| DOPPLERITE | • dopplerite n. (Mineralogy) A brownish-black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jelly-like masses, derived… • DOPPLERITE n. a black elastic substance (calcium salts of humus acids) found in peat beds. |
| HYPERPLOID | • hyperploid adj. (Genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds an exact multiple of the haploid number. • hyperploid adj. (Medicine) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds the diploid number. • hyperploid n. A hyperploid organism. |
| IMPROPERLY | • improperly adv. In an improper manner; not properly. • IMPROPER adv. not proper. |
| LEPTOSPIRE | • leptospire n. Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira. • LEPTOSPIRE n. any of a genus of slender aerobic spirochetes. |
| NIPPLEWORT | • nipplewort n. A flowering plant, Lapsana communis, that yields a milky juice. • NIPPLEWORT n. a yellow-flowered composite herb, formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women. |
| PIPERONALS | • PIPERONAL n. a phenolic aldehyde of very pleasant odour, used as a perfume and in flavourings, etc. |
| PLEIOTROPY | • pleiotropy n. (Genetics) The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism. • pleiotropy n. (Pharmacology) The existence of drug effects other than the one for which the drug was designed; usually… • PLEIOTROPY n. the property of having an effect simultaneously on more than one characteristic of the offspring. |
| POLYPARIES | • polyparies n. Plural of polypary. • polyparies n. The base and other supporting structure of a colony of polyps (such as coral). • POLYPARY n. the common supporting structure of a polyp colony. |
| POPULARISE | • popularise v. (Transitive) To make something popular. • popularise v. (Transitive) To present something in a widely understandable or acceptable form, especially technical… • POPULARISE v. to cater to popular taste, also POPULARIZE. |
| POPULARIZE | • popularize v. To make popular. • POPULARIZE v. to cater to popular taste, also POPULARISE. |
| PROPELLING | • propelling v. Present participle of propel. • propelling n. An act of driving or urging onward; propulsion. • PROPELLING n. the act of causing a move forward or onward. |
| PROPOLISES | • PROPOLIS n. (Greek) a resinous substance used as a cement by bees. |
| PROPULSIVE | • propulsive adj. Of or pertaining to propulsion. • propulsive adj. Serving to propel. • PROPULSIVE adj. tending or having power to propel. |
| PROPYLITES | • propylites n. Plural of propylite. • PROPYLITE n. an andesite altered by solfataric action. |
| REPEOPLING | • repeopling v. Present participle of repeople. • REPEOPLE v. to supply with people again. |
| SAPROPELIC | • sapropelic adj. Of or pertaining to sapropel. • SAPROPELIC adj. living in sapropel. |