| MOREPORK | • morepork n. (Chiefly New Zealand) The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous… • morepork n. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, derogatory) Used as a mild term of abuse. • morepork interj. The call of a morepork. |
| MOREPORKS | • moreporks n. Plural of morepork. • MOREPORK n. an owl of Australia and New Zealand, also MOPEHAWK, MOPOKE. |
| SKEUOMORPH | • skeuomorph n. A design feature copied from a similar feature in another object, even when not functionally necessary. • SKEUOMORPH n. a design feature copied from a similar artifact in another material, even when not functionally necessary e.g. the click sound of a shutter in an analog camera that is now reproduced in a digital camera by playing a sound clip. |
| SMOKEPROOF | • smokeproof adj. Resistant to smoke. • smoke␣proof n. (Typography, now chiefly historical) A temporary print made from a thin coating of carbon deposited… • SMOKEPROOF adj. proof against smoke. |
| PROVOKEMENT | • provokement n. (Now rare) Provocation. • PROVOKEMENT n. (Spenser) provocation. |
| SKEUOMORPHS | • skeuomorphs n. Plural of skeuomorph. • SKEUOMORPH n. a design feature copied from a similar artifact in another material, even when not functionally necessary e.g. the click sound of a shutter in an analog camera that is now reproduced in a digital camera by playing a sound clip. |
| MEROPLANKTON | • meroplankton n. (Biology) Any organism that spends part of its life-cycle (especially the larval stage) as plankton. • MEROPLANKTON n. plankton consisting of certain larvae that do not spend all their life as plankton. |
| POIKILOTHERM | • poikilotherm adj. Cold-blooded. • poikilotherm n. A cold-blooded animal. • POIKILOTHERM n. an organism that takes on the temperature of its surroundings. |
| PROVOKEMENTS | • provokements n. Plural of provokement. • PROVOKEMENT n. (Spenser) provocation. |
| SKEUOMORPHIC | • skeuomorphic adj. (Originally archaeology) Pertaining to skeuomorphs, obsolete design elements which are retained for… • SKEUOMORPHIC adj. of or like a skeuomorph. |
| MEROPLANKTONS | • meroplanktons n. Plural of meroplankton. • MEROPLANKTON n. plankton consisting of certain larvae that do not spend all their life as plankton. |
| POIKILOTHERMS | • poikilotherms n. Plural of poikilotherm. • POIKILOTHERM n. an organism that takes on the temperature of its surroundings. |
| POIKILOTHERMY | • poikilothermy n. (Biology) The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature… • POIKILOTHERMY n. the state of being cold-blooded, also POIKILOTHERMISM. |
| SKEUOMORPHISM | • skeuomorphism n. The incorporation of obsolete or skeuomorphic elements into a design, for familiarity or out of tradition… • SKEUOMORPHISM n. the state of being a skeuomorph. |
| POIKILOTHERMAL | • poikilothermal adj. Poikilothermic. • POIKILOTHERMAL adj. having a variable blood temperature, cold blooded, also POIKILOTHERMIC. |
| POIKILOTHERMIC | • poikilothermic adj. (Of an animal) Having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature. • POIKILOTHERMIC adj. having a variable blood temperature, cold blooded, also POIKILOTHERMAL. |
| SKEUOMORPHISMS | • skeuomorphisms n. Plural of skeuomorphism. • SKEUOMORPHISM n. the state of being a skeuomorph. |
| DURCHKOMPONIERT | • DURCHKOMPONIERT adj. (German) having the music especially adapted to each stanza, also DURCHKOMPONIRT. |
| POIKILOTHERMIES | • POIKILOTHERMY n. the state of being cold-blooded, also POIKILOTHERMISM. |
| POIKILOTHERMISM | • poikilothermism n. Poikilothermy. • POIKILOTHERMISM n. the state of being cold-blooded, also POIKILOTHERMY. |