| CAPROLACTAM | • caprolactam n. (Organic chemistry) A lactam (cyclic amide) manufactured from cyclohexanone and used in the manufacture of nylon. • CAPROLACTAM n. a white crystalline cyclic amide used esp. in making one type of nylon. |
| CONTRAPROPS | • CONTRAPROP n. a contra-rotating propeller. |
| DIMERCAPROL | • dimercaprol n. (Organic chemistry) The mercaptan 2,3-dimercaptopropanol used as an antidote to arsenic poisoning. • DIMERCAPROL n. a compound developed as an antidote against lewisite and used to treat arsenic, mercury, and gold poisoning. |
| MALAPROPIAN | • malapropian adj. Malapropic. • MALAPROPIAN adj. relating to malapropism. |
| MALAPROPISM | • malapropism n. (Uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one. • malapropism n. (Countable) An instance of this; malaprop. • MALAPROPISM n. a humorous misuse of a word, also MALAPROP. |
| MALAPROPIST | • malapropist n. One who utters malapropisms. • MALAPROPIST n. one who commits malapropisms. |
| MEGAPROJECT | • megaproject n. A very large public investment project, especially one costing more than one billion US dollars. • MEGAPROJECT n. a major project or undertaking. |
| METAPROTEIN | • metaprotein n. (Biochemistry) Any protein derived from another by the use of acids or bases. • METAPROTEIN n. a protein denatured by acid or alkaline hydrolysis that is soluble in acids or alkalis but insoluble in water. |
| SAPROBIONTS | • saprobionts n. Plural of saprobiont. • SAPROBIONT n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROTROPH. |
| SAPROBIOTIC | • saprobiotic adj. (Biology) Relating to saprobes, or to saprobiosis. • SAPROBIOTIC adj. feeding on dead or decaying plants or animals. |
| SAPROBITIES | • saprobities n. Plural of saprobity. • SAPROBITY n. the state of being a saprobe. |
| SAPROGENOUS | • saprogenous adj. Saprogenic. • SAPROGENOUS adj. growing on decaying material; causing putrefaction. |
| SAPROLEGNIA | • Saprolegnia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Saprolegniaceae – cotton mould. • SAPROLEGNIA n. any fungus of the genus Saprolegnia, one species of which grows on diseased salmon and was formerly thought to be the cause of the disease. |
| SAPROPELITE | • SAPROPELITE n. coal formed of sapropel. |
| SAPROPHYTES | • saprophytes n. Plural of saprophyte. • SAPROPHYTE n. a fungus or bacterium that feeds upon dead and decaying organic matter. |
| SAPROPHYTIC | • saprophytic adj. Relating to saprophytes. • SAPROPHYTIC adj. relating to a saprophyte. |
| SAPROTROPHS | • saprotrophs n. Plural of saprotroph. • SAPROTROPH n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROBIONT. |