| COMPELLING | • compelling v. Present participle of compel. • compelling adj. Strongly or irresistibly evoking interest or attention. • compelling adj. Forceful. |
| COMPLIABLE | • compliable adj. Capable of bending or yielding, or willing to do so; compliant. • COMPLIABLE adj. capable of bending or yielding; compliant. |
| COMPLIABLY | • COMPLIABLE adv. capable of bending or yielding; compliant. |
| EPISOMALLY | • episomally adv. In an episomal manner. • episomally adv. With regard to an episome. • EPISOMAL adv. of or like an episome, a genetically active particle found in bacteria. |
| FILOPLUMES | • filoplumes n. Plural of filoplume. • FILOPLUME n. a slender hairlike feather. |
| IMPOLITELY | • impolitely adv. In an impolite manner; uncivilly; rudely. • IMPOLITE adv. having bad manners. |
| MICROPHYLL | • microphyll n. (Botany) A leaf having a single unbranched vein, or a structure that is derived from such a leaf. • microphyll n. (Botany) A very small leaf. • MICROPHYLL n. a type of (usually small) leaf having a single medial vein, characteristic of the glycophytes (clubmosses, spike mosses, and quillworts). |
| MILLEPORES | • millepores n. Plural of millepore. • MILLEPORE n. any of a group or order of colonial hydrozoans. |
| MILLIPROBE | • milliprobe n. Any of various very small scientific probes, especially such a spectrometer. • MILLIPROBE n. an instrument for analysing small quantities, esp. a spectrometer. |
| MULTIPOLAR | • multipolar adj. (Physics, biology) Having more than two poles. • multipolar adj. (Politics) Of or relating to an international system in which a number of states wield most of the cultural… • multipolar n. An electromagnetic machine in which several magnetic poles exist. |
| MULTIPOLES | • multipoles n. Plural of multipole. • MULTIPOLE n. something with many poles. |
| MYOPICALLY | • myopically adv. As if suffering from myopia. • MYOPIC adv. short-sighted. |
| PAPILLOMAS | • papillomas n. Plural of papilloma. • PAPILLOMA n. a tumour formed by hypertrophy of a papilla or papillae, such as a wart, etc. |
| PHILOMELAS | • PHILOMELA n. (Greek) a songbird, also PHILOMEL. |
| PHYLLODIUM | • phyllodium n. (Botany) A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias. • PHYLLODIUM n. a petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias. |
| PLASMODIAL | • plasmodial adj. (Biology) Resembling or relating to a plasmodium. • PLASMODIAL adj. of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium; as, the plasmodial form of a life cycle. |
| POLYNOMIAL | • polynomial n. (Algebra, strict sense) An expression consisting of a sum of a finite number of terms, each term being… • polynomial n. (Taxonomy) A taxonomic designation (such as of a subspecies) consisting of more than two terms. • polynomial adj. (Algebra) Able to be described or limited by a polynomial. |
| POMMELLING | • pommelling v. Present participle of pommel. • POMMEL v. to strike with the fists, also PUMMEL. |
| PROXIMALLY | • proximally adv. (Of causation) Immediately; most directly. • proximally adv. (Medicine) In the proximal direction: reverse of distally. • PROXIMAL adv. located near the point of origin. |