| CARPOMETACARPUS | • carpometacarpus n. (Anatomy) The fusion of digits (carpals and metacarpals) that forms the wing in birds. • CARPOMETACARPUS n. in birds, a bone of the wing formed by fusion of some of the carpals with the metacarpals. |
| COMPTROLLERSHIP | • comptrollership n. The position or office of a comptroller. • COMPTROLLERSHIP n. the office of comptroller. |
| EPHEMEROPTERANS | • ephemeropterans n. Plural of ephemeropteran. • EPHEMEROPTERAN n. any insect of the mayfly family. |
| HYPERPARASITISM | • hyperparasitism n. (Biology) parasitism by one parasite upon another. • HYPERPARASITISM n. the state of being a hyperparasite, a parasite that is parasitic upon another parasite. |
| IMPERSCRIPTIBLE | • IMPERSCRIPTIBLE adj. not supported by written authority. |
| IMPRESCRIPTIBLE | • imprescriptible adj. Not subject to prescription: absolute, inalienable. • IMPRESCRIPTIBLE adj. not liable to be lost by prescription; inalienable. |
| IMPRESCRIPTIBLY | • imprescriptibly adv. In an imprescriptible manner; obviously. • IMPRESCRIPTIBLE adv. not liable to be lost by prescription; inalienable. |
| MALAPPROPRIATES | • malappropriates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malappropriate. • MALAPPROPRIATE v. to misuse or misappropriate. |
| MERCAPTOPURINES | • mercaptopurines n. Plural of mercaptopurine. • MERCAPTOPURINE n. an antimetabolite sometimes used in the treatment of acute leukemia. |
| MISAPPROPRIATED | • misappropriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of misappropriate. • MISAPPROPRIATE v. to appropriate wrongly (as by theft or embezzlement). |
| MISAPPROPRIATES | • misappropriates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misappropriate. • MISAPPROPRIATE v. to appropriate wrongly (as by theft or embezzlement). |
| MISPROPORTIONED | • misproportioned adj. Having incorrect or distorted proportions. • misproportioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of misproportion. • MISPROPORTION v. to proportion wrongly. |
| PRESCRIPTIVISMS | • prescriptivisms n. Plural of prescriptivism. • PRESCRIPTIVISM n. the belief that moral edicts are merely orders with no truth value. |
| PROPORTIONMENTS | • proportionments n. Plural of proportionment. • PROPORTIONMENT n. the act of proportioning. |
| PYROPHOTOMETERS | • PYROPHOTOMETER n. a type of pyrometer in which the temperature of an incandescent body is determined by photometric measurement of the light it emits. |
| REAPPRAISEMENTS | • REAPPRAISEMENT n. the act of reappraising. |
| SUPERPARASITISM | • superparasitism n. A form of parasitism in which the host (typically an insect larva such as a caterpillar) is attacked… • SUPERPARASITISM n. parasitization of a host by more than one parasitic individual usually of one kind. |
| SUPERPATRIOTISM | • superpatriotism n. Extreme patriotism. • SUPERPATRIOTISM n. extreme patriotism. |