| ALPHATESTING | • alpha␣testing n. (Software, testing) A process where a software application approaching full functionality is made available… • ALPHATEST v. to carry out an alpha test of an experimental product, such as computer software. |
| EPITHELISING | • EPITHELISE v. to convert to epithelium, also EPITHELIZE. |
| EPITHELIZING | • epithelizing v. Present participle of epithelize. • epithelizing adj. That forms epithelial tissue. • EPITHELIZE v. to convert to epithelium, also EPITHELISE. |
| GERONTOPHILE | • gerontophile n. A person sexually attracted to elderly men. • gerontophile n. A person with primary or exclusive sexual attraction towards the elderly. • GERONTOPHILE n. a person who experiences gerontophilia, a sexual attraction towards old people, also GERONTOPHIL. |
| GERONTOPHILS | • GERONTOPHIL n. a person who experiences gerontophilia, a sexual attraction towards old people, also GERONTOPHILE. |
| NEPHOLOGISTS | • nephologists n. Plural of nephologist. • NEPHOLOGIST n. a practitioner of nephology, the study of clouds. |
| NEPHROLOGIST | • nephrologist n. A physician whose speciality is nephrology. • NEPHROLOGIST n. a student of nephrology. |
| PHENOLOGISTS | • phenologists n. Plural of phenologist. • PHENOLOGIST n. a student of phenology. |
| PHOTOGELATIN | • photogelatin n. Gelatin, coated on a glass plate, that carries an image to be printed by the collotype process. • PHOTOGELATIN adj. as in photogelatin process, another name for collotype. |
| PHRENOLOGIST | • phrenologist n. An adherent or practitioner of phrenology. • PHRENOLOGIST n. a practitioner of phrenology. |
| PHYLOGENETIC | • phylogenetic adj. (Systematics) Of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics. • phylogenetic adj. Of, or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms. • PHYLOGENETIC adj. relating to phylogenesis, the evolutionary development of a species or other group of organisms through a succession of forms, also PHYLOGENIC. |
| PLECTOGNATHS | • plectognaths n. Plural of plectognath. • PLECTOGNATH n. any spiny-finned marine fish of the mainly tropical order Plectognathi, that includes puffers, triggerfish, trunkfish and sunfish. |
| PREFLIGHTING | • preflighting v. Present participle of preflight. • PREFLIGHT v. to inspect an aircraft before flight. |
| SLIPSHEETING | • SLIPSHEET v. to insert a slipsheet. |
| SPHACELATING | • sphacelating v. Present participle of sphacelate. • SPHACELATE v. to cause or affect with gangrene or mortification. |
| SULPHURETING | • sulphureting v. Present participle of sulphuret. • SULPHURET v. to treat with sulfur, also SULFURET. |
| TELEGRAPHING | • telegraphing v. Present participle of telegraph. • telegraphing n. A communication by telegraph. • TELEGRAPH v. to transmit by telegraph, a combination of apparatus for transmitting information to a distance. |
| TELESHOPPING | • teleshopping n. (Chiefly UK, India) Shopping from home in response to offers on television advertising or shopping channels. • TELESHOPPING n. buying goods by telephone or the Internet. |
| TRAGELAPHINE | • tragelaphine adj. Of pertaining to or resembling the bovid tribe Tragelaphini (sometimes considered a subfamily, Tragelaphinae)… • tragelaphine n. Any such antelopes in the bovid tribe Tragelaphini. • TRAGELAPHINE adj. relating to the tragelaph, a kind of African antelope. |
| UPHOLSTERING | • upholstering n. (Uncountable) The padding, springs, webbing, and covers found on furniture. • upholstering n. (Countable) The application of upholstery to furniture. • upholstering v. Present participle of upholster. |