| CARPENTARIAS | • CARPENTARIA n. an evergreen shrub of the hydrangea family, cultivated for its glossy foliage and yellow-centred white flowers. |
| CARPENTERING | • carpentering n. Carpentry. • CARPENTER v. to construct by carpentry. |
| HEMITERPENES | • hemiterpenes n. Plural of hemiterpene. • HEMITERPENE n. any of a class of simple unsaturated hydrocarbons, such as isoprene. |
| MONOTERPENES | • monoterpenes n. Plural of monoterpene. • MONOTERPENE n. any of a class of terpenes containing two isoprene units per molecule. |
| RESHARPENING | • resharpening v. Present participle of resharpen. • resharpening n. Act of sharpening something again. • RESHARPEN v. to sharpen again. |
| SERPENTIFORM | • serpentiform adj. Having the form of a serpent. • SERPENTIFORM adj. in the form of a serpent. |
| SERPENTINELY | • serpentinely adv. In a serpentine manner. • SERPENTINE adv. winding. |
| SERPENTINING | • serpentining n. Gerund of serpentine: a serpentine twisting. • serpentining v. Present participle of serpentine. • SERPENTINING adj. winding. |
| SERPENTINISE | • serpentinise v. Alternative form of serpentinize. • SERPENTINISE v. to wind, also SERPENTINIZE, SERPENTISE, SERPENTIZE. |
| SERPENTINITE | • serpentinite n. (Geology) a metamorphic rock composed of serpentine minerals formed by the hydration of ultramafic rocks. • SERPENTINITE n. a metamorphic rock that consists largely of the mineral serpentine. |
| SERPENTINIZE | • serpentinize v. (Geology, mineralogy) To convert (another magnesium silicate mineral) into serpentine. • SERPENTINIZE v. to wind, also SERPENTINISE, SERPENTISE, SERPENTIZE. |
| SERPENTINOUS | • serpentinous adj. Resembling or relating to serpentine. • SERPENTINOUS adj. of serpentine, winding. |
| SERPENTISING | • serpentising v. Present participle of serpentise. • SERPENTISE v. to wind; to cause to wind, also SERPENTINISE, SERPENTINIZE, SERPENTIZE. |
| SERPENTIZING | • serpentizing v. Present participle of serpentize. • SERPENTIZE v. to wind; to cause to wind, also SERPENTINISE, SERPENTINIZE, SERPENTISE. |
| TURPENTINIER | • TURPENTINY adj. like turpentine. |
| TURPENTINING | • turpentining v. Present participle of turpentine. • TURPENTINE v. to treat or smear with turpentine, a viscous resin, originally that of the terebinth tree, now generally of conifers. |