| 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. |
| EPIPLASTRA | • epiplastra n. Plural of epiplastron. • EPIPLASTRON n. either of the two anterior lateral plates in the plastron of a turtle. |
| 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. |
| PARTICIPLE | • participle n. (Grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. English has two types of participles… • PARTICIPLE n. a word having the characteristics of both verb and adjective. |
| PERIPLASTS | • periplasts n. Plural of periplast. • PERIPLAST n. an intercellular substance; the ectoplasm of flagellates. |
| PERIPTERAL | • peripteral adj. (Architecture) peripterous. • peripteral adj. (Zoology) peripterous. • PERIPTERAL adj. having a row of columns on every side. |
| PERPLEXITY | • perplexity n. The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused. • perplexity n. Something that perplexes. • perplexity n. In information theory, a measurement of how well a probability distribution or model predicts a sample. |
| PIPISTRELS | • pipistrels n. Plural of pipistrel. • PIPISTREL n. a small reddish-brown bat, also PIPISTRELLE. |
| 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. |
| PRECEPTIAL | • preceptial adj. (Obsolete) preceptive. • PRECEPTIAL adj. (Shakespeare) consisting of precepts, also PRECEPTIVE. |
| PRENUPTIAL | • prenuptial adj. Occurring before marriage; antenuptial. • prenuptial n. (US) Synonym of prenuptial agreement. • pre-nuptial adj. Alternative spelling of prenuptial. |
| PROPYLITES | • propylites n. Plural of propylite. • PROPYLITE n. an andesite altered by solfataric action. |
| PULPITEERS | • pulpiteers n. Plural of pulpiteer. • PULPITEER n. someone who speaks from a pulpit, a preacher, also PULPITER. |
| PULPITRIES | • PULPITRY n. sermonizing. |
| STRIPPABLE | • strippable adj. Suitable for strip-mining. • STRIPPABLE adj. that can be stripped. |