| BEPOMMELLING | • bepommelling v. Present participle of bepommel. • BEPOMMEL v. to pommel soundly. |
| COMPELLINGLY | • compellingly adv. In a compelling manner. • COMPELLING adv. COMPEL, to force. |
| COMPTROLLING | • comptrolling n. The financial work of a comptroller. • COMPTROLL v. (obsolete) to control, esp. in a financial sense, also CONTROL, CONTROUL, COUNTROL. |
| GAMOPHYLLOUS | • gamophyllous adj. (Botany) Composed of leaves or segments (e.g. perianth) united by their edges, compare apophyllous (free segments). • GAMOPHYLLOUS adj. with perianth leaves united. |
| MALLOPHAGOUS | • mallophagous adj. Feeding on feathers. • MALLOPHAGOUS adj. relating to the Mallophaga, an order of wingless parasitic insects, bird-lice or biting-lice. |
| MELLIPHAGOUS | • melliphagous adj. Alternative spelling of meliphagous. • MELLIPHAGOUS adj. feeding upon honey, also MELIPHAGOUS. |
| PLAGIOCLIMAX | • plagioclimax n. An altered or reduced climax of a plant ecosystem caused by human activity. • PLAGIOCLIMAX n. the climax stage of a community, influenced by man or some other outside factor. |
| PLASMOLYSING | • plasmolysing v. Present participle of plasmolyse. • PLASMOLYSE v. to undergo plasmolysis, the removal of water from a cell by osmosis, also PLASMOLYZE. |
| PLASMOLYZING | • plasmolyzing v. Present participle of plasmolyze. • PLASMOLYZE v. to undergo plasmolysis, the removal of water from a cell by osmosis, also PLASMOLYSE. |
| POLYGAMOUSLY | • polygamously adv. In a polygamous manner. • POLYGAMOUS adv. of or pertaining to polygamy. |
| POLYGLOTISMS | • polyglotisms n. Plural of polyglotism. • POLYGLOTISM n. the use of many languages. |
| POLYGLOTTISM | • polyglottism n. Alternative spelling of polyglotism. • POLYGLOTTISM n. the state of being polyglot. |
| PROLEGOMENAL | • PROLEGOMENAL adj. of the nature of a prolegomenon, introduction, also PROLEGOMENARY, PROLEGOMENOUS. |
| PROSYLLOGISM | • prosyllogism n. (Logic) A syllogism that is preliminary or logically essential to another syllogism. • prosyllogism n. (Logic) The conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of the following syllogism. • pro-syllogism n. Alternative form of prosyllogism. |
| SPLENOMEGALY | • splenomegaly n. (Pathology) An enlargement of the spleen. • SPLENOMEGALY n. abnormal enlargement of the spleen. |
| UNCOMPELLING | • uncompelling adj. Not compelling. • UNCOMPELLING adj. not compelling. |