| CAPONIER | • caponier n. (Military, historical) A type of fortification structure which allows firing along the bottom of a dry… • CAPONIER n. (French) a work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway, also CAPONIERE. |
| CAPONISE | • caponise v. Alternative form of caponize. • CAPONISE v. to castrate a rooster, also CAPONIZE. |
| CAPONIZE | • caponize v. (Transitive) To castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use. • CAPONIZE v. to castrate a rooster, also CAPONISE. |
| DEPONING | • deponing v. Present participle of depone. • DEPONE v. to testify under oath. |
| GEOPONIC | • geoponic adj. Relating to tillage of the earth, or agriculture. • GEOPONIC adj. of or relating to agriculture, also GEOPONICAL. |
| IMPONING | • imponing v. Present participle of impone. • IMPONE v. to impose; to wager. |
| JAPONICA | • japonica n. Any of several plants originally native to Japan. • Japonica adj. Japanese, from Japan. • Japonica n. (Dated) A species of camellia (Camellia japonica), a native flower of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. |
| PEPONIDA | • PEPONIDA n. a fruit having a fleshy interior and a hard rind, also PEPO, PEPONIUM. |
| PEPONIUM | • peponium n. (Botany) Any of the plants of the genus Peponium. • Peponium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – certain flowering plants. • PEPONIUM n. a fruit having a fleshy interior and a hard rind, also PEPO, PEPONIDA. |
| PONIARDS | • poniards n. Plural of poniard. • poniards v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of poniard. • PONIARD v. to stab with a small dagger. |
| REPONING | • reponing v. Present participle of repone. • REPONE v. to restore to office. |
| SAPONIFY | • saponify v. (Transitive) To convert (a fat or oil) into soap. • saponify v. (Intransitive) To be converted into soap. • saponify v. (Transitive, chemistry) To hydrolyze (an ester) using an alkali. |
| SAPONINE | • saponine n. Alternative form of saponin. • SAPONINE n. a soapy substance obtained from plants, also SAPONIN. |
| SAPONINS | • saponins n. Plural of saponin. • SAPONIN n. a soapy substance obtained from plants, also SAPONINE. |
| SAPONITE | • saponite n. (Mineralogy) A trioctahedral smectite mineral. • SAPONITE n. a hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina occurring in soft, soapy, amorphous masses. |
| TROPONIN | • troponin n. (Biochemistry, medicine) A complex of three regulatory proteins that is integral to muscle contraction… • TROPONIN n. a protein of muscle. |