| BRACHYPTEROUS | • brachypterous adj. (Zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings. • BRACHYPTEROUS adj. having short wings. |
| COUNTERPLAYER | • counterplayer n. One who makes a counterplay. • COUNTERPLAYER n. one who makes a counterplay. |
| DAGUERREOTYPE | • daguerreotype n. An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to… • daguerreotype v. (Transitive, intransitive) To make a photograph using this process, to make a daguerreotype (of). • DAGUERREOTYPE v. to develop by daguerreotype, a method of photography by mercury vapour development of silver iodide. |
| DAGUERREOTYPY | • daguerreotypy n. The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes. • DAGUERREOTYPY n. the art of daguerreotyping. |
| HYPERTROPHOUS | • hypertrophous adj. (Dated, medicine) Hypertrophic. • HYPERTROPHOUS adj. of an organ, abnormally enlarged. |
| INCORRUPTIBLY | • incorruptibly adv. In an incorruptible manner. • INCORRUPTIBLE adv. incapable of corruption. |
| PERAMBULATORY | • perambulatory adj. Relating to perambulation. • PERAMBULATORY adj. relating to perambulation. |
| PERFUNCTORILY | • perfunctorily adv. In a perfunctory manner, without interest or concern for quality. • PERFUNCTORY adv. characterized by routine or superficiality, mechanical. |
| PETROCURRENCY | • petrocurrency n. The currency of an oil-producing nation which tends to vary in value against other currencies in line… • petrocurrency n. Money paid in dollars to oil-producing nations. • PETROCURRENCY n. currency, etc., acquired by the oil-producing countries as profit from the sale of their oil to the consumer countries. |
| PITYROSPORUMS | • PITYROSPORUM n. a yeastlike fungus which can cause pityriasis. |
| PREAMBULATORY | • preambulatory adj. Preceding; going before; introductory. • PREAMBULATORY adj. of or like a preamble, also PREAMBULARY. |
| PRECAUTIONARY | • precautionary adj. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution. • precautionary n. (Obsolete) A precaution. • PRECAUTIONARY adj. of the nature of precaution, also PRECAUTIONAL, PRECAUTIOUS. |
| PRECOPULATORY | • precopulatory adj. Before copulation. • PRECOPULATORY adj. preceding copulation. |
| PROTEROGYNOUS | • proterogynous adj. (Botany) Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous. • PROTEROGYNOUS adj. exhibiting proterogyny. |
| PROTUBERANTLY | • protuberantly adv. In a protuberant manner. • PROTUBERANT adv. thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass. |
| PSEUDOMARTYRS | • pseudomartyrs n. Plural of pseudomartyr. • PSEUDOMARTYR n. a false martyr. |
| PURGATORIALLY | • PURGATORIAL adv. relating to purgatory, also PURGATORIAN. |
| SUPERMAJORITY | • supermajority n. (Chiefly North American) A majority of the items being counted that reaches some preset threshold significantly… • super-majority n. Alternative form of supermajority. • SUPERMAJORITY n. a majority (as two-thirds or three-fifths) greater than a simple majority. |