(cooking) A method of preparing fowl and poultry, where the back is split apart and the bird is flattened down the breast, looking somewhat like a toad; spatchcock.
(cooking) A type of piquant sauce flavored with tarragon, lemon or vinegar, and other spices, that is traditionally served with a fowl cooked in the crapaudine style.
(obsolete) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse, sheep, or donkey.
(rare) The socket in which the pivot of a door turns.
A device for calibrating a pendulum consisting of a dilatable plate that produces an artificial tilt of a clinometer.
A form of torture in which the hands and feet are tied together behind the back, forcing the victim's body to bow, and sometimes accompanied by additional forms of torture, such as suspending the body by the point where the hands and feet are tied or beating.
A toadstone.
An heirloom variety of beet originating in France, and considered possibly the oldest beet cultivar.
dampcourse
drupaceous
drupaceous
adj
of, relating to, resembling, or producing drupes
epicardium
epicardium
noun
(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.
outcapered
outcapered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outcaper
parachuted
parachuted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parachute
parbuckled
parbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parbuckle
peduncular
peduncular
adj
Of or pertaining to a peduncle
perdurance
perdurance
noun
permanence, persistence
periductal
periductal
adj
Around a duct (for example, the ductus arteriosus).
preaccused
preadjunct
predaceous
predaceous
adj
Surviving by preying on other animals.
predacious
predacious
adj
Alternative spelling of predaceous
preeducate
procedural
procedural
adj
(computing) Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.
Related to procedure.
noun
(literature) A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.
pseudocarp
pseudocarp
noun
(botany) The portion of an anthocarpous fruit that is not derived from the ovary, such as the soft part of a strawberry or fig.
quadriceps
quadriceps
noun
(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
recaptured
recaptured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recapture
spermaduct
spermaduct
noun
A spermatic duct.
sprauchled
sprauchled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sprauchle