of embryonic development. |
| EPIGENETIC | • epigenetic adj. (Genetics, mineralogy) Of or relating to epigenesis. • epigenetic adj. (Genetics) Of or relating to epigenetics. • EPIGENETIC adj. resulting from external features, not genetic. |
| EPIGENOMES | • epigenomes n. Plural of epigenome. • EPIGENOME n. the complement of chemical compounds that modify the expression and function of the genome. |
| GREENSPEAK | • greenspeak n. A form of language used for discussing environmental and ecological issues. • GREENSPEAK n. (US) ecological jargon. |
| PANGENESES | • PANGENESIS n. Darwin's theory that every cell of the body contributes gemmules to the germ-cells and so shares in the transmission of inherited characters. |
| PERCENTAGE | • percentage n. The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole. • percentage n. A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar. • percentage n. (Informal) Benefit or advantage. |
| PEREGRINES | • peregrines n. Plural of peregrine. • PEREGRINE n. a swift falcon much used in falconry, also PEREGRIN. |
| PYOGENESES | • PYOGENESIS n. the formation of pus. |
| REPREEVING | • repreeving v. Present participle of repreeve. • REPREEVE v. (Shakespeare) to delay the execution of, also REPRIVE, REPRYVE. |
| STEEPENING | • steepening v. Present participle of steepen. • steepening n. The process of becoming steeper. • STEEPEN v. to become steep. |
| SUPERGENES | • supergenes n. Plural of supergene. • SUPERGENE n. a group of closely linked genes, frequently having related functions. |