| COMPANDERS | • companders n. Plural of compander. • COMPANDER n. a system of transmitting or reproducing sound by compressing and then re-expanding the volume-range, also COMPANDOR. |
| COMPANDING | • companding n. (Electronics) A process in which noise in a signal is reduced by selective compression and expansion. • COMPAND v. to put a signal through a compander (a system of clarifying sound). |
| COMPANDORS | • compandors n. Plural of compandor. • COMPANDOR n. a system of transmitting or reproducing sound by compressing and then re-expanding the volume-range, also COMPANDER. |
| EXPANDABLE | • expandable adj. Having the capacity to be expanded. • expandable n. Anything that can be expanded. • EXPANDABLE adj. that can be expanded. |
| OVEREXPAND | • overexpand v. To expand to an excessive or unwise degree. • OVEREXPAND v. to expand excessively. |
| PANDANUSES | • pandanuses n. Plural of pandanus. • PANDANUS n. (Malay) a palm of SE Asia, the leaves of which are used to weave mats, also PANDAN. |
| PANDATIONS | • PANDATION n. (archaic) warping. |
| PANDECTIST | • pandectist adj. Pertaining to the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I. • pandectist adj. Pertaining to the German adaptation of Roman law in the early sixteenth century. • pandectist n. An expert on the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I. |
| PANDEMONIC | • pandemonic adj. Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a pandemonium. • PANDEMONIC adj. pertaining to pandemonium, general tumult, also PANDEMONIAC, PANDEMONIACAL, PANDEMONIAN. |
| PANDERINGS | • panderings n. Plural of pandering. • PANDERING n. the procuring of sexual favours. |
| PANDERISMS | • panderisms n. Plural of panderism. • PANDERISM n. the employment, arts, or practices of a pander. |
| PANDERMITE | • pandermite n. (Mineralogy) A hydrous borate of lime, resembling priceite. • PANDERMITE n. a hydrogen calcium borate. |
| PANDOWDIES | • pandowdies n. Plural of pandowdy. • PANDOWDY n. a deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust. |
| PANDURATED | • PANDURATED adj. fiddle-shaped, e.g. of leaves, also PANDURATE, PANDURIFORM. |
| UNEXPANDED | • unexpanded adj. Not expanded. • UNEXPANDED adj. not expanded. |