| COLPORTEURS | • colporteurs n. Plural of colporteur. • COLPORTEUR n. (French) a peddler of religious books. |
| FLUOROSCOPE | • fluoroscope n. (Now rare) A device used to measure the fluorescence of a solution. • fluoroscope n. (Medicine) A device used to view continuous live X-ray images on a fluorescent screen. • fluoroscope v. (Transitive) To examine with a fluoroscope. |
| FLUOROTYPES | • fluorotypes n. Plural of fluorotype. • FLUOROTYPE n. (obsolete) photography by means of fluorides. |
| GLUCOPHORES | • GLUCOPHORE n. a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste. |
| LEPROMATOUS | • lepromatous adj. Synonym of lepromatoid: Of or relating to leprous lesions (lepromas) or lepromatic leprosy. • LEPROMATOUS adj. characterized by, exhibiting, or being leprosy with infective superficial granulomatous nodules. |
| PLEIOMEROUS | • pleiomerous adj. (Botany, of a flower) having a greater than normal number of parts. • PLEIOMEROUS adj. of a floral whorl, having more than the normal number of parts. |
| PLEURODONTS | • pleurodonts n. Plural of pleurodont. • PLEURODONT n. a pleurodont animal, such as a reptile. |
| POLYESTROUS | • polyestrous adj. (Biology) Having multiple periods of estrus in a year, or during a breeding season. • POLYESTROUS adj. having more than one period of estrus in a year. |
| PONDEROUSLY | • ponderously adv. In a ponderous manner; very slowly. • ponderously adv. With the appearance of great weight. • PONDEROUS adv. heavy and slow. |
| POULTROONES | • POULTROONE n. (Shakespeare) a poltroon, also POLTROON. |
| PROLIFEROUS | • proliferous adj. Producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative. • proliferous adj. (Botany) producing many buds or offshoots from leaves or flowers. • proliferous adj. (Zoology) reproducing by budding. |
| PROLOGUISED | • prologuised v. Simple past tense and past participle of prologuise. • PROLOGUISE v. to speak a prologue, also PROLOGISE, PROLOGIZE, PROLOGUIZE. |
| PROLOGUISES | • prologuises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prologuise. • PROLOGUISE v. to speak a prologue, also PROLOGISE, PROLOGIZE, PROLOGUIZE. |
| PROLOGUIZES | • prologuizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prologuize. • PROLOGUIZE v. to speak a prologue, also PROLOGISE, PROLOGIZE, PROLOGUISE. |
| SPLENDOROUS | • splendorous adj. Splendid, having splendor. • SPLENDOROUS adj. full of splendour, also SPLENDROUS. |
| SUPERCOOLED | • supercooled v. Simple past tense and past participle of supercool. • supercooled adj. (Physics) cooled below the transition temperature without the transition occurring. • SUPERCOOL v. to cool a liquid below its normal freezing point. |
| SUPERSCHOOL | • superschool n. A very large or successful school. • SUPERSCHOOL n. an exceptional school. |
| TOOLPUSHERS | • toolpushers n. Plural of toolpusher. • tool-pushers n. Plural of tool-pusher. • TOOLPUSHER n. a supervisor of drilling operations at an oil well. |
| TROPAEOLUMS | • TROPAEOLUM n. a genus of South American trailing plants. |
| XEROPHILOUS | • xerophilous adj. Able to thrive in dry weather. • XEROPHILOUS adj. drought loving, particularly pertaining to plants. |