| ALLOTROPOUS | • allotropous adj. (Botany) Pertaining to a flower which attracts a large range of different insects to feed on its nectar. • allotropous adj. (Biology) Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species… • ALLOTROPOUS adj. having nectar accessible to all kinds of insects. |
| COLPORTEURS | • colporteurs n. Plural of colporteur. • COLPORTEUR n. (French) a peddler of religious books. |
| COMPULSITOR | • compulsitor n. (Law, Scotland) That which compels. • COMPULSITOR n. in Scots law, a means of compelling. |
| FLUOROTYPES | • fluorotypes n. Plural of fluorotype. • FLUOROTYPE n. (obsolete) photography by means of fluorides. |
| GROUNDPLOTS | • GROUNDPLOT n. the plot of ground on which a building stands. |
| 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. |
| PHOTOMURALS | • photomurals n. Plural of photomural. • PHOTOMURAL n. an enlarged photograph, usually several yards long. |
| 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. |
| POSTOCULARS | • postoculars n. Plural of postocular. • POSTOCULAR n. a scale situated behind the eye of some lizards. |
| POSTULATORS | • postulators n. Plural of postulator. • POSTULATOR n. an official who presents case for canonization or beatification. |
| POSTULATORY | • postulatory adj. Of the nature of a postulate. • postulatory adj. Supplicatory. • POSTULATORY adj. assuming or assumed as a postulate. |
| POULTROONES | • POULTROONE n. (Shakespeare) a poltroon, also POLTROON. |
| PROLOCUTORS | • prolocutors n. Plural of prolocutor. • PROLOCUTOR n. a presiding officer; a chairman, esp. of the lower house of Convocation. |
| SPORULATION | • sporulation n. The process of a bacterium becoming a spore. • SPORULATION n. the formation or production of spores. |
| 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. |