An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
apiologies
apologised
apologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologise
apologiser
apologiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologizer.
apologizes
apologizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apologize
areopagist
bespotting
bespotting
verb
present participle of bespot
bespousing
bespousing
verb
present participle of bespouse
compagnies
depositing
depositing
noun
deposition
verb
present participle of deposit
despoiling
despoiling
verb
present participle of despoil
desponding
desponding
adj
That causes despondency; disheartening.
noun
A feeling or expression of despondency.
verb
present participle of despond
diphosgene
diphosgene
noun
(organic chemistry) The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison
epiglottis
epiglottis
noun
(anatomy) A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.
escaloping
esophagism
espionages
espionages
noun
plural of espionage
expositing
expositing
verb
present participle of exposit
fingerpost
fingerpost
noun
A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost
The milepost itself.
geophagies
geophagism
geophagism
noun
The act or habit of eating earth.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
geophilous
geophilous
adj
(botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.
(phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.
Fruiting underground.
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
geophysics
geophysics
noun
A branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring in the earth and in its vicinity.
geothlypis
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
glycopexis
gospellike
gospellike
adj
(Christianity) Like a proper Christian; according to the gospel.
(music) Similar to gospel music.
gossampine
gossipries
gossipries
noun
plural of gossipry
guideposts
guideposts
noun
plural of guidepost
hagioscope
hagioscope
noun
(architecture) A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar.
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
hypogeusia
hypogeusia
noun
Reduced sense of taste
hypogynies
ideographs
ideographs
noun
plural of ideograph
lipogenous
logopedics
logopedics
noun
The study, and correction, of speech and language defects, disorders in communication and swallowing disorders.
logotypies
megalopsia
megalopsia
noun
macropsia
megapodius
megascopic
megascopic
adj
(of a picture, etc.) Enlarged or magnified.
Of, or pertaining to, the megascope.
Visible to the naked eye.
megasporic
megasporic
adj
Pertaining to a megaspore.
omophagies
omophagies
noun
plural of omophagy
onsweeping
onsweeping
adj
sweeping onward
opalescing
opalescing
verb
present participle of opalesce
oppressing
oppressing
verb
present participle of oppress
overspring
overspring
verb
(transitive) To overtop; overclimb; rise above; spring or leap over.
owlspiegle
paregorics
paregorics
noun
plural of paregoric
pedagogics
pedagogics
noun
The science or art of teaching; pedagogy.
pedagogies
pedagogies
noun
plural of pedagogy
pedagogish
pedagogism
pedagogism
noun
The character, manner, occupation, or system of pedagogues.
pedagogist
pedagogist
noun
A pedagogical teacher
pedigerous
pedigerous
adj
(zoology) Bearing or having feet or legs.
pedologies
pedologist
pedologist
noun
A scientist who specializes in pedology.
A scientist who studies origins, composition and distribution of soils and the materials from which soils are formed.
A scientist who studies soil as a component of natural systems.
pelasgikon
pemphigous
pemphigous
adj
Relating to pemphigus
penologies
penologies
noun
plural of penology
penologist
penologist
noun
A student of, or expert in, penology.
pensioning
pensioning
verb
present participle of pension
pepsinogen
pepsinogen
noun
(biochemistry) A zymogen that is converted into pepsin by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
pergelisol
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).
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
physiogeny
physiogeny
noun
(biology) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny.
pigmentose
piligerous
piligerous
adj
Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.
pisteology
pisteology
noun
(philosophy, rare) The science or study of faith.
ploughwise
ploughwise
adj
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
adv
In a ploughwise manner.
podilegous
poetiising
polygamies
polygamies
noun
plural of polygamy
polygenism
polygenism
noun
(ethnology) The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.
polygenist
polygenist
noun
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
polygonies
polygonies
noun
plural of polygony
polygynies
polygynies
noun
plural of polygyny
pomologies
pomologies
noun
plural of pomology
porringers
porringers
noun
plural of porringer
posologies
posologies
noun
plural of posology
possessing
possessing
verb
present participle of possess
postgenial
postplegic
postsigner
preclosing
preclosing
Adjective
Before closure.
preconsign
preconsign
verb
(transitive) To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of.
prescoring
prescoring
verb
present participle of prescore
preshowing
preshowing
verb
present participle of preshow
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
presolving
presolving
noun
To transform a mathematical problem into an equivalent problem that is hopefully easier to solve.
prestoring
processing
processing
noun
The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.
The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.
The action of the verb to process.
verb
present participle of process
professing
professing
verb
present participle of profess
prologised
prologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prologise
prologuise
propagines
prosecting
prosecting
verb
present participle of prosect
prospering
prospering
verb
present participle of prosper
protesting
protesting
noun
Protestation.
verb
present participle of protest
pseudimago
pseudimago
noun
subimago
pubigerous
pubigerous
adj
(botany, zoology) pubescent
pupigenous
pupigerous
pupigerous
adj
Containing a pupa.
pyogenesis
pyogenesis
noun
(medicine) formation of pus
pyrologies
reexposing
reexposing
verb
present participle of reexpose
reimposing
reimposing
verb
present participle of reimpose
reopenings
reopenings
noun
plural of reopening
reopposing
reopposing
verb
present participle of reoppose
repositing
repositing
verb
present participle of reposit
responding
responding
noun
response
verb
present participle of respond
ridgepoles
ridgepoles
noun
plural of ridgepole
saprogenic
saprogenic
adj
Causing or resulting from putrefaction.
signposted
signposted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of signpost
solpugidea
solpugides
spangolite
spangolite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark green, basic aluminosilicate mineral of copper