| DEHISCE | • dehisce v. (Intransitive, botany) To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content. • dehisce v. (Intransitive, medicine) To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound. • DEHISCE v. to split open. |
| DEHISCED | • dehisced v. Simple past tense and past participle of dehisce. • DEHISCE v. to split open. |
| DEHISCES | • dehisces v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehisce. • DEHISCE v. to split open. |
| DEHISCENT | • dehiscent adj. (Medicine) Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often… • dehiscent adj. (Botany) Which dehisces or presents dehiscence. • DEHISCENT adj. gaping, bursting open, as the capsule of a plant. |
| DEHISCING | • dehiscing v. Present participle of dehisce. • DEHISCE v. to split open. |
| DEHISCENCE | • dehiscence n. (Botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents. • dehiscence n. (Medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid. • dehiscence n. (Rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense. |
| PREHISTORY | • prehistory n. The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times. • prehistory n. The study of those times. • prehistory n. (Humorous, hyperbolic) Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era. |
| DEHISCENCES | • dehiscences n. Plural of dehiscence. • DEHISCENCE n. the act of gaping. |
| INDEHISCENT | • indehiscent adj. (Botany) Not dehiscing when mature; not dehiscent. • INDEHISCENT adj. not splitting open at maturity. |
| PREHISTORIC | • prehistoric adj. (Properly) Of or relating to the epoch before written record. • prehistoric adj. (Inexact or humorous) Ancient; very old, outdated, etc. • PREHISTORIC adj. relating to the time before historical records, also PREHISTORICAL. |
| INDEHISCENCE | • indehiscence n. The state of being indehiscent. • INDEHISCENCE n. the state of being indehiscent, not splitting open at maturity. |
| PREHISTORIAN | • prehistorian n. A student of, or expert in prehistory. • PREHISTORIAN n. an archaeologist who specializes in prehistory. |
| PREHISTORIES | • prehistories n. Plural of prehistory. • PREHISTORY n. the time before historical records. |
| INDEHISCENCES | • INDEHISCENCE n. the state of being indehiscent, not splitting open at maturity. |
| PREHISTORIANS | • prehistorians n. Plural of prehistorian. • PREHISTORIAN n. an archaeologist who specializes in prehistory. |
| PREHISTORICAL | • prehistorical adj. Prehistoric. • PREHISTORICAL adj. relating to the time before historical records, also PREHISTORIC. |
| PREHISTORICALLY | • prehistorically adv. In a prehistoric manner. • prehistorically adv. Regarding prehistory. • PREHISTORICAL adv. relating to the time before historical records, also PREHISTORIC. |