| ACROCARPOUS | • acrocarpous adj. (Botany) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses. • ACROCARPOUS adj. of mosses, having the archegonia at the top of the stem. |
| BROCATELLES | • brocatelles n. Plural of brocatelle. • BROCATELLE n. (French) a stiff, originally silk-and-linen, heavy-figured fabric like brocade, also BROCATEL. |
| DIPTEROCARP | • dipterocarp n. Any member of the family Dipterocarpaceae of tropical rainforest trees having two-winged fruits. • DIPTEROCARP n. a kind of Oriental tree, with sepals that serve as wings for the fruit. |
| EMBROCATING | • embrocating v. Present participle of embrocate. • EMBROCATE v. to moisten and rub with a lotion. |
| EMBROCATION | • embrocation n. (Obsolete) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc. • embrocation n. The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed. • EMBROCATION n. a liquid medication rubbed on the skin. |
| HYDROCARBON | • hydrocarbon n. (Organic chemistry) A compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms. • HYDROCARBON n. a compound of hydrogen and carbon with nothing else, occurring notably in oil, natural gas and coal. |
| MACROCARPAS | • macrocarpas n. Plural of macrocarpa. • MACROCARPA n. an evergreen conifer of New Zealand. |
| PROCACITIES | • procacities n. Plural of procacity. • PROCACITY n. forwardness, insolence, pertness. |
| PROCAMBIUMS | • PROCAMBIUM n. the young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated. |
| PROCARYOTES | • procaryotes n. Plural of procaryote. • PROCARYOTE n. a bacterium or blue-green algae whose nucleus lacks a limiting membrane, also PROKARYOT, PROKARYOTE. |
| PROCARYOTIC | • procaryotic adj. Misspelling of prokaryotic. • PROCARYOTIC adj. like a procaryote. |
| RECIPROCALS | • reciprocals n. Plural of reciprocal. • RECIPROCAL n. something in a reciprocal relationship to another. |
| RECIPROCANT | • reciprocant n. (Mathematics) A contravariant expressing a certain condition of tangency; a differential invariant. • RECIPROCANT n. in maths, a differential invariant. |
| RECIPROCATE | • reciprocate v. (Transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing. • reciprocate v. (Transitive) To give something else in response (where the "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or… • reciprocate v. (Intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston. |
| SCLEROCAULY | • SCLEROCAULY n. possession of a hard, dry stem. |