(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
despumated
despumated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of despumate
deutoplasm
deutoplasm
noun
(biology) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance.
emplastrum
haematopus
jumpmaster
jumpmaster
noun
One who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists from an aeroplane.
marsupiate
marsupiate
Noun
marsupial
maupertuis
metacarpus
metacarpus
noun
(anatomy) The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
metapectus
mousetraps
mousetraps
noun
plural of mousetrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mousetrap
multiphase
multiphase
adj
That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles.
pasteurism
pasteurism
Proper noun
The prevention of certain diseases by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.
pasteurisation
pediastrum
pentamerus
periastrum
pneumatics
pneumatics
noun
(theology, obsolete) The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and human beings.
The branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases
pneumatism
pneumatism
noun
spiritualism centred on the belief in the pneuma
pneumatist
praescutum
praescutum
noun
Archaic form of prescutum.
psalterium
psalterium
noun
A psaltery (zither-like musical instrument)
An omasum.
ptolemaeus
spermaduct
spermaduct
noun
A spermatic duct.
spermatium
spermatium
noun
One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi.
subpalmate
subpalmate
adj
Almost or imperfectly palmate.
sulphamate
sulphamate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfamate
supersmart
supersmart
adj
Very smart.
superstamp
supertramp
supertramp
noun
(ecology) A species of organism that disperses widely and is not adapted to any specific environment.