| APPROXIMEETING | • APPROXIMEETING n. the practice of a group of people making indefinite plans to meet and then altering those plans regularly via mobile phones according to changing circumstances. |
| CONTEMPORISING | • contemporising v. Present participle of contemporise. • CONTEMPORISE v. to make contemporary, also CONTEMPORIZE. |
| CONTEMPORIZING | • contemporizing v. Present participle of contemporize. • CONTEMPORIZE v. to make contemporary, also CONTEMPORISE. |
| DEPIGMENTATION | • depigmentation n. (Pathology) The loss of the skin’s normal pigmentation. • DEPIGMENTATION n. loss of normal pigmentation. |
| DIAGEOTROPISMS | • DIAGEOTROPISM n. the tendency of roots to orient perpendicular to gravity. |
| EPIDEMIOLOGIST | • epidemiologist n. (Epidemiology) A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology. • EPIDEMIOLOGIST n. one who studies diseases. |
| EPISTEMOLOGIES | • epistemologies n. Plural of epistemology. • EPISTEMOLOGY n. the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of knowledge. |
| EPISTEMOLOGIST | • epistemologist n. A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge. • EPISTEMOLOGIST n. a student of epistemology. |
| INTERCOMPARING | • intercomparing v. Present participle of intercompare. • INTERCOMPARE v. to make a comparison between. |
| MICROPEGMATITE | • micropegmatite n. (Mineralogy) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of pegmatite. • MICROPEGMATITE n. a microscopic intergrowth of quartz and feldspar. |
| PHLEBOTOMISING | • phlebotomising v. Present participle of phlebotomise. • PHLEBOTOMISE v. to perform phlebotomy on, also PHLEBOTOMIZE. |
| PHLEBOTOMIZING | • phlebotomizing v. Present participle of phlebotomize. • PHLEBOTOMIZE v. to perform phlebotomy on, also PHLEBOTOMISE. |
| PHYSOSTIGMINES | • physostigmines n. Plural of physostigmine. • PHYSOSTIGMINE n. an alkaloid found in the Calabar bean used esp. in eye drops to reduce pressure inside the eyeball, aka eserine, also PHYSOSTIGMIN. |
| PIEZOMAGNETISM | • piezomagnetism n. Magnetism induced by applied mechanical stress. • PIEZOMAGNETISM n. magnetism developed in a similar way to piezoelectricity, using a magnetic instead of an electric field. |
| PRIMOGENITIVES | • PRIMOGENITIVE n. (Shakespeare) primogeniture, also PRIMOGENITURE. |
| PRIMOGENITURES | • primogenitures n. Plural of primogeniture. • PRIMOGENITURE n. an exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son, also PRIMOGENITIVE. |
| PROBLEMATIZING | • problematizing v. Present participle of problematize. |
| PYRIDOSTIGMINE | • pyridostigmine n. (Pharmacology) A parasympathomimetic and reversible cholinesterase inhibitor, used to treat muscle weakness… |
| SPERMIOGENETIC | • SPERMIOGENETIC adj. relating to spermiogenesis, the stage in spermatogenesis in which spermatozoa are formed from spermatids. |