A type of chromatophore, in the skin of some fish and reptiles, that contains granules of guanine
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gunpowdery
gunpowdery
adj
Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
intergroup
intergroup
adj
Taking place between groups, especially between social groups.
noun
(politics) A group of members of the European Parliament of no particular party or committee, to facilitate the exchange of views.
neurophagy
operalogue
oversprung
oversprung
verb
past participle of overspring
paguroidea
pedigerous
pedigerous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having feet or legs.
pellagrous
pellagrous
adj
Related to, or suffering from, pellagra.
perigonium
perigonium
noun
(botany) The modified leaves around the antheridia in a bryophytic plant.
(botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals); the perianth.
(dated, zoology) The wall of the sporosac in a hydroid.
perigynous
perigynous
adj
(botany) Having a hypanthium.
(botany) Having the stamens, petals or sepals situated around the ovary (especially, on the rim of the receptacle of a superior ovary).
piligerous
piligerous
adj
Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.
pneumogram
pneumogram
noun
(medicine) A record (often overnight) of the respiratory movements of a subject by the use of pneumography.
popgunnery
porkburger
porkburger
noun
A burger made with pork instead of beef.
portuguese
portuguese
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the region of Portugal.
Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.
Of or pertaining to the Portuguese language.
Noun
A person native to, or living in, Portugal.
Proper noun
A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of and
prequoting
prerouting
prerouting
verb
present participle of preroute
profulgent
profulgent
adj
(obsolete) Shining forth; brilliant; effulgent.
proleaguer
prologuise
prologuize
prologuize
verb
(intransitive) To deliver or create a prologue, as for an oration or for a written or musical work.
promulgate
promulgate
verb
(transitive) To make known or public.
(transitive) To put into effect as a regulation.
prorefugee
protegulum
pteropegum
pterygodum
pterygotus
pubigerous
pubigerous
adj
(botany, zoology) pubescent
pupigerous
pupigerous
adj
Containing a pupa.
pyrogenous
pyrogenous
adj
(pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenetic
(pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenic
rampageous
rampageous
adj
Violent and boisterous; unruly.
recoupling
recoupling
noun
The act or process by which something is recoupled.
verb
present participle of recouple
regrouping
regrouping
noun
A new grouping; the act or result of grouping again.
verb
present participle of regroup
repoussage
repoussage
noun
The art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from the reverse side, either to produce decorative work or to level up part of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause a depression.
spridhogue
spurgewort
spurgewort
noun
Any euphorbiaceous plant.
supercargo
supercargo
noun
An officer on board a merchant ship who has charge of the cargo and its turnover (or the senior of two if one has two, the other being the subcargo; usually historical, since nowadays a person with such a job would remain on shore).
supergroup
supergroup
noun
(geology) A sequence of groups of formations that compose a coherent unit.
(mathematics) The group to which a subgroup belongs.
(music) A group of musicians, each a star of another band (especially in rock music).
(physics) A generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry.
(telecommunications) In the L-carrier system, a multiplexed group of channel groups.