(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.
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.
geophagist
geophagist
noun
One who eats earth, clay, chalk, etc.
geothlypis
geotropism
geotropism
noun
(biology) The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards).
guideposts
guideposts
noun
plural of guidepost
logotypies
pedagogist
pedagogist
noun
A pedagogical teacher
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.
penologist
penologist
noun
A student of, or expert in, penology.
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
pigmentose
pisteology
pisteology
noun
(philosophy, rare) The science or study of faith.
poetiising
polygenist
polygenist
noun
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
postgenial
postplegic
postsigner
prestoring
prosecting
prosecting
verb
present participle of prosect
protesting
protesting
noun
Protestation.
verb
present participle of protest
repositing
repositing
verb
present participle of reposit
signposted
signposted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of signpost
spangolite
spangolite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark green, basic aluminosilicate mineral of copper