A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
camelopard
camelopard
noun
(archaic) A giraffe.
compradore
compradore
noun
Alternative form of comprador
coprodaeum
dampcourse
demography
demography
noun
The particular demographic makeup of a population.
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc.
deprograms
deprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprogram
dermatopsy
dermopathy
dermopathy
noun
(pathology) disease of the skin
dermoptera
endophragm
flapperdom
flapperdom
noun
The realm or sphere of flappers (young women).
hypodermal
hypodermal
adj
Below the epidermis
Of or pertaining to the hypodermis
incompared
incompared
adj
(obsolete) peerless; incomparable
madreporal
madreporal
adj
Characteristic of or associated with reef coral of genus Madrepora; madreporic.
Pertaining to a sieve-like plate in echinoderms, which admits water into the ambulacral tubes;
madreporic
madreporic
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
paedometer
paedometer
noun
(medicine) a device used to measure the weight and height of a child.
palindrome
palindrome
noun
(by extension) A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction.
(by extension) A sequence of items that follows the same pattern both forwards and backwards.
(genetics) A stretch of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
parethmoid
parethmoid
adj
(anatomy) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
noun
(anatomy) A parethmoid bone.
parmelioid
parmelioid
noun
any lichen of the family Parmeliaceae
parvenudom
parvenudom
noun
The realm or sphere of parvenus.
pedatiform
perameloid
physoderma
placodermi
planterdom
platformed
platformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of platform
pockmarked
pockmarked
adj
having pockmarks
incomplete, lacking, having holes
pitted, or scarred with holes
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pockmark
pomaderris
pomeridian
pomeridian
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to the afternoon.
postmarked
postmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of postmark
prairiedom
preabdomen
preabdomen
noun
(entomology) The anterior segments of the abdomen, distinguished from the posterior segments holding the reproductive apparatus.
The enlarged anterior portion of the abdomen of a scorpion or sea scorpion
precommand
prediploma
prediploma
adj
(education) Prior to a diploma.
premanhood
proclaimed
proclaimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of proclaim
programmed
programmed
adj
(Quakerism) having a minister or pastor who conducts religious services.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of program
simple past tense and past participle of programme
promenaded
promenaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of promenade
promenader
promenader
noun
(chiefly UK, music) An attender at, or devotee of, promenade concerts.
Agent noun of promenade; one who promenades.
promenades
promenades
noun
plural of promenade
pteromalid
pteromalid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Pteromalidae of parasitic wasps.
recompared
recompared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of recompare
semaphored
semaphored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of semaphore
spermatoid
spermatoid
adj
(biology) Resembling sperm or semen.
templardom
torpedoman
torpedoman
noun
A person in charge of the torpedoes on a military vessel.