| COLEOPTERAL | • coleopteral adj. (Zoology) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; coleopterous. • COLEOPTERAL adj. of or like any member of the insect order Coleoptera. |
| COLEOPTERAN | • coleopteran n. (Coleopterology) Any insect of the order Coleoptera; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies. • COLEOPTERAN n. a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils, also COLEOPTERON. |
| COLEOPTERON | • COLEOPTERON n. a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils, also COLEOPTERAN. |
| ELECTROPOPS | • ELECTROPOP n. a genre of pop music characterized by the use of synthesizers to replace guitars and drums. |
| HELIOTROPES | • heliotropes n. Plural of heliotrope. • HELIOTROPE n. any of a genus of herbs or shrubs of the borage family. |
| HERPETOLOGY | • herpetology n. The branch of biology dealing with reptiles (Reptilia) and amphibians. • HERPETOLOGY n. the study of reptiles and amphibians. |
| HETEROPLOID | • heteroploid adj. (Biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species. • heteroploid n. (Biology) An organism having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number… • HETEROPLOID n. an organism having a chromosome number that is not an integral multiple of the haploid. |
| HETEROPOLAR | • heteropolar adj. Of an electric generator that produces alternating current. • heteropolar adj. (Chemistry) Formed by ions of opposite charge. • HETEROPOLAR adj. polar, in the chemical sense. |
| INTERLOOPED | • INTERLOOP v. to loop together. |
| OVEREXPLOIT | • overexploit v. To exploit excessively. • OVEREXPLOIT v. to exploit to excess. |
| OVERPLOTTED | • overplotted adj. (Drama) Having an excessively elaborate plot. • OVERPLOT v. to devise an overly complex plot for. |
| PETROLOGIES | • petrologies n. Plural of petrology. • PETROLOGY n. the geological study of rocks. |
| PROFITEROLE | • profiterole n. A small, hollow case of choux pastry with a filling. • PROFITEROLE n. (French) a small puff of choux pastry, usually filled with cream and covered with a chocolate sauce. |
| PROTEOLYSED | • proteolysed adj. Subject to, or obtained via proteolysis. • proteolysed v. Simple past tense and past participle of proteolyse. • PROTEOLYSE v. to split proteins by proteolysis. |
| PROTEOLYSES | • proteolyses n. Plural of proteolysis. • proteolyses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proteolyse. • PROTEOLYSE v. to split proteins by proteolysis. |
| PROTOSTELES | • protosteles n. Plural of protostele. • PROTOSTELE n. a stele in which the vascular tissue forms a solid core, with centrally placed xylem surrounded by phloem. |
| TELIOSPORES | • teliospores n. Plural of teliospore. • TELIOSPORE n. the thick-walled resting spore of rusts and smuts from which the basidium arises. |