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
desponsage
desponsage
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of betrothal
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
esophagean
esophagean
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to a oesophagus; esophageal.
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.
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
gonosphere
gossampine
grapestone
grapestone
noun
(geology) A botryolite or other cluster of sand-sized grains cemented together shortly after deposition to form a botryoidal clump.
A seed of the grape.
gunpowders
gunpowders
noun
plural of gunpowder
gymnosperm
gymnosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.
gymnospore
gymnospore
noun
A type of spore that does not have a protective envelope, especially one not produced in a sporangium
hopperings
hopperings
noun
The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold.
hypogenous
hypogenous
adj
(botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface.
hypogynies
lipogenous
magnascope
magnascope
noun
A large optical instrument used to get a close-up of small objects.
megaphones
megaphones
noun
plural of megaphone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of megaphone
onsweeping
onsweeping
adj
sweeping onward
oosporange
oosporange
noun
Synonym of oosporangium
opalescing
opalescing
verb
present participle of opalesce
oppressing
oppressing
verb
present participle of oppress
orphanages
orphanages
noun
plural of orphanage
overspring
overspring
verb
(transitive) To overtop; overclimb; rise above; spring or leap over.
oversprung
oversprung
verb
past participle of overspring
parsonages
parsonages
noun
plural of parsonage
patronages
patronages
noun
plural of patronage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patronage
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).
personages
personages
noun
plural of personage
phosgenite
phosgenite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.
phosphagen
phosphagen
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of energy storage compounds, chiefly found in muscular tissue in animals, allowing a high-energy phosphate pool to be maintained in a concentration range, which, if it all were ATP, would create problems due to the ATP consuming reactions in these tissues.
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
plasmogeny
plastogene
plastogene
noun
(genetics) The equivalent of a simple gene in plastids
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.
polygenous
polygenous
adj
Consisting of, or containing, many kinds or genres
of or pertaining to polygenesis
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
protogenes
pseudogyne
pseudogyne
noun
An agamic or asexual female of certain insect species, such as plant-lice, that reproduce by parthenogenesis.
An ant with the thorax of a female and the abdomen and size of a worker.
pseudogyny
pseudogyny
noun
The property of being pseudogynous.
psychogeny
psychogeny
noun
psychogenesis
pupigenous
pyogenesis
pyogenesis
noun
(medicine) formation of pus
pyrogenous
pyrogenous
adj
(pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenetic
(pathology, chemistry, geology) Synonym of pyrogenic
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.
scenograph
scenograph
noun
A perspective representation or general view of an object.
signposted
signposted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of signpost
soapmonger
soapmonger
noun
A dealer in soap.
spangolite
spangolite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark green, basic aluminosilicate mineral of copper
spermogone
sphenogram
sphenogram
noun
A cuneiform character.
splenology
splenology
noun
The study of the spleen.
spodogenic
spongecake
spongecake
noun
Alternative spelling of sponge cake
spongeless
spongeless
adj
Without a sponge.
spongelike
spongelike
adj
Like a sponge; spongy.
spongeware
spongeware
noun
Traditional pottery decorated by spattering or sponging on colour
spongewood
spongiidae
sponginess
sponginess
noun
The property of being spongy.
spongocoel
spongocoel
noun
(zoology) The large central cavity of a sponge.
sporangite
sporogenic
sporogenic
adj
Producing spores.
Reproducing via spores.
springhope
steganopod
steganopod
noun
(zoology) Any of the Steganopodes.
stenograph
stenograph
noun
A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.
A shorthand character.
A stenography machine.
verb
To write or report in stenographic characters.
stoppering
stoppering
verb
present participle of stopper
unreposing
unreposing
adj
Not resting.
zygosphene
zygosphene
noun
(anatomy) A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa called the zygantrum on the back part of the arch in front