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.
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
escaloping
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.
gossampine
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
hypogynies
lipogenous
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.
pelasgikon
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.
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
poetiising
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
porringers
porringers
noun
plural of porringer
possessing
possessing
verb
present participle of possess
postgenial
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
propagines
prosecting
prosecting
verb
present participle of prosect
prospering
prospering
verb
present participle of prosper
protesting
protesting
noun
Protestation.
verb
present participle of protest
pupigenous
pyogenesis
pyogenesis
noun
(medicine) formation of pus
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
saprogenic
saprogenic
adj
Causing or resulting from putrefaction.
signposted
signposted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of signpost
spangolite
spangolite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark green, basic aluminosilicate mineral of copper